Next Frontier categories I looked at: Payments/Fintech Security/Privacy π
Smaller than the previous macro areas, but closely connected
β moving money better, protecting users and making privacy usable
Payments/Fintech seems to be forming around:
β’ Simple private payments
Example:
@looftapay, payments by username, email or X handle
β’ Internet-native merchant payments
Example:
@paymento_io, a non-custodial x402 gateway for real commerce
β’ Machine and agentic settlement
Example:
@ryvonetwork, a clearing layer for machine payments on Solana
Security/Privacy seems to be forming around:
β’ Private transfers
Example:
@darkdrop_sol, unlinkable private transfers on Solana
β’ Continuous security checks
Example:
@JelleoLabs, continuous Solana program audits
β’ Inheritance and recovery paths
Example:
@Heresprotocol, an autonomous death insurance protocol on Solana
β’ Reputation and trust layers
Example:
@KRED_info, a reputation layer for crypto KOLs
β’ Threat detection before users interact
Example:
@Sentrii_io, security analysis for links, repos and wallet interactions
As more value moves onchain, payments, privacy and security stop being optional.
What interesting projects did you find in these categories?