As the year draws to a close, it’s a perfect moment to look back on the journey we've had at cheqd. Our CEO Fraser encapsulates the achievements and moments that defined our path in 2023.👇 🥳A Year Dedicated to Product Development🥳 - 3 flagship products were launched. - Credential Service: our first SaaS offering which allows customers to easily integrate identity solutions into their existing applications with just a few clicks. - Payment Rails: allows digital credentials to be monetised by providing a clear commercial model for giving individuals self-sovereign control of their data. - Creds: a no-code platform for organisations to build and issue verifiable credentials to their users, all while enabling them to build decentralised reputation and take them anywhere across the web. 📢Expansive Global Brand Recognition📢 - Secured 120+ press publications: Nasdaq, Coindesk, Cointelegraph, CoinMarketCap, Bloomberg, BusinessInsider, U.Today, Decrypt, Hackernoon, and more - Joined 40+ AMAs - Participated in 30+ events: Cosmosverse, Web Summit, Zebu Live, Nebular Summit, Messari Mainnet, RWOT, European Blockchain Convention, European Identity & Cloud Conference, IIW, Seamless Dubai, Gateway to Cosmos, and more 🎢Partnerships on the Rise🎢 - Secured >70% of the SSI application vendor market to-date; worked closely with Animo, Veramo, walt.id, and Verida; supported in wait.id’s SSI Kit - Secured >20 organisations to adopt Creds at the initial phase, including big names such as Outlier Ventures, Injective, Secret, Regen, and Terra networks; >60 organisations on the pipeline, contributing to >0.5M overall end user base, all generated organically through referrals and our community. - Secured bridge portal support on blockscape and IBC Bridge - Secured multiple partnerships in Web3: Observatory Zone, Magic Square - Delegated to 22 validators as per the cheqd Foundation Delegation Programme; a total of 53 active validators 🏆Proudly Acclaimed Awards — Top in the List🏆 - Runner-up at the European Blockchain Convention award - Nominated as the top 5 projects for the INATBA Awards for the Most Exciting Project of 2024 in the DeFi category. Final winners will be announced at the end of January. - Nominated as Startups of the Year in London by Hackernoon. None of this would have been possible without the dedication of our team, and the trust of our partners and clients. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey.😎 Excited to see where 2024 will take us🎉 💌Read the Full Letter from our CEO