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United States crypto companies: 255 on NAUT in 36 sectors

By NAUT Research · · 8 min read

255 US crypto companies company rows tagged United States on NAUT, read on 7 November 2026. Logos: Algorand, Stellar, Robinhood, Anchorage Digital, Kalshi, Helium, QuickNode, Securitize, Figure, Aleo, CoinDesk, EigenCloud, Bitwise, io.net, Mythical Games, Blast.

NAUT tracks 255 United States crypto companies that build a product, read from its database on 7 November 2026, and each one carries a sector tag, a page and a team list on naut.so. They spread across 36 sector tags, led by Infrastructure with 60 rows, AI with 47, DeFi with 33, then L1/2/3 and Tools with 26 each.

How this list was built

NAUT holds 840 company rows with the country field set to United States. 504 of them are typed as investor firms and are not in this list, which is about operating companies; 3 are typed as a platform and 2 as a service provider. That leaves 331 rows typed as a project, and 63 of those carry no product description longer than 15 characters, which leaves a shortlist of 268.

Reading each of the 268 rows against its own description removed 13 more. 5 describe a business in another industry: a craft brewing company, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, a medical devices corporation, a design and development company and an esports and gaming company. 7 describe a token, a coin or an NFT collection rather than a company. 1 row, NEWITY, carries a 2-word description that names no product. The 255 rows that survive are this list, and every count below is recomputed from them.

A sector tag can repeat per company: 109 of the 255 rows carry more than 1 tag, so the sector counts add up past 255. 7 of the 255 carry no sector tag and sit under Uncategorised below. Separately, 5 of the 268 shortlisted rows were put to public sources on 7 November 2026, and 3 of those came back with a source NAUT could read; the other 250 published rows were not put to an outside source, so their descriptions are NAUT's stored record of what each company does.

Which sectors do United States crypto companies work in?

This is the full table of crypto companies by sector: all 36 sector tags on the 255 rows, ranked by how many companies carry each tag, with 2 example companies per tag. CEX and DEX are NAUT's tags for centralized and decentralized exchanges.

Sector tag Companies Examples
Infrastructure 60 ,
AI 47 ,
DeFi 33 ,
L1/2/3 26 ,
Tools 26 ,
DePIN 22 ,
Gaming 19 ,
RWA 18 ,
Privacy 16 ,
Payment 15 ,
SocialFi 14 ,
Stablecoins 13 ,
Intelligence 12 ,
Mining 10 ,
Wallet 8 ,
Uncategorised 7 ,
CEX 6 ,
Security 6 ,
Compliance 5 ,
Neobank 5 ,
Custody 4 ,
DEX 4 ,
Funds 4 ,
Media 4 ,
Money Market 4 ,
Tokenized Stocks 4 ,
DeFAI 3 ,
Meme 3 ,
Prop Fund 3 ,
DAT 2 ,
IP 2 ,
Launchpad 2 ,
GambleFi 1
Insurance 1
Prediction Market 1
Store of Value 1

How many companies sit in each of the 12 biggest sectors?

US crypto companies per sector tag, the 12 biggest tags of 36
  1. Infrastructure60
  2. AI47
  3. DeFi33
  4. L1/2/326
  5. Tools26
  6. DePIN22
  7. Gaming19
  8. RWA18
  9. Privacy16
  10. Payment15
  11. SocialFi14
  12. Stablecoins13

Infrastructure and AI together account for 107 of the 404 sector tags these 255 rows carry, the 7 Uncategorised rows in the table above carrying none, which is the clearest signal in the data for anyone selling developer tools, compute or compliance into the United States market.

Which United States crypto companies build infrastructure?

The biggest tag, with 60 rows. 12 of them, with what each row's own NAUT description says and its other sector tags.

Company NAUT description Other tags
Crypto custodian for institutional investors Stablecoins
Blockchain development platform with APIs and tools for 24+ networks No other tag
Financial services rebuilt on blockchain RWA
Ethereum-settled Layer 2 that runs the Solana Virtual Machine L1/2/3
Generating and verifying zero-knowledge proofs for any software Privacy
BSA-compliant Layer 0 chain for banks and fintechs, built by Metallicus Compliance
Stocks, options and crypto trading, building Chain on Arbitrum Orbit No other tag
Digital asset mining, listed as NASDAQ: CORZ No other tag
Distributed compute platform No other tag
Onchain ads and attribution platform No other tag
Financial stack for the AI economy No other tag
Web3 professional network No other tag

Which AI companies does NAUT track in the United States?

47 rows carry the AI tag, the second biggest of the 36. 12 of them, grouped by what they build, from compute networks down to applied models.

Company NAUT description Other tags
Decentralized AI compute and cloud network paid in its own token DePIN, Infrastructure, L1/2/3, DeFi
Decentralized cloud for secure, scalable computing Infrastructure, L1/2/3, Privacy, DePIN
Distributed GPU cluster for LLM inference DeFAI
AI Layer 2 for training and validating models Infrastructure
Decentralized AI accelerator company DePIN, Infrastructure
Model hosting and inference run from smart contracts Infrastructure
Decentralized AI network for community-owned agents No other tag
Marketplace for building and selling AI applications No other tag
Personal AI on private compute, TEEs and on-chain verification No other tag
Shared operating system and coordination network for robots No other tag
Decentralised infrastructure to universalise AI No other tag
Foundation model for psychology and mental health support No other tag

Which DeFi protocols are run from the United States?

33 rows carry the DeFi tag. 10 of them, with their other tags, which is where the overlap with payments, lending and prediction markets shows up.

Company NAUT description Other tags
Restaking protocol on Ethereum for new software modules Infrastructure
CFTC-approved prediction market that takes crypto deposits Prediction Market
ZK cross-rollup bridge between Ethereum Layer 2 chains Infrastructure
Continuous real-time payment streams RWA, Payment, DePIN, Infrastructure
Tokenized real-world assets with lending and DeFi composability Money Market, RWA
Intent-based LP management on Uniswap V3 AI
Lending protocol built on Solana Money Market
AI hedge fund built by a network of data scientists Intelligence
Non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange No other tag
Crypto autopay for web3 businesses No other tag

The chains: 26 US crypto companies tagged L1/2/3

26 rows are tagged L1/2/3, which covers base layers, rollups and app chains. 10 of them, with the other tags each row carries.

Company NAUT description Other tags
Pure proof-of-stake Layer 1 RWA, DeFi
Open network for storing and moving money RWA, DeFi
Layer 1 for private applications using zero-knowledge proofs Payment, Privacy, DeFi
EVM-compatible Ethereum Layer 2 built for native ETH and stablecoin staking DeFi
Pooled-security chains with zero gas fees for end users Gaming, Privacy
Chain and currency built for easier custody and smart transactions DePIN
Scalable proof-of-work Layer 1 Mining
Chain for decentralized identity and privacy on IoT devices DePIN, AI
DAG chain for data validation in AI and federal systems No other tag
zkVM network linking GPU farms and phones into 1 supercomputer Privacy, DeFi

Payments and stablecoins: 15 and 13 companies tagged

15 rows carry the Payment tag and 13 carry Stablecoins, and most of the companies below carry both.

Company NAUT description Tags
Stablecoin APIs for developers Stablecoins
Blockchain, digital banking and telecoms in 1 financial service Payment, Neobank, Stablecoins, Wallet, L1/2/3
Stablecoin payment API Infrastructure, Payment, Stablecoins
Stablecoin-backed credit plus payroll and settlement rails Stablecoins, Payment, RWA
Compliant crypto payroll platform Stablecoins, Neobank, Payment
Stablecoin-based cross-border transfer platform Neobank, Payment
Payment and financial infrastructure Stablecoins, Payment
Stablecoin payment infrastructure Stablecoins
Accounts payable and receivable for fiat and digital assets Payment
Global payment platform Payment

What 5 rows looked like against an outside source

5 of the 268 shortlisted rows had their description and United States base put to public sources on 7 November 2026. 3 returned a page NAUT could read and quote or cite.

  • Aleo: a Blockworks research overview calls it "a privacy-focused Layer-1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability and security through zero-knowledge proofs", which matches the NAUT row.
  • Ava Protocol: its Dealroom profile describes "private, autonomous transactions within the Web3 ecosystem", and the NAUT row reads private autonomous super-transactions for Ethereum.
  • Beamable: The Block reported a $13.5M Series A led by Bitkraft Ventures, with Polygon Ventures, Arca and others joining. NAUT's fetch did not return that page's text, so nothing here is quoted from it.

The other 2 rows checked, Algorand and Anchorage Digital, came back as matches in the researcher's note, but the wording that was supposed to prove it was not found on the page that was fetched, so no claim is made from them here. Both stay in the list on NAUT's own description.

What this tells a BD team

  • Sell infrastructure, compute or compliance and the addressable set in the United States is 60 Infrastructure rows plus 47 AI rows, every one with a NAUT page and team list.
  • 109 of the 255 rows carry more than 1 sector tag, so a single company is often 2 pitches: Zebec Protocol is tagged DeFi, RWA, Payment, DePIN and Infrastructure at once.
  • The small tags are the fast lane. 1 row each for GambleFi (Versus-X), Insurance (Otonomi) and Store of Value (DDC) means a category owner you can reach today.
  • Regulated counterparties sit in their own corner: Kalshi is CFTC-approved, Metal Blockchain is built for BSA compliance, Prometheum and Superstate carry the Tokenized Stocks tag.
How a BD team works the 255 rows
  1. Pick the tagStart with Infrastructure at 60 rows or AI at 47, the 2 biggest of the 36 tags.
  2. Read the rowEach company page carries the description quoted above and its other sector tags.
  3. Find the ownerThe same page lists the team NAUT holds, with role titles.
  4. Unlock the channelTelegram, email and LinkedIn open on any paid plan, so an intro goes out the same day.

What this tells a founder raising in the United States

  • 504 of the 840 United States company rows on NAUT are investor firms, so the funder side of this market is larger on NAUT's record than the builder side. Those firms back crypto companies in the United States and elsewhere, and each one carries its own NAUT page.
  • Position against the tag you want to be found under: Infrastructure at 60 rows is crowded, Privacy at 16 and Compliance at 5 are not.
  • Comparable teams are 1 click away. A privacy founder can read Succinct, SeismicSys, Aleo and Phala in a sitting.

How to reach the decision makers

Every company in this article links to its NAUT page, and each page lists the team NAUT holds for that company plus which channels are on file. Search the directory by role instead of by company when you want 1 title across many of these 255 rows, for example a head of partnerships or a head of BD. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and open the channel on the same visit.

Related reading on NAUT: RWA companies list: 110 on NAUT, 60 with a live token and DePIN projects: 98 on NAUT, $1.72B raised by 64.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. The call behind this article is GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=Infrastructure&limit=100, repeated per sector tag, and a single company with its team comes back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/anchorage-digital; every call is a GET with an Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY header and costs 5 credits. Keys are documented at naut.so/docs/api and plans start at $49 a month for 3,000 credits on naut.so/pricing, with a free trial that grants credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and reveal a contact on the first call.

United States crypto companies FAQ

What crypto companies are based in the US?

NAUT's data shows 255 operating crypto companies with the country field set to United States as of 7 November 2026, across 36 sector tags. The largest groups are Infrastructure with 60 companies, AI with 47, DeFi with 33, then L1/2/3 and Tools with 26 each, and named examples include Anchorage Digital, Algorand, Stellar, Kalshi and io.net.

Which sector has the most United States crypto companies?

Infrastructure, with 60 of the 255 rows carrying that tag on 7 November 2026, ahead of AI at 47 and DeFi at 33. The 255 rows carry 404 sector tags in total, because 109 of them are tagged with more than 1 sector and 7 carry none.

Where can I find these 255 US crypto companies and the people who run them?

On NAUT. Every company in this article links to its naut.so page, which carries the description, the sector tags and the team NAUT holds, and the same data comes back from the API with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=AI&limit=100. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and contact a founder the same day.

How many United States company rows did NAUT start from?

840 company rows carry United States in the country field. 504 are investor firms, 3 are platforms and 2 are service providers, 63 project rows carry no product description, and 13 more were removed on reading their own description, which leaves the 255 crypto companies in this article.

How current is this list?

The rows were read from NAUT's database on 7 November 2026, and the sector counts here are recomputed from those rows. NAUT's pages update as companies, teams and tags change, so the page for any company linked here can be ahead of this article.

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