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BTC Price: $—| ETH Price: $—| Crypto Valley Companies: 1,100+ ▲ 9.3%| Total Funding Raised: $6.1B+ ▲ 18.4%| Crypto Valley Foundations: 87 ▲ 5.1%| CV Ecosystem Employment: 14,000+ ▲ 12.2%| VC Deals (2024): 143 ▲ 31.2%| CV VC Portfolio: $890M ▲ 22.7%| Ecosystem Growth YoY: 18.4% ▲| Companies Founded (2024): 94 ▲ 7.8%| BTC Price: $—| ETH Price: $—| Crypto Valley Companies: 1,100+ ▲ 9.3%| Total Funding Raised: $6.1B+ ▲ 18.4%| Crypto Valley Foundations: 87 ▲ 5.1%| CV Ecosystem Employment: 14,000+ ▲ 12.2%| VC Deals (2024): 143 ▲ 31.2%| CV VC Portfolio: $890M ▲ 22.7%| Ecosystem Growth YoY: 18.4% ▲| Companies Founded (2024): 94 ▲ 7.8%|

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Polkadot and Web3 Foundation in Zug: Switzerland's Role in Building the Blockchain of Blockchains

Polkadot is one of the most architecturally ambitious blockchain networks in existence — a relay chain designed to unify hundreds of specialised blockchains into a single interoperable protocol. Its governance body, the Web3 Foundation, is a Swiss Stiftung registered in Zug. Its development engine, Parity Technologies, is headquartered in the same canton. Understanding Polkadot requires understanding the Zug institutional triangle that built it.

25 Feb 2026