HODL LABS

FZCO / UAE VENTURE STUDIO

A UAE-based venture studio building consumer software, real-time systems, and on-chain infrastructure.

VENTURES

Active and archived work from the studio.

Privage
Active

A real-time communications platform built for digital communities.

  • Real-time voice, messaging, and presence
  • Self-custodial wallets on Solana & Base
  • Trading, charts, cashtags, and rich X, TikTok & YouTube embeds
v0.1.15 iOS Android Desktop Web
privage.xyz Blog
ReachMe
Pay-to-reach KOL marketplace.
Sunset

A decentralized marketplace for attention. Pay to reach high-profile operators, founders, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) directly, without cold DMs. Later archived.

  • Pay-to-message access for high-profile operators and KOLs
  • Profile pages with pricing and availability
JV Partner YZi Labs
Pay-to-reach KOLs BNB Chain
reachme.io Blog
Abachi
Bridging TradFi and DeFi.
Sunset

A DeFi protocol exploring the convergence of traditional finance and on-chain markets, including tokenized debt and credit products, B2B lending, and Buy Now, Pay Later infrastructure. The project was later wound down following a community vote to return treasury value to token holders.

  • Tokenized bond and credit markets
  • TradFi-to-DeFi infrastructure
  • On-chain B2B lending and Buy Now, Pay Later
DeFi Polygon ABI token
Read on Medium Blog
CryptoStat
Market intelligence for digital assets.
Active

Real-time volume analysis, MACD and RSI scanners, price/volume correlations, and chart workflows built for active crypto traders.

  • Market intelligence
  • On-chain analytics
  • Research and ecosystem monitoring
Markets Stats Research
cryptostat.org

SELECTED MENTIONS

Press and social coverage of the studio's work.

Binance Square logo Binance Square CZ Launches the "Pay to Reach" Feature Yahoo Finance logo Yahoo Finance YZi Labs' Billion-Dollar Push names ReachMe as an inbound channel Decrypt logo Decrypt Binance Founder CZ Is Charging $125 in BNB for Messages on ReachMe Bitcoin.com logo Bitcoin.com Abachi: The Convergence of Traditional Finance With DeFi

FOCUS

What we do well.

./consumer-software

Privacy-conscious consumer software

Self-custodial wallets, no trackers, no ads. Minimum data collected, maximum user control.

./realtime

Real-time systems

Presence, voice, messaging, blockchain nodes, on-chain analysis, and bots. Comfortable where latency and concurrency meet.

./crypto-ux

Crypto-native UX

Wallets, on-chain state, and social layered into products people actually use.

./on-chain

On-chain engineering

Smart contracts, protocol integrations, and wallet infrastructure across EVM and Solana.

ENTITY

For verification, compliance, and developer-program review.

$ whois hodllabs
legal_name
"HODL LABS - FZCO"
jurisdiction
"United Arab Emirates"
freezone_authority
"IFZA (Dubai Silicon Oasis)"
trade_licence_no
45659
licence_issued
"2024-05-20"
registered_address
"Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE"
founded
2024

FOUNDER

The operator behind the studio.

$ whoami steve
name
"Steve Slayo"
location
"Dubai, UAE"
role
"Founder"
focus
"communications infrastructure, privacy software, and real-time systems"
linkedin
"linkedin.com/in/steve-slayo"
about
"hodllabs.org/about/steve-slayo"

CONTACT

For partnerships, compliance, or press.

$ mailto compliance
steve@hodllabs.org