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IOSG Ventures

Fundamental Labs

Continue Capital

HashKey Capital

Placeholder

Fabric Ventures

CoinFund

Fenbushi Capital

Nirvana Capital

AU21 Capital

8 Decimal Capital

Cabin VC

KR1 (Kryptonite1)

GBV Capital

NGC Ventures

SNZ Holding

Kenetic Capital

Kosmos Ventures

Zee Prime Capital

Boost VC

Dokia Capital

Polka DAO

zk Capital

WolfEdge

Block0

Three Arrows Capital

Kenzi Wang

Du Capital

Sailor Capital

Staking Facilities Ventures

Market Context: From Volunteers to Professionals

Polkadot Head Ambassador (The Executive Role)

Polkadot available bounty pool dashboard showing the 21 bounties available globally

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Alchemy Pay (The Business Development Role)

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Injective Ninja Masters (The Gamified Ladder)

Application form, to secure Ninja pass and earn INJ

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Emerging Opportunities: High-Potential Programs

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Phase 2 of the Arbitrum Ambassador Program

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Step-by-Step: How to Get Hired in 2026

Conclusion: Which Path is Yours?

Alchemy Pay

Injective

Monad

Berachain

Arbitrum

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The era of volunteer "shilling" is over. In 2026, the crypto ambassador landscape has professionalized into a contract-driven sector where "Verifiable Impact" earns stable monthly income. This guide analyzes the best stipend-based programs, from Polkadot's $10,000/month governance roles to Alchemy Pay's regional salary models, providing a step-by-step roadmap to securing these competitive positions.

Best Crypto Ambassador Programs Paying Monthly Stipends (2026 Guide)

Polkadot will enable a completely decentralized web where users are in control.  Polkadot is built to connect private and consortium chains, public and permissionless networks, oracles, and future technologies that are yet to be created. Polkadot facilitates an internet where independent blockchains can exchange information and transactions in a trustless way via the Polkadot relay chain.

DOT tokens undergo redenomination at block 1,248,328 (approximately 13:15 UTC). New DOT tokens are 100x smaller.

Polkadot Redenomination

"Pairs: DOT/USDT & DOT/BTC... Trading: Earliest at 02:40 on Aug 22 (UTC+8)"

KuCoin Listing

"*NEW* #Polkadot ($DOT) trading launches August 18"

Kraken Listing

"What the Polkadot ecosystem teams have been up to? And what are some of the most prominent referenda and treasury... at 4pm CEST..."

Community Call

"Next Friday at 6pm CET join Polkadot founder @rphmeier to hear about Polkadot's blockspace-centric future."

Twitter Spaces

Derek Yoo and Katie Butler recap Moonbeam's first year and what to expect. Emily from the DOT team shares what is coming up for DOT in 2023.

One Year Breakthrough

ETHDenver 2023 from February 24th to March 5th in Denver, Colorado.

ETHDenver 2023

Full Staking Report

Oxford Blockchain 2023 at Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, UK from 9 AM to 6 PM (BST).

Oxford Blockchain

"The next #PolkadotCommunityCall will take place on February 22nd at 4pm CET. Set a reminder now to hear from... other teams & projects..."

Polkadot Community Call

"Join us on Friday with Polkadot Insider to discuss DIA's #oracle infrastructure on #Polkadot and #parachains... 14:00 UTC"

Twitter Spaces AMA

"... At 4pm CET, join an AMA session with @web3foundation Support and TechEd teams to learn about upcoming updates to governance..."

OpenGov AMA

Developer Day - During GDC in San Francisco from10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT).

Developer Day

"The next Polkadot Community Call will take place... 4pm CEST. Tune in to hear the latest from the ecosystem teams, and learn..."

Polkadot Now India in Bangalore from April 1st to 2nd.

Polkadot Now India

"#TwitterSpaces event on @Polkadot with special guest @BillLaboon, Head of Education and Grants at #Web3 Foundation," at 14:00 (UTC).

Polkadot Decoded 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark from June 28th to 29th.

Polkadot Decoded 2023

"The next Polkadot Community Call will take place... 4pm CEST. Tune in to hear the latest from the ecosystem teams..."

"Polkadot Pioneers AMA is back! Discover the power of Ecosystem Diversity, collaborative initiatives...," at 13:00 (UTC).

"Join the top Web3 innovators for two days of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and discovery at sub0 | The Polkadot Developer Conference"

Sub0 Europe 2023

"Polkadot Pioneers AMA is back! Tune in to hear about gaming in Levelling Up: The Rise Of Web3 Gaming... at 4pm CEST"

Pioneers AMA

"... At 4pm CEST! Set a reminder now to hear @origin_trail, @Unique_NFTchain, @peaqnetwork, @NovasamaTech, @SubQueryNetwork..."

"... Conferences & keynotes... workshops & practice... holidays & all inclusive..."

NFT Biarritz

"We invite projects, individuals and anyone interested in fruitful and educational discussions to join us in Berlin in September."

Berlin Blockchain Week

Native USDC on Polkadot

Matthew Graham

DeeZe

Nacho Trades

Founder of Aave.com and Venture Partner of Variant.fund

Stani Kulechov

Galois Capital is a crypto-focused hedge fund known for quantitative strategies and insights into blockchain markets and decentralized finance trends.

Galois Capital

Darren Lau

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) crypto

Ali Yahya

SpiderCrypto

Tier1 Venture Capital Company,  Fabric.vc

DFarmer

avery.apt

zacxbt

Andrew Kang

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Arianna Simpson

Jesse Walden

maria

evan.sui

Imran Khan

Sreeram Kannan

notsofast

NekoZ

Eddy Lazzarin

Mando

Max Bronstein

Redphone Crypto

Robert Leshner

smolting (wassie, verse)

olaf

United States of America

A multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment

Hong Kong

IOSG Venture is an early-stage fund for decentralized protocols and companies. Early-stage algorithm-based ventures.

China

An investment company specialized in Blockchain sector. Up to now, they've invested over 100 blockchain projects in their portfolio. The most successful investments includes Coinbase, Binance, Canaan, etc.

AU21 Capital was founded by Chandler Guo and Kenzi Wang in 2017 with the mission of backing the most promising blockchain entrepreneurs, and providing founders with resources and connections to succeed.

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized protocols and web3 services. Partners Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske manage the firm with Brad Burnham as venture partner. Mario Laul is our head of research. Shelly Gogol and Crystal Kwan manage operations.

Sale Link

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1confirmation is a forward-thinking venture capital firm at the forefront of innovation in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Established in 2017 by Nick Tomaino, a visionary in the industry, the firm is dedicated to identifying and supporting promising early-stage projects that are shaping the future of decentralized technologies.

Founded in 2016, Continue Capital focuses on investing in global blockchain technology, early-stage technology startup and providing Quant-Trading service.

HashKey Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital and investment firm based in Hong Kong. They specialize in funding and supporting early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, startups, and companies.

United Kingdom

Fabric Ventures often takes a strategic approach to its investments, seeking to support projects that align with their vision of a decentralized and open internet. They may also provide additional resources and support beyond just capital.

CoinFund is a blockchain-focused investment firm and cryptocurrency research company that specializes in supporting and investing in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects. Founded by Jake Brukhman and Alex Felix in 2015, CoinFund has been active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for several years

Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia

Nirvana Capital is a San Francisco/Beijing based venture fund that focuses on blockchain/fintech investment and incubation of edging technologies and economic experiments. Its founding partners are also early supporters of Ethereum

Investing in the digital transformation wave of blockchain technology. Enthusiastic participator in public welfare and industrial ecology.

KR1 plc, founded in 2016, is a leading publicly listed digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.

Cayman Islands

GBV Capital focuses exclusively on investment related to blockchain technology, digital currency, and cryptocurrency

Singapore

NGC Ventures is one of the largest institutional investors of blockchain technologies, and has been a key contributor to a number of leading projects.

SNZ Holding is a crypto fund founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists and entrepreneurs passionate about disruptive blockchain technologies.

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies.

Australia

Kosmos Ventures is an Australian investment firm founded in early 2017, focused on helping blockchain startups scale and integrate their technology into our future.

Slovakia

Zee Prime Capital is a VC firm based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Investing in programmable assets and early-stage founders globally.

Boost VC is an active Deep Tech investor. Boost VC invests in emerging and disruptive categories at the edge of the map.

Dokia Capital is a blockchain investment firm.

Polka DAO is an Ethereum-based Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) built on DAOstack to serve as a user-led platform for the Polkadot community to fund projects and ideas that improve the ecosystem and might otherwise not be funded.

Research-Focused Blockchain Investment Firm

WolfEdge is a crypto-based investment fund that focuses on early-age blockchain startups.

Switzerland

Du Capital is a Singapore-based multi-stage investment firm concentrated on backing companies.

Sailor Capital is a token fund that focuses on blockchain project investment.

Germany

Staking Facilities Venture is a venture capital investment firm based in Munich, Germany. The firm employs an early-stage and seed-stage investment strategy and invests across the blockchain, financial services and information technology sectors.


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