Best DeFi apps

The largest decentralized exchange on Ethereum, operating an automated market-maker model across five EVM chains.

Non-custodial liquidity protocol for lending and borrowing across 12 networks.

The largest liquid staking protocol, securing 28%+ of all staked ETH through a DAO-governed validator set.

The original CDP-based stablecoin protocol. Issues DAI against collateral, now operating under the Endgame restructuring.

Permissionless lending primitive with isolated markets and curated risk parameters.

Stableswap and pegged-asset AMM with deep liquidity across stables, LSTs, and synthetics.

Algorithmic money market protocol with the longest operational history in DeFi lending.

Decentralized ETH staking protocol with node operator network.

Yield tokenization protocol splitting yield-bearing assets into principal and yield tokens.

Tokenized real-world assets including US Treasuries (OUSG) and yieldcoins (USDY).

Decentralized perpetuals exchange operating as an app-chain on Cosmos.

Solana-native DEX aggregator and liquidity infrastructure.

Decentralized CDP issuing LUSD against ETH collateral with 0% interest and immutable contracts.

Decentralized perpetuals exchange with multi-asset liquidity pool model.

Restaking primitive allowing ETH stakers to extend security to additional services (AVSs).

DEX aggregator routing trades across 300+ liquidity sources for optimal execution.

Synthetic asset protocol underwriting derivatives via SNX-backed liquidity.

Programmable liquidity protocol with weighted pool architecture.

An automated market maker and liquidity provider built on Solana.

A decentralized exchange on Solana known for concentrated liquidity pools.

A multichain decentralized exchange that began on BNB Chain.

A multichain decentralized exchange and DeFi suite.

The central liquidity and trading hub on Base.

A leading decentralized exchange and liquidity layer on Optimism.

A synthetic dollar protocol offering a delta-hedged stablecoin.

A yield aggregator that automates DeFi strategies.

A protocol that boosts rewards for Curve liquidity providers.

A stablecoin and DeFi protocol family.

A lending, borrowing and liquidity protocol on Solana.

A liquid staking protocol and MEV infrastructure on Solana.

A liquid staking protocol on Solana.

A decentralized exchange that originated on Avalanche.

A decentralized leveraged trading protocol behind gTrade.

A lending protocol that grew out of MakerDAO.

A multichain yield optimizer.

A liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum.

A liquid restaking protocol built around EigenLayer.

A lending protocol on Base and Moonbeam.

A protocol for self-repaying loans backed by yield.

An institutional onchain credit marketplace.

A protocol for bringing real-world assets onchain.

A cross-chain liquidity protocol for native asset swaps.

A decentralized exchange for the Cosmos ecosystem.

A decentralized exchange on Polygon.

An Arbitrum-native decentralized exchange.

A lending and liquid staking protocol on Avalanche.

A lending and borrowing protocol on BNB Chain.

A liquidity and market-making protocol on Solana.

A decentralized exchange and liquidity aggregator.

A decentralized exchange on Fantom.

A decentralized exchange on BNB Chain.

A decentralized exchange on BNB Chain.

A decentralized exchange on Cronos.

A liquidity layer and decentralized exchange on BNB Chain.

A leveraged yield farming protocol on BNB Chain.

A decentralized exchange using a proactive market maker model.

A DEX aggregator across multiple chains.

A decentralized exchange built for low-slippage swaps.

A zkRollup protocol for trading and payments.

A Bitcoin-based DeFi protocol on Rootstock.

An invoicing and crypto payments platform.

A launchpad for early-stage token sales.

A launchpad and fundraising platform.

A multichain token launchpad.

A cross-chain swap aggregator.

A cross-chain liquidity and swap protocol.

An institutional onchain credit marketplace.

A liquid staking platform across multiple chains.

A lending protocol focused on layer-2 networks.

A decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol on Sui.

A lending and borrowing protocol on Sui.

A stablecoin backed by liquid staking tokens.

A cross-chain liquidity network and DEX powered by the ElkNet bridge.

A DeFi super app on Solana with a DEX, yield farming, staking and a wallet.

A multichain liquidity-as-a-service protocol behind the iZiSwap DEX.

A cross-chain yield marketplace for depositing into vaults across chains in one transaction.

A protocol for onchain yield and Bitcoin staking products.

A platform for token vesting, locks and launches.

A cross-chain prime brokerage for spot margin trading.

A decentralized fixed and variable rate lending protocol on Optimism.

A decentralized exchange on Tezos.

A decentralized lending and borrowing protocol on Cardano.

A protocol for trading real estate price indices on Solana.

A decentralized leveraged trading protocol and aggregator.

A DeFi suite on the Fuse network.

A decentralized perpetual trading platform on Cronos.

A money market protocol on Cronos.

A liquid staking protocol on Cronos.

A DEX and ecosystem hub on Base and other Superchain networks.

A cross-chain swap aggregator spanning DEXs and CEXs.

The first decentralized lending protocol on TON, accessible inside Telegram.

A multichain DEX and trading API suite incubated by Wintermute.

A real-time payments network on Solana behind streaming payroll and the Zebec Carbon card.

The decentralized exchange of the Oraichain AI layer-1, with IBC and cross-chain bridging.

A decentralized perpetual futures exchange on Starknet with up to 20x leverage.

A DeFi aggregator that bundles swaps, bridges and multi-step actions across more than 200 protocols in one transaction.

A real-world asset lending protocol financing European SMEs with loans backed by real estate, invoices and receivables.

A decentralized exchange for tokenized real-world assets and security tokens.

A platform for minting synthetic assets and stablecoins on Tezos.

A self-listing orderbook DEX for Antelope chains with AMM pools, farms and an NFT market.

Gate's on-chain suite spanning a multichain wallet across 167 chains, aggregated swaps over 1,200 DEXs and the Gate Perp DEX.

OKX's self-custody Web3 suite with a multichain wallet and a DEX aggregator routing across nearly 500 DEXs.

A cross-chain DEX aggregator on THORChain for native L1 swaps across more than 20 blockchains without wrapping.

A perpetual futures DEX with up to 100x leverage across BNB Chain, Base and other networks.

A Solana lending protocol and home of the USDH stablecoin, now part of the Kamino ecosystem.

An African DeFi platform now focused on real-world asset tokenization, offering tokenized global stocks and real estate from $5.

A cross-chain swap aggregator that routes trades across many blockchains without manual bridging.

A concentrated liquidity AMM on Starknet, the first automated market maker launched on the network, built for low-fee swaps and liquidity provision.

A peer-to-peer RFQ and OTC trading network on Ethereum with no protocol fees, settling trades atomically to avoid front-running and slippage.

A stablecoin credit market that lets users borrow ebUSD against liquid restaking tokens using a CDP model with user-set interest rates.