DeFi

Lido is a liquid stake solution that started with Ethereum and now supports four more proof-of-stake networks. Lido helps users stake their proof-of-stake coins and receive staked tokens (stToken) to use across various DeFi platforms.

There is a maximum supply of 1 billion LDO tokens as the native token of Lido DAO. With LDO, users can participate in governance, which allows users to gain control over the protocol parameters and treasury.

Lido Finance

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Osmosis is an app-centric chain and DEX build in the Cosmos ecosystem. The protocol is a trading platform and automated market maker (AMM) protocol that allows developers to build customized AMMs with sovereign liquidity pools. 

Osmosis DEX

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Qredo offers decentralised custody to institutions. Multi party computation enables securing and trading of assets across chains. $QRDO is used to incentivise usage of the network, for staking and staking rewards.

Qredo

Redacted Cartel is a DAO built on Ethereum. It aims to accumulate governance power in different protocols crucial to the DeFi ecosystem. The DAO is also building out products to improve the infrastructure and capital efficiency in the DeFi ecosystem. It has already built out a bribe marketplace – called the Hidden Hand – for some of the biggest projects in DeFi; some names include Balancer, Frax, and Tokemak. The Cartel has also built a product called Pirex that creates liquid wrappers with a multitude of benefits for otherwise locked tokens.

Redacted Cartel

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A social token launched by the Bankless Podcast has started a large a community fueled mainly by the idea of ownership. The community has created great content, tools and a consulting arm.

Bankless DAO

Cult DAO is a Venture DAO fully owned by the community. Cult DAO benefits token holders and stakers in the ecosystem through investment based on community voting and strong deflation mechanism.

1. Stake tokens and initiate an investment proposals (Guardians, top 50 stakers)
2. Stake tokens and vote on the investment proposals (The Many, other stakers)
3. All $CULT transactions incur a 0.4% fee. (Each transaction, everywhere, is charged a 0.4% tax in $CULT, which will be sent to the treasury)
4. Invest $CULT in approved portfolio projects (The funding for a single project is the $CULT worth 13ETH sent from the treasury)
5. Burnt at the initial stage of investment as well as the time they get returns (When executing proposals, a small portion of $CULT is burned and most of the $CULT is sent to portfolio projects. And then the returns on investment will be exchanged into $CULT, and half of them will be burnt)

Cult DAO

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Brave (BAT)

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CitaDAO brings real estate on chain by issuing property specific tokens that can be traded and are backed by an actual property. Additionally the $KNIGHT token is used to govern over DAO and treasury.

CitaDAO

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The KILT protocol is a layer 1 blockchain, specialising on self-sovereign identity - the management of identity and credentials or what Vitalik calls soulbound-tokens.

Kilt Protocol

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A Proof of Stake Network which allows transacting and execution of smart contracts against payment of gas in the native token $ETH.

Ethereum

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Uniswap is one of the first decentralized exchanges on the Ethereum blockchain. With Uniswap, users can swap and add liquidity in a permissionless way. Uniswap is active on five chains, including L2s, and more are on the way.

Uniswap

Swap native ETH for BTC without intermediary. The RUNE token ties together a blockchain, liquidity providers and node operators to enable a decentralized Cross-Chain Liquidity Network.


The RUNE token supports the security of the ecosystem, is the liquidity matching token and incentivises PoS node operators.

Thorchain

Metaverse

Game platform combining Minecraft like game-style with asset ownership

The Sandbox

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AMM with flexible pools and ve-Token with fee share

Balancer

💡 Convex is a yield optimisation platform build on top of Curve Finance. Convex helps users attain better yield on their Curve LP positions with minimum management requirements whilst remaining liquid

Convex Finance

💡 Aave is a decentralized liquidity protocol where users can borrow and lend crypto assets

Aave

💡 Perpetual offers a perpetuals and leverage DEX that allows for composability

Perpetual

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💡 dYdX offers perpetuals and leverage trading on a semi decentralised platform

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