Balancer is a DeFi automated market making protocol on Ethereum L1, offering customizable weighted pools for liquidity providers and traders. Loopring is a high-speed, low-cost DEX built on Ethereum L2 using zkRollups, prioritizing efficiency and reduced fees. Balancer suits users seeking flexible pool configurations, while Loopring is ideal for those wanting fast, cheap trades on a layer-2 solution.
| Token Price | — | — |
| 24h Change | — | — |
| Market Cap | — | — |
| TVL | $62.1MDefiLlama | $17.5KDefiLlama |
| MCap Rank | #1416 | #950 |
| Total Raised | $27.3M | $45.0M |
| Founded | 2017 | |
| Stage | — | — |
| X / Twitter | 153K | 215K |
| GitHub Stars | 339 | 335 |
| Chains | arbitrumavalanchebase | arbitrumbaseethereum |
| Tags | DEX, DeFi, DeFi | DeFi, Infra, DEX |
Balancer is a decentralized AMM protocol with a unique vault architecture that separates core pool logic into a singleton contract, enabling highly customizable pools with dynamic fees and hooks. It handles over $259M in TVL across multiple chains and offers a wide range of pool types including weighted, boosted, and MEV-mitigated stableswaps.
Loopring is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Ethereum using zkRollup, a Layer-2 scaling solution that processes trades off-chain while securing data on Ethereum. It achieves high throughput and low costs, enabling professional trading strategies on a DEX for the first time.