The top Optimism Ecosystem projects, ranked by prominence — TVL, market cap, funding, and on-chain activity.
Uniswap
Decentralized token swapping for everyone
Aave
Lend, borrow, and earn interest on your crypto.
Lido
Stake and stay liquid across multiple chains
Curve
The most efficient stablecoin DEX in DeFi
Pendle
Trade tokenized future yield on AMM
Balancer
DeFi automated market making protocol
Axelar
Secure interchain communication for Web3
Hyperlane
Permissionless interoperability across 170+ chains
Across Protocol
Instant, capital-efficient cross-chain bridging
Synthetix
Permissionless derivatives liquidity protocol
Ethena
Synthetic dollar protocol on Ethereum
Synapse
Universal cross-chain liquidity and communication network
PoolTogether
No-loss prize savings protocol
Boson Protocol
Agentic commerce protocol for everything.
BOB
Private multi-chain stablecoin for secure transfers
Chainlink
The standard for decentralized oracle networks
Perpetual Protocol
Decentralized perpetual contracts for every asset.
Venus
Borderless lending and borrowing for DeFi
Frax
Stablecoin Protocol
Yearn Finance
Automated yield optimization for DeFi
Vee Finance
Bridging traditional finance and DeFi lending
Ocean Protocol
Decentralized data sharing for AI
Velodrome Finance
The trading and liquidity marketplace on Optimism
Sweatcoin
Earn crypto by moving your body
Layer3
Omnichain identity, distribution, and incentives
Gauntlet
Simulation platform for on-chain risk management
Persistence
The BTCFi Liquidity Hub for fast swaps
Ankr
Extra Finance
Leveraged Yield Farming Protocol
Metronome
First autonomous cross-chain cryptocurrency
Derive
Programmable onchain derivatives and structured products.
Frankencoin
Swiss franc stablecoin
Tellor
A decentralized oracle for off-chain data
Velora
DeFi aggregator
Stargate Finance
Composable native asset bridge with unified liquidity
Shutter
Encrypted mempools for fair onchain moves
Kromatika
Defi limit orders without fees or front-running
Overtime
Onchain sportsbook with AMM liquidity
SPECTRA
Secure your future yield at a fixed rate.
WAGMI
Community meme meets optimized DEX liquidity.
Cyber
The L2 for Social
Thales
Binary options platform in Synthetix ecosystem
Kyber Network
The smart DEX aggregator for better rates
BarnBridge
Tokenized risk management for DeFi yields.
Threshold Network
Decentralized threshold cryptography for web3
Orderly Network
Decentralized order book for cross-chain trading
vana
The first open network for data sovereignty and user-owned AI data.
Navigator Exchange
Leading Perpetual DEX on Sonic with real yield
Olympus
Programmable central bank without human bias.
Cartesi
Bringing Linux and mainstream software to blockchain