The top Ethereum 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

Ondo Finance
Tokenized real-world assets for DeFi yield

Morpho
Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Mantle Network
Modular Ethereum L2 with EigenDA

Curve
The most efficient stablecoin DEX in DeFi

Pendle
Trade tokenized future yield on AMM

1inch
DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom.

Paxos
Own physical gold, trade digitally

Compound
Algorithmic lending for open finance applications

Ether.Fi
Decentralized, non-custodial Ethereum staking with rewards.

Balancer
DeFi automated market making protocol

dYdX
Leading decentralized derivatives exchange

Taiko
Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, fully permissionless

Portal
Onboarding the first billion gamers into Web3.

ssv.network
Decentralized Ethereum staking infrastructure

Axelar
Secure interchain communication for Web3

Euler Finance
Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Loopring
High-speed, low-cost DEX on Ethereum L2

Hyperlane
Permissionless interoperability across 170+ chains

Reserve protocol
Create asset-backed currencies for global purchasing power.

SoSoValue
One-stop financial research platform for Crypto Investors

Across Protocol
Instant, capital-efficient cross-chain bridging

Synthetix
Permissionless derivatives liquidity protocol

Lombard
Bitcoin's leading yield-bearing liquid token

Securitize
Tokenizing real-world credit for everyone.

Alchemix
Self-repaying loans via future yield

API3
First-party oracles that pay you

Puffer Finance
Restaking-driven rollups for Ethereum scalability

Chainflip
Cross-chain swaps without wrapping or bridging

Railgun
Private DEX trading and lending with zk-SNARKs.

Badger DAO
Bringing Bitcoin into DeFi

Dolomite
Next-gen money market and DeFi prime brokerage.

Ethena
Synthetic dollar protocol on Ethereum

Blur
The NFT marketplace for pro traders

iZUMi Finance
DeFi protocol providing One-Stop Liquidity as a Service

PancakeSwap
Trade, earn, and grow on the #1 AMM

SynFutures
Decentralized perpetuals for any asset

Clearpool
Decentralized credit markets for institutions

Folks Finance
Crosschain DeFi lending and borrowing simplified.

Gearbox
Composable leverage for all of DeFi

Bedrock
Intelligent yield engine for Bitcoin capital.

StakeStone
One-stop staking for omnichain LST liquidity

usd.ai
Yield-bearing synthetic dollar backed by real-world assets

Augur
Decentralized prediction markets and oracle infrastructure

EigenCloud
Restake ETH for enhanced cryptoeconomic security

Nexus Mutual
Decentralized cover for smart contract risk

BIO Protocol
DeSci curation and liquidity protocol

Yield Basis
Earn BTC yield without impermanent loss