Crypto
DeFi Protocols
48 articles. Institutional-grade analysis of decentralized finance protocols relevant to stablecoin liquidity, lending, and real-world asset tokenization.
DEXs & Aggregators
- Aave: Decentralized Lending Architecture and Protocol Mechanics
- Camelot: Arbitrum Native DEX, Custom Liquidity Architecture, Nitro Pools, and Launchpad Infrastructurepublished
- Curve Finance: AMM Design, ve-Tokenomics, and the Stablecoin DEX Revolution
- DODO: Proactive Market Maker Protocol and Capital-Efficient AMM Architecturepublished
- Drift: Solana Perpetual Futures, AMM-based Markets, and Risk Managementpublished
- GMX: Decentralized Perpetuals Exchange, GLP Liquidity, and Multi-Chain Derivatives Architecture
- Jupiter: Solana's DEX Aggregator and Decentralized Exchange Infrastructure
- Orca: Solana DEX, Whirlpools, and Fair-Price Indicatorspublished
- QuickSwap: Polygon Native DEX, Dragon's Lair Staking, and Concentrated Liquidity Architecturepublished
- Trader Joe: Avalanche DEX, Liquidity Book AMM, and Joe Token Relaunch Architecturepublished
- Uniswap Protocol: Automated Market Making and Decentralized Exchange Architecture
Lending & Borrowing
Liquid Staking & Restaking
Yield & Structured Products
Stablecoin Protocols
RWA & Institutional
Other
- 1inch Network: DEX Aggregation and Limit Order Infrastructure
- ApeCoin: BAYC Ecosystem Token, ApeChain Infrastructure, and Yuga Labs Community Governancepublished
- Babylon: Trustless Bitcoin Staking Protocol for Shared SecurityBBN
- Balancer: Programmable Liquidity and Automated Portfolio Management Protocol
- Blur: NFT Marketplace Infrastructure, Lending Protocols, and Trader-Centric Marketplace Designpublished
- Bonk (BONK): Solana's Community Memecoin and Distributed Treasury Governancepublished
- Convex Finance (CVX) - Curve Yield Booster and veToken Governance
- EigenLayer: Restaking Protocol for Modular Ethereum SecurityEIGEN
- Kamino: Solana Liquidity Management, Automated Vaults, and LP Optimizationpublished
- Lido DAO (LDO): Liquid Staking Protocol and Largest DeFi Ecosystem by TVLLDO
- Maple Finance (MPL) - Institutional Uncollateralized Lending Protocol
- Mars Protocol: Decentralized Lending and Borrowing Infrastructure for CosmosMARSActive
- Morpho (MORPHO) - Peer-to-Peer Lending Optimization Layer
- Ondo Finance: Institutional Real-World Asset Tokenization and Decentralized Treasury Infrastructure
- PancakeSwap: BSC's Leading DEX and DeFi Hub
- Pump.fun: Solana's Memecoin Launchpad and the Bonding-Curve Token FactoryActive
- Raydium: Solana's Largest DEX, AMM Architecture, and the PumpFun Graduation PipelineActive
- Sommelier: Cosmos DeFi Vault Chain with Intelligent Yield OptimizationSOMMActive
- SushiSwap: Decentralized Multi-Chain AMM and Lending Infrastructure
- Verasity (VRA) — Proof of View and Blockchain Monetization for Digital Mediapublished
- WOO Network - Decentralized Liquidity Aggregation and Zero-Fee Tradingpublished
- Yearn Finance (YFI) - DeFi Yield Aggregator and Strategy Protocol