Directory of DeFi Whitepapers

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6005c6425689e6167753b229_1inch-200x200-11inch Liquidity Protocol1inch Liquidity Protocol is an automated market maker (AMM) that facilitates decentralized token swaps without the need for an order book. DEXView
88mph-mph-logo-300x30088mph88mph is a fixed-rate yield-generation protocol. 88mph allows users to deposit their assets into the non-custodial platform and begin earning passive income.LendingView
svgexport-1-5AAVEAave is a decentralised non-custodial liquidity market protocol where users can participate as depositors or borrowers.Money MarketView
eYwuB0TO_400x400-300x300AlgorandAlgorand is dedicated to fostering constant evolution to anticipate and fulfill future technology needs on our platform.BlockchainView
orgs_-MHz-5H4WNRZ5OmpAi1__avatar-1604375321427Alpha FinanceAlpha Finance Lab is building an ecosystem of DeFi products that will interoperate to maximize returns while minimizing risks for users.DeFiView
Actus-LogoAuctusAuctus is a decentralized options protocol. Users can mint call and put options for different markets at different strike prices, and trade options in a trustless and decentralized manner without having to rely on any third party.DerivativesView
gHlsZLWU_400x400AugurAugur is a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets on Ethereum that lets anyone create a market around the outcome of any real-world event.DerivativesView
5tO76MIG_400x400B.ProtocolB.Protocol is a backstop liquidity protocol aiming to make decentralized lending platforms more stable by introducing a backstop liquidity solution.LendingView
badger_dao_logo (1)Badger DAOBadger is a DAO dedicated to building products and infrastructure to accelerate Bitcoin in decentralized finance.AssetsView
balancer-bal-logo-300x300BalancerA Balancer Pool is an automated market maker with certain key properties that cause it to function as a self-balancing weighted portfolio and price sensor.DEXView
bancor-bnt-logo-300x300BancorThe Bancor protocol enables built-in price discovery and a liquidity mechanism for 1 tokens on smart contract blockchains.DEXView
bzx-protocol-bzrx-logo-300x300bZxbZx is a financial primitive for shorting, leverage, borrowing, and lending that empowers decentralized, efficient, and rent-free blockchain applications.LendingView
CreamC.R.E.A.M. FinanceC.R.E.A.M. Finance is a blockchain agnostic, decentralized peer to peer lending platform based on a fork of Compound Finance. C.R.E.A.M. bridges liquidity across underserved assets by providing algorithmic money markets to these underserved assets.LendingView
indexC.R.E.A.M. SwapC.R.E.A.M. Finance Swap is a blockchain agnostic, dimensional market-maker built on Ethereum. It allows user to provide liquidity to pools and earn trading fees/reserves. C.R.E.A.M.DEXView
comCompoundCompound is a protocol on the Ethereum blockchain that establishes money markets, which are pools of assets with algorithmically derived interest rates, based on the supply and demand for the asset.Money MarketView
Connext-Logo-ico-CryptodifferConnextConnext provides non-custodial layer 2 payment-channel technology that enables off-chain, instant payments with low (or zero) transaction costs, helping scale the Ethereum network and paving the way for use cases like micropayments.PaymentView
logoCover ProtocolCover Protocol is a peer-to-peer coverage market that allows DeFi users to be protected against smart contract risk. It stabilizes the turbulent DeFi space by instilling confidence and trust between protocols and their users.DerivativesView
curveCurveCurve is an exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum (like Uniswap) designed for (1) extremely efficient stablecoin trading (2) low risk, supplemental fee income for liquidity providers, without an opportunity cost.DEXView
SUA_ZSP5_400x400COREVaultCOREVault is the first high yield farmable deflationary DeFi token. CORE’s ecosystem allows its users to earn rewards from a growing number of strategies, by providing liquidity in one of three liquidity pools.AssetsView
Cd-ILEu6_400x400DDEXDDEX is a decentralized margin trading and lending platform powered by the Hydro Protocol. DDEX currently supports up margin trading with up to 5x leverage for the following pairs: ETH/DAI, ETH/USDT, ETH/USDC, WBTC/USDT, and HBTC/USDT.LendingView
i-eX2Wo7_400x400-1DeFi SaverDeFi Saver is a one-stop management app for decentralized finance, with support for protocols such as MakerDAO, Compound, Aave, Reflexer and dYdX.LendingView
cryptocomdefiswap-dapp-exchanges-ethereum-logo-166x166_677f3596f70b98d6f95b1621d6ae08c9DeFi SwapCrypto.com DeFi Swap is a fork of Uniswap V2 designed to be the best place to swap and farm DeFi coins at the best available rate, leveraging proven and audited protocols, while offering an incentive program powered by CRO.DEXView
Definer_logoDeFinerDeFiner is a decentralized finance network for crypto savings and loans. DeFiner's lending smart contract has a build-in aggregator function to effectively allocate unused capital.LendingView
Ea2cT6_U0AEpyQu-300x300DerivaDEXDerivaDEX is a community-governed derivatives decentralized exchange that unites performance and autonomy. DerivaDEX features real-time price feed, fast trade resolution, and a competitive fee structure.DerivativesView
WC8lhLs5_400x400DeversiFiDeversiFi is a high-speed, non-custodial exchange released in June 2020 built using StarkWare’s layer 2 scaling engine.DEXView
DEXTFiconNEGATIVE-page-001DEXTFDEXTF Protocol is an asset management (AM) protocol which makes managing and investing your assets easier than ever before through our highly liquid XTF token funds, one for each fund, which are in turn tradable or redeemable for the underlying assets.AssetsView
YFII-logo.290fda47DFI.MoneyA DeFi-farming aggregator that automatically puts your crypto assets to work for high yield profits.AssetsView
OLzH5gNr_400x400dForcedForce advocates for building an integrated and interoperable open finance and monetary protocol matrix, including asset protocols (USDx, GOLDx, dToken), liquidity protocol (dForce Trade), and lending protocols.AssetsView
dhtdHEDGEdHEDGE is a decentralized asset management protocol connecting the world’s best investment managers with investors on the Ethereum blockchain in a permissionless, non-custodial, trustless fashion.AssetsView
0d3e93f0e19289604c1bdf90dfdb31bd938697a2-300x300DODODODO Exchange is a capital-efficient, low-slippage on-chain liquidity provider built on Ethereum and powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm.DEXView
1-KlkjDt4bt_euKigCz3Ehmg-300x300dYdXdYdX is a non-custodial trading platform on Ethereum geared toward experienced traders. Powered by the dYdX team’s latest open source protocol, Solo, the dYdX platform lets users lend, borrow, or margin trade any supported asset (as of March 2020: ETH, Dai, and USDC, with more planned).LendingView
enzyme-mln-logo-300x300Enzyme FinanceEnzyme is a decentralized asset management infrastructure built on Ethereum.AssetsView
40004083ErasureNumerai developed the Erasure protocol, a decentralized data marketplace for predictions which allows users to upload predictions and build reputation over time by staking cryptocurrencies like Numeraire (NMR) or DAI to show their confidence in their data or prediction.DerivativesView
G5iwAeBm_400x400FlexaFlexa is an instant, fraud-proof payments network for digital assets. Using a Flexa-enabled wallet app, anyone can spend a variety of cryptocurrencies, ERC20 tokens, stablecoins, and reward points—instantly, privately, and with zero fees—at multi-national brands across the US and Canada.PaymentView
n41uAEY-_400x400ForTubeForTube is a DeFi money market platform based on The Force Protocol. ForTube Bank is a liquidity pool based lending protocol that enables anyone to supply digital assets to earn interest, or borrow against a collateral.LendingView
f5BrWYY8_400x400FutureswapFutureswap is a perpetual futures platform built on Ethereum that offers leverage, live pricing, high capital efficiency, and incentivized usage. It aims to be a platform for institutions, whales, and everyday traders by having the best price execution of any perpetual futures exchange.DerivativesView
gnosis-gno-gno-logo-300x300GnosisGnosis builds new market mechanisms for open finance. Our three interoperable product lines allow you to securely create, trade, and hold crypto assets. Their core product, Gnosis Protocol is a fully permissionless DEX that enables ring trades to maximize liquidity.DEXView
6859Harvest FinanceHarvest was created for those looking for a convenient way to farm the latest projects that are producing yield for users.AssetsView
tGi6XIS5_400x400HEGICHegic is an on-chain peer-to-pool options trading protocol built on Ethereum. Hegic allows users to buy WBTC or ETH call and put options with any strike price and flexible holding periods by utilizing Hegic’s liquidity pools.DerivativesView
idex-idex-logo-300x300IDEXIDEX is an advanced cryptocurrency exchange that combines the performance of a centralized exchange with the safety of a DEX. Users can trade with low-latency, advanced features, and guaranteed trade execution, all from within the custody solution of their choice.DEXView
hWMU4OCr_400x400Idle FinanceIdle is a decentralized Defi protocol dedicated to bringing automated asset allocation and aggregation to the interest-bearing tokens economy.LendingView
c7w3TmXsIndex CoopIndex Coop creates and maintains the world's best crypto and DeFi index products. All Index Coop products are fully collateralized and built on Set Protocol's battle-tested V2 infrastructure.AssetsView
Instadapp_logoInstadappOn Instadapp, users and developers manage and build their DeFi portfolio - the world's most advanced platform to start leveraging the full potential of Decentralised Finance.Portfolio ManagementView
1-0obOHAy-UcdMtIicpqAAKQKEEP NetworkKeep network is decentralized proof of stake network that aims to solve public blockchain's privacy problem by allowing decentralized applications (dApps) access to private data without exposing it to the public blockchain.AssetsView
png-transparent-lightning-network-segwit-bitcoin-litecoin-blockchain-bitcoin-angle-triangle-logo-300x300Lightning NetworkThe Lightning Network (LN) is a Layer 2 protocol on top of Bitcoin that seeks to improve scalability by moving small and frequent transactions off-chain, allowing for fast peer-to-peer transactions and low fees.PaymentView
KRddVLzb_400x400LINKSWAPLINKSWAP is a community-governed automated market maker (AMM) and decentralized exchange (DEX) which is part of the ecosystem of DeFi protocol YF Link.DEXView
loopringblu-2-300x300LoopringLoopring is an Ethereum zkRollup protocol: a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution. Loopring's L2 increases transaction throughput and decreases cost, while maintaining complete Ethereum security guarantees.DEXView
zacb-9pN_400x400MakerThe Maker Protocol, also known as the Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) system, allows users to generate Dai by leveraging collateral assets approved by “Maker Governance.”StablecoinView
mcbMCDEXMCDEX is on a mission to make investing in perpetual contracts easier by building a secure and easy-to-use decentralized financial platform. The first product is a fully decentralized perpetual contract ETH-PERP with up to 10x leverage.DerivativesView
metronome-token@2xMetronomeMetronome (MET) is a cryptocurrency or DeFi asset designed with a low rate of continuous issuance through its daily auctions. Metronome also has an on-chain DEX that provides MET/ETH liquidity (AMM).AssetsView
Iq1CHt3I_400x400mStableReleased in May 2020, mStable is a protocol that builds autonomous and non-custodial stablecoin infrastructure. Three major problems confront stablecoin users: significant fragmentation in same-peg assets; lack of native yield when it is being increasingly demanded by users; lack of insurance against permanent capital loss.AssetsView
nxm-favicon-152x152-1Nexus MutualNexus Mutual is an open platform on Ethereum that lets members pool and share risk through a discretionary mutual (a community-owned insurance alternative). Only members can participate in the network, buy cover, and hold NXM (the platform's native token).DerivativesView
orgs_-MI0Q4nuozOKJPU8HqMF_avatar-1602104518654NotionalNotional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum.LendingView
klVuCa_9_400x400Opium NetworkOpium is a universal and robust protocol that allows for creating, settling, and trading decentralized derivatives on Ethereum.DerivativesView
2-ezHBLHODvIAH8rBojYlaCw-300x300OpynOpyn is a capital efficient DeFi options protocol that allows users to buy, sell, and create options on ERC20s.DerivativesView
banner-bottom-image-300x300ParasynthParasynth is a multi-chain synthetic asset issuance and trading platform built on Polkadot.DerivativesView
5354PEAKDEFIThe PEAKDEFI fund is a global, decentralized fund on the Ethereum blockchain, managed by different managers in a decentralized, permissionless and optimized way to try and achieve the best outcome for everybody involved.AssetsView
V5IWp_bW_400x400PerlinXPerlinX is a decentralized finance interface platform, allowing users to trade assets of any kind with each other through incentivized liquidity mining and synthetic asset generation.DerivativesView
pickle_finance_logoPickle FinancePickle Finance is a decentralized protocol designed to use farming incentives, vaults, and governance to bring stablecoins closer to their pegs.AssetsView
52331705PieDAOPieDAO is an asset allocation DAO for decentralized market-weighted portfolio allocations. PieDAO enables anyone to create tokenized portfolio allocations for both crypto and traditional assets.AssetsView
polkadotPolkadotPolkadot DeFi Alliance is where industry-leading projects and cutting edge teams come together to propel forward the larger Polkadot ecosystem and the overall cryptocurrency industry.BlockchainView
mv76xoYO_400x400PolygonPolygon, previously known as Matic Network, is a developer-first hybrid POS+Plasma protocol and a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks enabling developers to scale their DApps for large scale usage.PaymentView
svgexport-1-4PowerIndexPowerPool is a decentralized protocol for automatically managed token portfolios and smart indices. Protocol uses capital stored in portfolios/indices for generating additional yield from staking, vaults, and meta-governance.DEXView
orgs_-M3jP-WZLqKDPQJsxrZl_avatar-1588869077020PrimitivePrimitive is a decentralized option market protocol on Ethereum. Option markets can be created for tokenized long and short options on any ERC-20 token.DerivativesView
DAsD3Z38_400x400QIANQIAN is a stablecoin protocol based on Ethereum and Binance smart chain. Users can lock their cryptoassets (such as ETH, HBTC, WBTC, USD stablecoins, mainstream exchange platform tokens, etc.)LendingView
GSxzsYLB_400x400RayReleased in Sept 2019, Robo-Advisor for Yield, or RAY for short, is a smart contract system that utilizes off-chain price oracles to automatically transfer your funds to the lending protocol offering the highest yield.LendingView
EAfYdwgd_400x400ReflexerReflexer is a decentralized platform where anyone can use their crypto collateral to issue reflex indexes like RAI. RAI, Reflexer's first reflex index, is an ETH backed, non pegged stable asset whose monetary policy is managed by an on-chain, autonomous controller.LendingView
CRYvXTVv_400x400RenVMRenVM, released in May 2020, is a Byzantine fault-tolerant protocol that facilitates ECDSA threshold key generation and signing via sMPC.AssetsView
DvPkmTY1_400x400S.FinanceS.Finance is a DeFi protocol which supports stablecoin services starting with a stable currency exchange service. S.Finance originated as a fork of Curve Finance aiming to lower the barrier to entry for new users, particularly the Chinese community.DEXView
setlogo-no-text.8fb4ab77Set ProtocolSet Protocol is a non-custodial protocol built on Ethereum that allows for the creation, management, and trading of Sets, ERC20 tokens that represent a portfolio or basket of underlying assets.AssetsView
sirenSirenOptions are a financial primitive from which one can build many different more complex financial instruments. At their core, options give a trader the choice to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price at a known time in the future.DerivativesView
mkEngEBj_400x400SnowswapSnowSwap is a decentralized exchange for the yield-bearing LP tokens of the top DeFi projects. It’s based on Curve’s AMM model and allows users to easily enter and exit yearn.finance’s yVaults and other yield-bearing tokens for only the cost of a swap feeDEXView
6758SushiSwapSushiSwap is an automated market-making (AMM) decentralized exchange (DEX) currently on the Ethereum blockchain. We are soon expanding our offerings with the BentoBox lending platform.DEXView
US1dXf4Z_400x400Swerve FinanceSwerve is a community-owned and governed fork of Curve Finance, an AMM-based decentalized exchange specializing in efficient stablecoin swaps.DEXView
svgexport-1-1SynthetixSynthetix is a decentralised synthetic asset issuance protocol built on Ethereum. These synthetic assets are collateralized by the Synthetix Network Token (SNX) which when locked in the contract enables the issuance of synthetic assets (Synths).DerivativesView
ZINt8NSB_400x400Tornado CashTornado Cash is a decentralized, non-custodial privacy solution built on Ethereum. It improves transaction privacy by breaking the on-chain link between recipient and destination addresses.PaymentView
TfGHv9HL_400x400TrueFiTrueFi is a decentralized protocol for uncollateralized on-chain lending. The aim is for TrueFi to become the ultimate market-driven, automated credit rating and lending system, freeing money to move wherever it creates the most value instantly.LendingView
Fv-9FZII_400x400Uniswap v2Uniswap v2 is an on-chain system of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, implementing an automated liquidity protocol based on a “constant product formula”DEXView
Fv-9FZII_400x400Uniswap v3Uniswap v3 is a noncustodial automated market maker implemented for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.DEXView
logoUniTradeUniTrade is a cross-chain, decentralized trading platform that automates buy and sell orders. Traders can place both limit and market orders against liquidity pools on popular DEXs such as Uniswap (Ethereum) and Pancakeswap (Binance Smart Chain).DEXView
jN72SwyuValue DeFiThe Value DeFi protocol is a platform and suite of products that aim to bring fairness, true value, and innovation to Decentralized Finance.AssetsView
vesper_logoVesperVesper is a DeFi ecosystem and growth engine for crypto assets, providing a suite of yield-generating products focused on ease-of-use, optimization, and longevity.AssetsView
cVMiK06D_400x400xDaixDai Chain is an Ethereum sidechain with 5-second block times, low gas prices, and a native token that’s also called xDai. Developed through a partnership between POA Network and MakerDAO, xDai Chain is powered by a delegated Proof-of-Stake architecture called POSDAO.PaymentView
zzRHMkND_400x400yAxisyAxis MetaVault v2 is an aggregator of yield aggregators, allowing crypto holders to earn interest on their assets through a versatile, multi-strategy vault.AssetsView
yearn-finance-yfi-logo-300x300yearn.financeyearn.finance is a decentralized ecosystem of aggregators that utilize lending services such as Aave, Compound, Dydx, and Fulcrum to optimize your token lending.AssetsView