DeFi

Altcoin

DeepBook Protocol

Chainlink

While Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have been exhibiting volatile movements in recent days due to the US Government shutdown and macroeconomic uncertainty, the expected rise is expected to begin in October, known as the historical month of the rise.
While the market and investors focus on a major rally, Santimen has listed the DeFi altcoin projects with the most active development activity.
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Accordingly, Chainlink (LINK) ranked first on the list, followed by DeepBook Protocol (DEEP) and DeFiChain (DFI).
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 “1) Chainlink – LINK 2) DeepBook Protocol – DEEP 3) Defichain – DFI 4) Fox Token – FOX 5) Lido Finance – LDO 6) Babylon Labs – BABY 7) Injective – INJ 8)Centrifuge – CFG 9) dYdX – DYDX 10) Curve Finance – CRV “
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According to Santiment data, Chainlink, DeepBook Protocol (DEEP), and Defichain (DFI) maintained their positions, while other altcoins generally saw a downward trend in developer activity.
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 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f9d1-200d-1f4bb.png" alt="🧑‍💻" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> Here are crypto's top 10 DeFi projects by development. Directional indicators represent each project's ranking positioning since last month:
 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/27a1.png" alt="➡" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 1) <a href="https://twitter.com/chainlink?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@chainlink</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24LINK&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$LINK</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f947.png" alt="🥇" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/27a1.png" alt="➡" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 2) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeepBookonSui?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@deepbookonsui</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24DEEP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$DEEP</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f948.png" alt="🥈" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/27a1.png" alt="➡" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 3) <a href="https://twitter.com/defichain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@defichain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24DFI&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$DFI</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f949.png" alt="🥉" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f4c8.png" alt="📈" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 4) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsFoxCrypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@itsfoxcrypto</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24FOX&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$FOX</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f4c8.png" alt="📈" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 5) <a href="https://twitter.com/LidoFinance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@lidofinance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24LDO&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$LDO</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f4c9.png" alt="📉" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 6)… <a href="https://t.co/jPwqlU3UKr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/jPwqlU3UKr</a>
 — Santiment (@santimentfeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1975797397033738390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 8, 2025</a>
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*This is not investment advice.
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