## बैलेंसर (BAL) क्या है?
 
 बैलेंसर एक स्वचालित बाजार निर्माता ([AMM](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/automated-market-maker-amm)) है जिसे एथेरियम ब्लॉकचचैन पर विकसित किया गया था और मार्च 2020 में लॉन्च किया गया था। इसने प्लेसहोल्डर और अकोम्प्लिश से सीड राउंड में 3M$ जुटाए थे। [बैलेंसर प्रोटोकॉल](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-balancer) एक स्व-संतुलन भारित पोर्टफोलियो, मूल्य संवेदक और तरलता प्रदाता के रूप में कार्य करता है। यह उपयोगकर्ताओं को अनुकूलन योग्य तरलता पूल में योगदान करके अपने हाल ही में पेश किए गए टोकन ($BAL) के माध्यम से लाभ अर्जित करने की क्षमता देता है।
 
 प्रोटोकॉल कुछ प्रकार के पूल संचालित करता है:
 
 * **निजी पूल** पूल पर मालिक को शासन देते हैं, और मालिक को पूल में तरलता का एकमात्र योगदानकर्ता बनाते हैं। साथ ही, सभी पैरामीटर को मालिक द्वारा बदला जा सकता है।
 * **शेयर्ड पूल** उनके लिए हैं जो [तरलता प्रदाता](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/liquidity-provider) (LPs) बनना चाहते हैं। LP को बैलेंसर पूल टोकन (BPTs) से पुरस्कृत किया जाता है।
 * **स्मार्ट पूल** निजी पूल के समान हैं लेकिन स्मार्ट अनुबंध द्वारा नियंत्रित होते हैं। वे BPT का उपयोग करके पुरस्कृत भी करते हैं और किसी को भी तरलता में योगदान देने की अनुमति दे सकते हैं।
 
 ### बैलेंसर के संस्थापक कौन हैं?
 
 बैलेंसर लैब की स्थापना फर्नांडो मार्टिनेली और माइक मैकडॉनल्ड ने की थी, लेकिन यह परियोजना 2018 में एक सॉफ्टवेयर फर्म "ब्लॉकसाइंस" में एक शोध कार्यक्रम के रूप में शुरू हुई थी। बैलेंसर परियोजना में बुद्धिमान, समान विचारधारा वाले लोग हैं, जिन्हें डेफी स्पेस की गहरी समझ है।
 
 निर्माता समुदाय के सदस्य और उद्यमी **फर्नांडो मार्टनेली** के पास बैलेंसर के अतिरिक्त भी कई वर्षों का कार्य अनुभव है। बैलेंसर शुरू करने से पहले उन्होंने अपने साथी माइक मैकडोनाल्ड के साथ कई अन्य कंपनियों की सह-स्थापना करी है।
 
 **माइक मैकडॉनल्ड्स** बैलेंसर के सह-संस्थापक और CTO हैं। वे एक सुरक्षा इंजीनियर हैं और mkr.tools के निर्माता हैं। वह बैलेंसर प्लेटफॉर्म बनाने के लिए फर्नांडो मार्टनेली के साथ शामिल हुए।
 
 **क्रिस्टन स्टोन** बैलेंसर की COO, क्रिप्टो उद्योग में पाँच साल से ज़्यादा काम कर चुकी हैं। वह कॉइनबेस में एक उत्पाद प्रबंधक थीं और उन्होंने उत्पाद और इंजीनियरिंग में टीमों का निर्माण किया है।
 
 **तैमूर बदरेटदीनोव**, फ्रंटएंड डेवलपर हैं और उन्होंने बैलेंसर में काम करने से पहले कई परियोजनाओं पर काम किया है। उन्होंने "लॉन्गकॉलर" नामक एक कंपनी की स्थापना की, जो क्रिप्टोकरेंसी समीक्षा और शैक्षिक ब्लॉकचेन सामग्री प्रदान करने पर केंद्रित एक मंच है।
 
 ### वो क्या है जो बैलेंसर को खास बनाता है?
 
 बैलेंसर [यूनिस्वैप](https://uniswap.org/) और [कर्व](https://www.curve.fi/) के समान है, क्यूंकी यह भी किसी को भी टोकन के पूल बनाने में सक्षम बनाता है। चाहे टोकन की कीमत में बदलाव ही क्यूँ न हो जाए लेकिन उनके मूल्य को बराबर रखने के लिए पूल स्वयं को समायोजित करता है। हालांकि, बैलेंसर की [एक अनूठी विशेषता](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-decentralized-finance) यह है कि एक से अधिक टोकन जोड़े जा सकते हैं और ETH की आवश्यकता नहीं है।
 
 भले ही बैलेंसर AMM का उपयोग करने वाला पहला DeFi प्रोटोकॉल नहीं है, लेकिन यह तरलता का एक नया चेहरा और दृष्टिकोण ले कर आया है। इस प्रोटोकॉल की अनूठी विशेषता यह है कि यह तरलता प्रदाताओं को प्रति बाजार आठ संपत्तियां रखने की क्षमता देता है जो प्रतिशत के आधार पर भारित होते हैं और स्वचालित रूप से पुन: संतुलित किए जाते हैं।
 
 बैलेंसर में, उपयोगकर्ताओं को वांछित संपत्ति का 50% जमा करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है, इसकी बजाए उन्हें यह तय करने की अनुमति है कि वे समर्थित संपत्ति का कितना हिस्सा जमा करना चाहते हैं। बैलेंसर लैब की एक और अनूठी विशेषता यह है कि उपयोगकर्ता आर्बिट्रेज अवसरों और स्लिपेज-कमी के माध्यम से कम मांग वाली संपत्तियों पर उच्च रिटर्न प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। आप [यहाँ](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/categories/blog) बैलेंसर के काम करने के तरीके के बारे में और जान सकते हैं।
 
 ### बैलेंसर (BAL) के कितने टोकन प्रचलन में हैं?
 
 बैलेंसर को मूल टोकन के साथ लॉन्च नहीं किया गया था। हालांकि, कंपाउंड के टोकन COMP की सफलता के बाद, जून 2020 में, उन्होंने एक शासनीय टोकन, $BAL लॉन्च किया। टोकन का उद्देश्य LPs को प्रोत्साहन देने के लिए प्लेटफॉर्म को अधिक विकेन्द्रीकरण की अनुमति देना है।
 
 बनाए गए कुल 100 मिलियन टोकन में से, 25 मिलियन टीम, कोर डेवलपर्स, निवेशकों और सलाहकारों के लिए आरक्षित थे। बैलेंसर इकोसिस्टम फंड के लिए 5M टोकन आवंटित किए गए, जिसका उपयोग रणनीतिक भागीदारों को प्रोत्साहन देने के रूप में किया जाएगा। अतिरिक्त 5M धन उगाहने वाले कोष के लिए आवंटित किए गए थे। इस फंड का उपयोग बैलेंसर द्वारा भविष्य के धन उगाहने की प्रक्रिया में अपने संचालन और विकास का समर्थन करने के लिए किया जाएगा।
 
 शेष टोकनों का प्लेटफ़ॉर्म के तरलता प्रदाताओं द्वारा खनन किया जाना है और प्रति सप्ताह 145K की दर से ये टोकन जारी किए जाते हैं। बशर्ते वितरण दर स्थिर रखी जाए, टोकनों का वितरण खत्म होने में लगभग 8.6 वर्षों का समय लगेगा।
 
 ### बैलेंसर नेटवर्क सुरक्षित कैसे है?
 
 बैलेंसर के लिए, सुरक्षा सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता है और यही कारण है कि ट्रेल ऑफ बिट्स, कॉनसेनसिस और ओपनजेपेलिन द्वारा प्रोटोकॉल का तीन बार पूरी तरह से ऑडिट किया गया है। कोई व्यवस्थापक कुंजी या पिछले दरवाजे नहीं हैं, इसलिए, यह भरोसेमंद बन जाता है, और बैलेंसर पूल अपग्रेड करने योग्य नहीं हैं। भले ही कुछ पूलों में उनका उपयोग किया जा रहा हो, लेकिन बैलेंसर उन टोकन का समर्थन नहीं करता है जो [ERC -20](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/erc-20) मानक के अनुरूप नहीं हैं।
 
 बैलेंसर पूल में रखे गए टोकनों का नियंत्रण बैलेंसर नहीं करता है, वे स्मार्ट कांट्रैक्ट हैं। फिर भी, यह स्मार्ट अनुबंधों के अंतर्निहित जोखिमों को दूर नहीं करता है। कॉन्फ़िगर राइट पूल (CRPs) यह सुनिश्चित करते हैं कि ज्ञात मुद्दों वाले टोकन पूल में उपयोग किए जाने से वर्जित हो जाए। यह ये भी सुनिश्चित करता है कि सभी टोकन पूल के साथ सुरक्षित रूप से इंटरेक्ट करते हैं
 
 ### आप बैलेंसर टोकन (BAL) कहाँ से खरीद सकते हैं?
 
 बैलेंसर उपयोगकर्ताओं को $BAL कमाने के लिए तरलता पूल में राशि जोड़ने की अनुमति देता है, ये टोकन उपयोगकर्ताओं को अपने आप साप्ताहिक रूप से प्रदान किए जाते हैं। $BAL का समर्थन करने वाले शीर्ष एक्सचेंजों में Binance, ZenGo, Global, HBTC, Kraken, OKEx, Huobi, आदि शामिल हैं। अपनी फिएट मुद्राओं के बदले $BAL कैसे खरीदें, इस मार्ग पर जाने के लिए यहाँ पर एक विस्तृत [मार्गदर्शिका](https://coinmarketcap.com/how-to-buy-bitcoin/) दी गयी है।

 trillion in transactions were powered by Automated Market Makers, delivering billions of dollars in swap revenue to LPs.

Now is the time to understand this pivotal piece of DeFi technology. 🧵 

2/ Where previously intermediaries such as banks and lending agents were required to facilitate interactions in the financial system, smart contracts have enabled the creation of decentralized applications (dApps) that require no human intervention once deployed. 

3/ Lending markets and stablecoins are two great examples.

However, one of the most essential applications that has arisen allows users to swap in and out of assets without any middleman.

These applications are known as Decentralized Exchanges or DEXs for short.

4/ DEXs eliminate the need for a middleman by implementing a ‘liquidity pool’ that combines a collection of funds in a smart contract to facilitate trading.

5/ Users, known as Liquidity providers (LPs) are then incentivized to supply assets to the smart contract, such as 

6/ For liquidity pools on a DEX, the trading of assets within the pool is governed by math and implemented through immutable code.

The method by which assets are traded, known as the logic, is defined by the specific Automated Market Maker (AMM) utilized.

🌿 DEX is an application that users access to trade assets.

🌿 Liquidity Pools enables trustless trades by pairing assets within a smart contract and incentivizing LPs by offering them trading fees.

🌿  The AMM determines how the assets within the LP trade.

8/ If one asset’s price is plotted on the x-axis and the other on the y-axis, the way the assets trade can be represented on a graph.

The resulting line, or curve, is governed by a mathematical formula that relates the two assets, known as the invariant. 

9/ The graph below displays AMM invariants commonly used in DeFi for different asset types.

For stable assets, a stableswap invariant is typically employed, while for volatile assets, a constant-product invariant is often used. 

10/  There are two important features to note with an AMMs design.

1️⃣ To generate organic yield, LPs require many swaps flowing through the pool (volume).

2️⃣ To enable large volumes, the pool requires deep liquidity to ensure traders’ swaps do not occur slippage.

Slippage refers to the difference between the expected price of a trade and the actual price at which the trade is executed, caused by the trade’s impact on the liquidity pool’s balance.

12/ This means that traders desire deep liquidity for better pricing, while liquidity providers prefer a smaller pool to maximize their share of the swap fees.

This dynamic creates an AMM principal-agent problem, where liquidity providers and traders have competing interests.

AMMs designers are seeking to optimize liquidity provision so that less capital provides better prices for traders while simultaneously generating more volume and thus greater yield for LPs.

One example is the concentrated liquidity AMM.

14/ Rather than spreading LP liquidity over the full range of potential token prices, concentrated liquidity confines liquidity within a focalized range.

This allows sophisticated users to allocate to price bounds where they believe most swaps will be concentrated. 

15/ If configured correctly, less capital can be supplied which will see a higher return in swap yields and also provide deep liquidity for traders.

However, this model requires constant management to ensure the area in which liquidity is being supplied is the correct area.

16/ Balancer boosted pools provide another powerful AMM alternative without the burden of continuous liquidity and tick management.

Rather than confine liquidity within a predefined swap range, Boosted Pools deposits idle liquidity in external yield-generating applications. 

17/ The goal of this AMM model is to allow LPs to constantly gain exposure to a sustainable source of yield generation alongside the ability to earn swap fees whenever liquidity is utilized for swaps.

18/ So, what does the future of AMM design look like?

Will the AMM landscape look the same in the next 5 years?

19/ For any team seeking to build a new AMM, the process is typically as follows.

Simulate logic, develop front-end, back-end, bootstrap liquidity, onboard aggregator integrations, launch tokens for incentive mechanics, build business partnerships, and so on… 

20/ Any team looking to innovate and define how the future of tokenized assets will trade must not only design new and innovative AMM logic but also build the WHOLE decentralized exchange and social network.

21/ Balancer Technology takes a different approach.

It simplifies and streamlines the AMM development process for everyone.

22/ To use an analogy, just like AWS is a building block for websites, Balancer Technology can be considered a building block for AMM deployment.

23/ Balancer Technology does this by taking a unique design approach that separates trivial low-level tasks across all AMMs, like token management, accounting, and front-end interface… and instead creates a streamlined launchpad for different AMM strategies. 

24/ Besides the in-house developed weighted and boosted AMM, Balancer powers a wide array of AMMs, including Gyroscope’s E-CLPs, Cron Finance’s TWAMMs, Fjord’s LBPs, and Xave’s FX markets.

25/ Balancer allows external teams to code less, build more, and bring AMM products to market. FAST.

As AMMs rapidly acquire market share, the future looks certain to be onchain, and Balancer is empowering developers to build it.

1/ In the past year alone, over $1.28 trillion in transactions were powered by Automated Market Makers, delivering billions of dollars in swap revenue to LPs.

The future of finance is onchain.

Now is the time to understand this pivotal piece of DeFi technology. 🧵 
2/ Where previously intermediaries such as banks and lending agents were required to facilitate interactions in the financial system, smart contracts have enabled the creation of decentralized applications (dApps) that require no human intervention once deployed. 
3/ Lending markets and stablecoins are two great examples.

However, one of the most essential applications that has arisen allows users to swap in and out of assets without any middleman.

These applications are known as Decentralized Exchanges or DEXs for short.
4/ DEXs eliminate the need for a middleman by implementing a ‘liquidity pool’ that combines a collection of funds in a smart contract to facilitate trading.
5/ Users, known as Liquidity providers (LPs) are then incentivized to supply assets to the smart contract, such as $ETH and a stablecoin like $USDC, by earning fees each time an $ETH <> $USDC swap occurs. 
6/ For liquidity pools on a DEX, the trading of assets within the pool is governed by math and implemented through immutable code.

The method by which assets are traded, known as the logic, is defined by the specific Automated Market Maker (AMM) utilized.
7/ Let's recap.

🌿 DEX is an application that users access to trade assets.

🌿 Liquidity Pools enables trustless trades by pairing assets within a smart contract and incentivizing LPs by offering them trading fees.

🌿  The AMM determines how the assets within the LP trade.
8/ If one asset’s price is plotted on the x-axis and the other on the y-axis, the way the assets trade can be represented on a graph.

The resulting line, or curve, is governed by a mathematical formula that relates the two assets, known as the invariant. 
9/ The graph below displays AMM invariants commonly used in DeFi for different asset types.

For stable assets, a stableswap invariant is typically employed, while for volatile assets, a constant-product invariant is often used. 
10/  There are two important features to note with an AMMs design.

1️⃣ To generate organic yield, LPs require many swaps flowing through the pool (volume).

2️⃣ To enable large volumes, the pool requires deep liquidity to ensure traders’ swaps do not occur slippage.
11/ Slippage?

Slippage refers to the difference between the expected price of a trade and the actual price at which the trade is executed, caused by the trade’s impact on the liquidity pool’s balance.
12/ This means that traders desire deep liquidity for better pricing, while liquidity providers prefer a smaller pool to maximize their share of the swap fees.

This dynamic creates an AMM principal-agent problem, where liquidity providers and traders have competing interests.
13/ The solution?

AMMs designers are seeking to optimize liquidity provision so that less capital provides better prices for traders while simultaneously generating more volume and thus greater yield for LPs.

One example is the concentrated liquidity AMM.
14/ Rather than spreading LP liquidity over the full range of potential token prices, concentrated liquidity confines liquidity within a focalized range.

This allows sophisticated users to allocate to price bounds where they believe most swaps will be concentrated. 
15/ If configured correctly, less capital can be supplied which will see a higher return in swap yields and also provide deep liquidity for traders.

However, this model requires constant management to ensure the area in which liquidity is being supplied is the correct area.
16/ Balancer boosted pools provide another powerful AMM alternative without the burden of continuous liquidity and tick management.

Rather than confine liquidity within a predefined swap range, Boosted Pools deposits idle liquidity in external yield-generating applications. 
17/ The goal of this AMM model is to allow LPs to constantly gain exposure to a sustainable source of yield generation alongside the ability to earn swap fees whenever liquidity is utilized for swaps.
18/ So, what does the future of AMM design look like?

Will the AMM landscape look the same in the next 5 years?

As with everything, likely not. 
19/ For any team seeking to build a new AMM, the process is typically as follows.

Simulate logic, develop front-end, back-end, bootstrap liquidity, onboard aggregator integrations, launch tokens for incentive mechanics, build business partnerships, and so on… 
20/ Any team looking to innovate and define how the future of tokenized assets will trade must not only design new and innovative AMM logic but also build the WHOLE decentralized exchange and social network.
21/ Balancer Technology takes a different approach.

It simplifies and streamlines the AMM development process for everyone.

 Zen mode ✅ 
22/ To use an analogy, just like AWS is a building block for websites, Balancer Technology can be considered a building block for AMM deployment.

It's the AMM Web3 Service of DeFi. 
23/ Balancer Technology does this by taking a unique design approach that separates trivial low-level tasks across all AMMs, like token management, accounting, and front-end interface… and instead creates a streamlined launchpad for different AMM strategies. 
24/ Besides the in-house developed weighted and boosted AMM, Balancer powers a wide array of AMMs, including Gyroscope’s E-CLPs, Cron Finance’s TWAMMs, Fjord’s LBPs, and Xave’s FX markets.

(And soon to be CoW AMM 🐮 )
25/ Balancer allows external teams to code less, build more, and bring AMM products to market. FAST.

As AMMs rapidly acquire market share, the future looks certain to be onchain, and Balancer is empowering developers to build it.

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5/ First up is a classic Balancer weighted 80/20 pool on 

6/ The next pool on the list showcases Balancer's yield-bearing technology on 

7/ Last but not least, we have a yield-bearing tri-stable pool in collaboration with 

1️⃣ Bridge & Connect - Use the Jumper Dashboard to bridge assets on Mode or Fraxtal.

2️⃣ Engage with Balancer's 'Available Missions' on Jumper’s SuperFest page.

3️⃣ Claim & Collect - Visit the SuperFest page to claim rewards and collect NFTs.

 one epic lineup – are you ready for SuperFest on 

1/ Channel your inner $OP-timism and find your zen with 3 new supercharged, SuperFest pools on @modenetwork and Fraxtal.

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2/ SuperFest, hosted by @Optimism, is an on-chain celebration for builders in the Superchain network.

From early July to late August, SuperFest invites users to explore various Dapps across key L2s, including OP Mainnet, Base, Mode, and Fraxtal.

https://x.com/Optimism/status/1810712111774908545
3/ The Optimism Collective has allocated 1.5 million $OP tokens as incentives for the event, which users can claim based on participation.

Additionally, users who claim rewards are also eligible to mint unique Superchain wristband NFTs.
4/ As a major player in SuperFest, Balancer is distributing ~45,000 $OP to pools on Fraxtal and Mode, as well as offering access to Jumper XP.

To be eligible, start by completing any mission on either chain to earn OP rewards and XP.

https://x.com/JumperExchange/status/1816790261558624295
5/ First up is a classic Balancer weighted 80/20 pool on @modenetwork in collaboration with @RenzoProtocol.

https://balancer.fi/pools/mode/v2/0xcf376bc82686be7f88fa8936c18c62a2f11c4003000200000000000000000009 
6/ The next pool on the list showcases Balancer's yield-bearing technology on @fraxfinance's L2 network, Fraxtal.

https://balancer.fi/pools/fraxtal/v2/0x1570315476480fa80cec1fff07a20c1df1adfd53000200000000000000000009 
7/ Last but not least, we have a yield-bearing tri-stable pool in collaboration with @sparkdotfi and @ethena_labs.

https://balancer.fi/pools/fraxtal/v2/0x33251abecb0364df98a27a8d5d7b5ccddc774c42000000000000000000000008 
8/  Participating is simple.

1️⃣ Bridge & Connect - Use the Jumper Dashboard to bridge assets on Mode or Fraxtal.

2️⃣ Engage with Balancer's 'Available Missions' on Jumper’s SuperFest page.

3️⃣ Claim & Collect - Visit the SuperFest page to claim rewards and collect NFTs.
9/ 1.5 million $OP, one epic lineup – are you ready for SuperFest on @Optimism's Superchain?

https://superfest.optimism.io/

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Compound is a DeFi lending protocol that allows users to earn interest on their cryptocurrencies by depositing them into one of several pools supported by the platform.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Compound.

When a user deposits tokens to a Compound pool, they receive cTokens in return. These cTokens represent the individual’s stake in the pool and can be used to redeem the underlying cryptocurrency initially deposited into the pool at any time. For example, by depositing ETH into a pool, you will receive cETH in return. Over time, the exchange rate of these cTokens to the underlying asset increases, which means you can redeem them for more of the underlying asset than you initially put in — this is how the interest is distributed.

On the flip side, borrowers can take a secured loan from any Compound pool by depositing collateral. The maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio varies based on the collateral asset, but currently ranges from 50 to 75%. The interest rate paid varies by borrowed asset and borrowers can face automatic liquidation if their collateral falls below a specific maintenance threshold.

Since the launch of the Compound mainnet in September 2018, the platform has skyrocketed in popularity, and recently passed more than $800 million in total locked value.

Compound

Band Protocol is a cross-chain data oracle platform that is able to take real-world data and supply it to on-chain applications, while also connecting APIs to smart-contracts to facilitate the exchange of information between on-chain and off-chain data sources.

By supplying reputable, verifiable real-world data to blockchains, Band Protocol unlocks a range of new use cases for developers to explore — since they can now use any type of real-world data as part of their decentralized application (DApp) logic, including sports, weather, random numbers, price feed data and more.

Band Protocol initially launched as an ERC-20 project on the Ethereum blockchain in September 2019, but transitioned to the Cosmos network in June 2020 with the release of Band Protocol 2.0. The new protocol is built on BandChain using the Cosmos SDK. Oracle nodes on BandChain not only relay data but are also involved in block production/validation, giving them a dual role.

BAND is the native token of the Band Protocol ecosystem and is used as collateral by validators involved in fulfilling data requests, as well as the main medium of exchange on BandChain — being used to paying for private data.

Band Protocol

Bancor is an ecosystem of decentralized, open-source protocols that promote on-chain trading and liquidity.

Its main protocol, Carbon, is a decentralized trading protocol allowing users to perform automated trading strategies using custom on-chain limit orders and range orders, with the option of combining orders together to create automated buy low, sell high strategies.

By design, Carbon orders are irreversible on execution, easily adjustable directly on-chain, and resistant to MEV sandwich attacks. These capabilities give users an unprecedented level of control and automation to perform novel trading strategies on-chain.

Fast Lane, a separate open-source arbitrage protocol, allows any user to perform arbitrage between Bancor ecosystem protocols and external on-chain exchanges and redirect arbitrage profits back to the Bancor ecosystem.

All Bancor ecosystem protocols are governed by the BancorDAO via staked BNT.

Bancor

Yearn.finance is an aggregator service for decentralized finance (DeFi) investors, using automation to allow them to maximize profits from yield farming.

Its goal is to simplify the ever-expanding DeFi space for investors who are not technically minded or who wish to interact in a less committal manner than serious traders.

Launched in February 2020, the service, formerly known as iEarn, has seen huge growth in recent months as new products debuted and developers released in-house token YFI.

yearn.finance

Curve is a decentralized exchange for stablecoins that uses an automated market maker (AMM) to manage liquidity.

Launched in January 2020, Curve is now synonymous with the decentralized finance (DeFi) phenomenon, and has seen significant growth in the second half of 2020.

In August, Curve launched a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), with CRV as its in-house token. The DAO uses Ethereum-based creation tool Aragon to connect multiple smart contracts used for users’ deposited liquidity. Issues such as governance, however, differ from Aragon in their weighting and other respects.

Curve DAO Token

0x is an infrastructure protocol that allows users to easily trade ERC20 tokens and other assets on the many different blockchains (including Ethereum) without relying on centralized intermediaries. It is a protocol for decentralized exchange.

0x achieves this decentralized exchange functionality using a collection of open-source, publicly auditable smart contracts that work together to produce a flexible, low-friction trading protocol that developers can easily weave into their products.

The protocol is used by companies building web3 apps such as wallets, DEXes, portfolio trackes, and others. It is a used by hundreds of developers for their projects. The protocol has facilitates over $200B in trading volume since its inception. One can track its usage in its dedicated https://explorer.0x.org/.

The protocol is powered by an ERC20 governance token known as ZRX. ZRX holders can participate in protocol governance, having direct power over protocol changes and its community treasury.

0x Protocol

UMA was founded in 2018 by Allison Lu and Hart Lambur, two ex Goldman Sachs traders, with the goal of making global markets universally fair, accessible, secure and decentralized.

The team drew inspiration from traditional finance derivatives to define an open-source protocol to allow anyone, anywhere, to design and build trustless financial contracts.

Synthetix is building a decentralized liquidity provisioning protocol that any protocol can tap into for various purposes. Its deep liquidity and low fees serve as a backend for many exciting protocols on both Optimism and Ethereum. Many user-facing protocols in the Synthetix ecosystem, such as Kwenta (Spot and Futures), Lyra (Options), Polynomial (Automated Options), and 1inch & Curve (Atomic Swaps), tap into Synthetix liquidity to power their protocols. Synthetix is built on Optimism and Ethereum mainnet. The Synthetix Network is collateralized by SNX, ETH, and LUSD, enabling the issuance of synthetic assets (Synths). Synths track and provide returns on the underlying asset without requiring one to directly hold the asset. This pooled collateral enables an array of on-chain, composable financial instruments backed by liquidity from Synthetix. Some of the most exciting upcoming releases from SNX are Perps V2, which hopes to enable low-fee on-chain futures trading through the usage of off-chain oracles, and Synthetix V3, which aims to rebuild the protocol to achieve its earliest goal, being a fully permissionless derivatives protocol. Learn more about Synthetix on their blog or by joining the SNX Discord.

The platform aims to broaden the cryptocurrency space by introducing non-blockchain assets, providing access to a more robust financial market.

Synthetix

Ren (REN) is an open protocol built to provide interoperability and liquidity between different blockchain platforms.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Ren.

Formerly known as Republic Protocol, Ren launched RenVM, its virtual machine mainnet, in May 2020, having completed a $34 million initial coin offering (ICO) in 2018.

The protocol’s native token, REN, functions as a bond for those running nodes which power RenVM, known as Darknodes.

Ren aims to expand the interoperability, and hence accessibility, of decentralized finance (DeFi) by removing hurdles involved in liquidity between blockchains.

Aragon

SushiSwap (SUSHI) is an example of an automated market maker (AMM). An increasingly popular tool among cryptocurrency users, AMMs are decentralized exchanges which use smart contracts to create markets for any given pair of tokens.

SushiSwap launched in September 2020 as a fork of Uniswap, the AMM which has become synonymous with the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement and associated trading boom in DeFi tokens.

SushiSwap aims to diversify the AMM market and also add additional features not previously present on Uniswap, such as increased rewards for network participants via its in-house token, SUSHI.

SushiSwap

Kyber Network is a multi-chain hub of liquidity protocols that aggregates liquidity from various sources to provide secure and instant transactions on any decentralized application (DApp). The main goal of Kyber Network is to enable DeFi DApps, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and other users easy access to deep liquidity pools that provide the best rates.

KyberSwap.com, its main DEX aggregator and liquidity platform, provides the best swap rates for traders in DeFi compared to individual exchanges. It also enables liquidity providers to maximize earnings via high capital efficiency. KyberSwap sources liquidity from multiple DEXes such as Uniswap, Sushi, Curve, QuickSwap, Pancakeswap, Traderjoe, Pangolin, SpookySwap, SpiritSwap, VVS Finance, Velodrome, GMX, and many others to achieve the best rates for traders on different chains. KyberSwap supports over 13 chains including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Fantom, Cronos, Arbitrum, Optimism, Velas, Aurora, Oasis, BitTorrent, Ethereum PoW, and soon Solana.

KyberSwap is decentralized and permissionless, not requiring account sign-up or personal information. All transactions on KyberSwap are on-chain, which means transactions do not need a centralized third-party, like a centralized exchange, and they can be easily verified using the Ethereum or other chains’ block explorer.

Projects can build with KyberSwap to access its different features, such as the instant settlement of token swaps, liquidity aggregation for the best rates, liquidity pools, and a customizable business model. Kyber looks to solve the liquidity issue in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry by allowing developers to build products and services without having to worry about liquidity for different needs.

The Kyber Network Crystal (KNC) token is a utility and governance token that is the "glue that connects different stakeholders in Kyber's ecosystem." KNC holders can stake their tokens in the KyberDAO to help govern the platform and vote on important proposals - and earn staking rewards in KNC that come from trading fees. Investors in KNC include #Hashed, Signum Capital, ParaFi Capital, HyperChain Capital.

Kyber Network Crystal v2

Storj, pronounced as “storage,” is an open-source cloud storage platform. Basically, it uses a decentralized network of nodes to host user data. The platform also secures hosted data using advanced encryption.

In a white paper published in December,2014, Storj was first introduced to the world as a concept. It was to be a decentralized peer-to-peer encrypted cloud storage platform.

Two years later, an updated white paper was published. Here, a decentralized network  — connecting users who need cloud storage space with those who have hard drive space to sell — was described. The platform was launched in late 2018.

People with hard drive space and good internet connectivity can participate in the network. They become a unit in the network, called a node. Space providers are rewarded by Storj tokens.

Storj

Maker (MKR) is the governance token of the MakerDAO and Maker Protocol — respectively a decentralized organization and a software platform, both based on the Ethereum blockchain — that allows users to issue and manage the DAI stablecoin.

Initially conceived in 2015 and fully launched in December 2017, Maker is a project whose task is to operate DAI, a community-managed decentralized cryptocurrency with a stable value soft-pegged to the US dollar.

MKR tokens act as a kind of voting share for the organization that manages DAI; while they do not pay dividends to their holders, they do give the holders voting rights over the development of Maker Protocol and are expected to appreciate in value in accordance with the success of DAI itself.

The Maker ecosystem is one of the earliest projects on the decentralized finance (DeFi) scene: the industry that seeks to build decentralized financial products on top of smart-contract-enabled blockchains, such as Ethereum.

Maker

Convex Finance is a DeFi protocol that allows Curve liquidity providersto earn a share of trading fees on Curve without staking liquidity there. Instead, LPs can stake with Convex and receive boosted CRV and liquidity mining rewards. This provides CRV stakers with better capital efficiency and positions Convex Finance as an important player in the Curve wars.

Convex has entered a competitive race to obtain as much control as possible of the Curve Finance stablecoin exchange. The more CRV tokens a protocol has, the more influence it has over interest rates on Curve, which is the largest DEX in the world by TVL. Consequently, the “Curve wars” are an ongoing race for influence over what is probably the most important protocol in DeFi.

Convex Finance

Gnosis is a collective of aligned projects revolutionizing payments infrastructure to make decentralized financial tools accessible and usable for all. The Gnosis ecosystem is underpinned by Gnosis Chain, a highly secure, resilient, and decentralized EVM Layer 1 network and also includes the venture-building arms, Gnosis Studio and GnosisVC, the developer, investor, and incubator of a host of leading decentralized solutions.

These projects are creating a radically inclusive infrastructure helping bridge the gap between blockchain technology and practical, everyday applications/use cases.

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The 1inch Network unites decentralized protocols whose synergy enables the most lucrative, fastest, and protected operations in the DeFi space.

The 1inch Network's first protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator solution that searches deals across multiple liquidity sources, offering users better rates than any individual exchange. The 1inch Aggregation Protocol incorporates the Pathfinder algorithm for finding the best paths across over 400+ liquidity sources on 12 chains: Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, Arbitrum, Fantom, Gnosis Chain, Klaytn, Aurora, zkSync and Base.

In just over two years the 1inch DEX aggregator has reached 1M users and surpassed $150B in overall volume on the Ethereum network alone.

The 1inch Limit Order Protocol facilitates the most innovative and flexible limit order swap opportunities in DeFi. The protocol’s features, such as dynamic pricing, conditional orders, and extra RFQ support, power various implementations, including stop-loss and trailing stop orders, as well as auctions.

The 1inch Wallet is a multichain mobile platform that provides an easy-to-navigate interface with secure storing, transaction, and staking capabilities. This versatile wallet was built from the ground up to streamline interacting with 1inch’s features.

The 1INCH token is the governance and utility token of the 1inch Network. 1INCH holders can stake their tokens to participate in the 1inch Network's DAO governance, including the 1inch DAO Treasury management. Also, holders can choose resolvers and earn a part of their fees.

With the 1inch Fusion, users can stake 1INCH tokens to receive Unicorn Power (UP), then subsequently delegate their UP to any 1inch Fusion Resolver to start receiving rewards from them. When staking, there is the option to set a custom or preset lock period. User’s st1INCH tokens cannot be unstaked/withdrawn without penalty until the designated lock period expires.

In December 2020, 1inch raised $12 million in Series A funding, led by Pantera Capital, with others including ParaFi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Nima Capital, and Spartan Group. The funding round was conducted through a SAFT (simple agreement for future tokens) sale.

In December 2021, 1inch has closed a $175 million Series B round, led by Amber Group. Among about 50 investors that participated in the funding event are Jane Street, VanEck, Fenbushi Capital, Alameda Research, Celsius, Nexo, Tribe Capital and Gemini Frontier Fund.

1inch Network

OMG Network, formerly known as OmiseGo, is a non-custodial, layer-2 scaling solution built for the Ethereum blockchain. As an Ethereum scaling solution, OMG Network is designed to allow users to transfer ETH and ERC20 tokens significantly faster and cheaper than when transacting directly on the Ethereum network.

The network is based on a novel scaling solution called MoreViable Plasma, which uses a sidechain architecture to group several transactions off-chain into a batch, which can then be verified as a single transaction on the Ethereum root chain. According to OMG Network, this technology has the potential to scale Ethereum to thousands of transactions per second (TPS) — instead of the 10 to 14 tps Ethereum 1.0 is currently capable of.

The network is powered by the OMG utility token, which can be used as one of the payment methods for fees on the OMG Network, and will eventually be stakable — helping to secure the network in return for rewards.

OMG Network

Badger DAO is an open-source, decentralized automated organization that is dedicated to building products and infrastructure of simplifying the use of Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral across many smart contract platforms.

The platform is a shared space where the developers, known as Badge Builders, have the ability to collaborate and implement Bitcoin as collateral to as many blockchains as possible. A developer can earn a percentage of the fees and BADGER tokens from the developer mining pool for every implementation. The mainnet was launched on December 3, 2020.

A builder can be a single developer, a group of developers, or even a company. There are no fixed obligations to participation requirements, and anyone can create. The pillars of Badger DAO include the Badger Builders, the community-created products, the Dedicated Badger Operations team, the fairly initial distribution of the BADGER tokens for governance and the fact that all of the code is open-sourced.

Badger DAO

SKALE, described as a modular blockchain network, is designed to bring scalability to Ethereum. SKALE is the only blockchain network capable of running an unlimited number of fast, on-demand, pooled-security Blockchains with zero gas fees to end users. These individual chains are known as SKALE chains and can be dapp-specific or shared.

The project’s website says it wants to enable people to build and run DApps in a “decentralized modular cloud built for real-world needs and configured for your requirements.” This emphasis on decentralization isn’t at the expense of security.

According to SKALE, those who build on this platform can run Solidity smart contracts “thousands of times faster at a fraction of the mainnet cost” — with games and content streaming services among the projects that already take advantage of its infrastructure.