Decentralized Finance (DeFi) uses blockchain technology to make financial services more open and accessible without traditional intermediaries. Learn how DeFi works, including lending, staking, liquidity pools, risks and opportunities.

Orion Protocol is a DeFi liquidity aggregator that is transition to Orion for enhanced accessibility through the Lumia network and a DAO.

Velar is a liquidity protocol that offers a comprehensive suite of DeFi services on the Bitcoin blockchain via the smart contract–capable Stacks Layer 2 platform.

zkLend is a Layer 2 money market that offers fast and affordable ways to borrow money. Learn more about how it works in this article.

Aevo is an L2-based trading platform that offers diverse crypto derivatives products, including perpetual futures, options, strategies and yield-generating vaults.

Scallop is a dynamic money market that offers people both high-interest lending and low-fee borrowing. Learn more about how it works in this article.

Saros is a decentralized application (DApp) offering a suite of web3 products on the Solana blockchain.

Clearpool is the world’s first decentralized credit marketplace, originating hundreds of millions of loans via its DeFi protocols. Learn more about it here.

HTX DAO is the governance body for the HTX cryptocurrency exchange. It gives each HTX holder a voice and the ability to vote on proposals. Learn more here.

Router Protocol is a scalable modular framework that makes it easier for blockchains to communicate with each other. Learn more about how it works here.

Lends is a fixed-rate, cross-chain peer-to-peer lending platform powered by THORChain. It’s designed to provide DeFi users with fixed-term loans in a safe and transparent way.