Ecosystem
Founded in April 2024, Lombard is dedicated to unlocking Bitcoin's potential as a dynamic financial tool by connecting it to DeFi. Lombard enables the yield-bearing BTC to move cross-chain without fragmenting liquidity, paving the way to become the single largest catalyst for onboarding net new capital into DeFi. Its flagship product, LBTC—a yield-bearing, cross-chain, liquid Bitcoin backed 1:1 by BTC.
Bedrock is a multiple asset liquid restaking protocol, that backed by non-custodial solution designed in partnership with RockX. Bedrock utilizes its universal (uni) standard to unlock liquidity and maximum value in PoS tokens, such as ETH & IOTX, with existing liquid staking tokens called uniETH & uniIOTX.
Staking Rewards is a data aggregator for the crypto staking industry, providing insights and investment tools for private and institutional investors. It offers unbiased and live staking market data, simplifies portfolio and calculator tools, and provides deep research analysis about the staking industry.
Pendle is a yield trading protocol that allows users to tokenize and trade future yields by leveraging top yield-generating protocols such as Aave, Compound, and Wonderland. Similar to stripped bonds in traditional finance, Pendle splits yield-bearing assets into tokenized ownership (zero-coupon bonds) and yield components (coupons), enabling innovative yield trading opportunities.
StakeStone, a liquidity staking derivatives basket(LSDb) token backed by ETH staking yield , integrates the mainstream staking pools, Re-Stake, and LSD’s blue-chip DeFi strategy yield to provide a new highly adaptable staking yield-bearing underlying asset for all protocols requiring LSDs liquidity.
StarkNet is a permissionless, decentralized Validity-Rollup (also known as a "ZK-Rollup"). It operates as an L2 network over Ethereum, enabling any dApp to achieve unlimited scalability for its computations without compromising Ethereum's composability and security. This is possible due to StarkNet's reliance on the safest and most scalable cryptographic proof system: STARK.
Monad is building a high-performance, Layer 1 blockchain for the next generation of decentralized applications. Monad's mission is to accelerate the disruptive force of decentralization by building a blockchain that is 100x to 1000x faster than its nearest competitors. This will alleviate severe bottlenecks in existing blockchains and enable more complex applications and wider adoption.
Arbitrum, created by the Offchain Labs team, is an Ethereum Layer2 scaling solution based on Optimistic Rollup technology. It leverages the ability to communicate between L1 and L2, allowing any form of Ethereum asset to be transferred between Layer 1 and Layer 2 without the need for trust. Even though Arbitrum transactions are still settled on Ethereum, only raw transaction data is submitted to Ethereum, with execution and contract storage occurring off-chain. This makes the gas fee required on Arbitrum much smaller than on the mainnet, and contracts are fully compatible with no gas limit.
In early 2019, Binance launched Binance Chain. By 2020, the community utilized source code from the Ethereum network and launched a modified EVM-compatible blockchain called Binance Smart Chain. In February 2022, both the Binance Chain (rebranded as BNB Beacon Chain) and the Binance Smart Chain (rebranded as BNB Smart Chain) evolved into a unified, modular system referred to as BNB Chain. This dedicated layer1 blockchain is dedicated to building the infrastructure powering the world’s parallel virtual ecosystem. When the two blockchains merged, the Beacon Chain became the dedicated layer used for Governance (staking & voting), and the BNB Smart Chain became the dedicated layer for EVM consensus and execution.
Bitlayer is a Layer 2 solution offering Bitcoin-equivalent security and Turing completeness. It's also the first built on BitVM. Bitlayer aims to bring secure scalability to the Bitcoin ecosystem, promoting asset diversity and spurring innovation for a faster, safer, and more flexible user experience.
BounceBit is building a BTC restaking infrastructure that provides a foundational layer for different restaking products, secured by the regulated custody of Mainnet Digital and Ceffu. The BounceBit chain, designed as a showcase of a restaking product within the BounceBit ecosystem, is a PoS Layer 1 secured by validators staking both BTC and BounceBit’s native token — A dual-token system leveraging native Bitcoin’s security with full EVM compatibility. Critical ecosystem infrastructure like bridges and oracles are secured by restaked BTC. Through an innovative CeFi + DeFi framework, BounceBit empowers BTC holders to earn yield across multiple networks.
Scroll is a zkEVM-based zkRollup on Ethereum that enables native compatibility for existing Ethereum applications and tools. It processes transactions off-chain and posts succinct proofs of correctness on-chain, resulting in higher throughput and lower costs compared to the Ethereum base layer.
Manta Network is the multi-modular ecosystem for zero-knowledge (ZK) applications. Manta Atlantic, the fastest ZK L1 chain, brings programmable privacy to web3 through compliant on-chain privacy and identity. Manta Pacific, the unique L2 ecosystem for EVM-native ZK applications, provides a scalable and inexpensive gas-fee environment for ZK applications to deploy simply using Solidity. Together, Manta Atlantic and Manta Pacific deliver an unparalleled experience for the next generation of web3 application development and adoption with the applied usage of zero-knowledge cryptography.
Zircuit is a fully EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup. Backed by pioneering L2 research, the network’s unique hybrid architecture combines optimistic infrastructure with zero-knowledge proofs to give developers the best of both worlds. With cutting-edge performance and security at the sequencer level, users can explore new frontiers with faster transactions, reduced fees, and complete peace of mind. Zircuit will protect users at the sequencer level by monitoring the mempool for malicious transactions and preventing their inclusion into a block.
Plume is a modular L2 blockchain dedicated for all real-world assets (RWAs) that integrates asset tokenization and compliance providers directly into the chain. Its mission is to simplify the convoluted processes of RWA project deployment and offer investors a blockchain ecosystem to cross-pollinate and invest in various RWAs. In addition, Plume enables RWA composability through its thriving DeFi applications and provides access to high-quality buyers to increase liquidity for all tokenized RWAs.
Ankr is a Web 3.0 infrastructure provider that offers a globally distributed network of nodes for multi-chain access across 40+ blockchains. It makes accessing Web 3.0 easy by providing distributed, multi-cloud blockchain infrastructure for one-click node deployment and management, as well as instant API access to major blockchains and DeFi protocols for developers.
dlcBTC is building infrastructure to enable smart contract settlement on native Bitcoin, with the initial use cases focusing on currency hedging and lending. They are creating a bridge and network that will enable a secure and decentralized way for smart-contracts to work with native Bitcoin without the need to send it to another party or blockchain (i.e. no need to "wrap" the BTC).
OKX Wallet is a digital asset wallet developed by OKX that is safe, reliable, full-featured, multi-chain supported and easy to operate. It provides multiple functions such as asset management, currency exchange, and cross-chain swap, bringing users a convenient digital asset management and trading experience.
Bitget Wallet is a decentralized multi-chain crypto wallet dedicated to providing safe and convenient one-stop digital asset management services to users around the world. It offers a one-stop destination for DApps, the BitKeep Aggregate Exchange, multi-chain support, wealth management, and news.
Linea is a layer2 Zero Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). It replicates the Ethereum environment as a rollup, allowing developers to build on it as they would on Ethereum mainnet. This provides users with the same experience and security guarantees of Ethereum, but with reduced transaction costs.
Mantle is a high-performance Ethereum layer-2 network built with a modular architecture that delivers low fees and high security. Builders can use Mantle's unique design to create dApps with an exceptional user experience, while also relying on Ethereum's unparalleled security. Mantle is a product of BitDAO and is governed by the $BIT community.
Berachain is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain built on Proof-of-Liquidity consensus. Proof-of-Liquidity is a novel consensus mechanism that aims to align network incentives, creating strong synergy between Berachain validators and the ecosystem of projects. Berachain's technology is built on Polaris, a high-performance blockchain framework for building EVM-compatible chains on-top of the CometBFT consensus engine.