Best DeFi Projects of 2024

UNION is a platform that combines bundled security and a liquid secondary marketplace with a multi-token model. Participants in DeFi manage multi-layer risk across smart contracts and protocols using a single, scalable system. UNION lowers barriers to entry for retail users, and provides the foundation for institutional investors. UNION's foundation of full-stack protection lowers the risks and costs associated with DeFi. Anybody can purchase tailored protection against composable risk such as Layer-1 and smart contract exposure. Support the UNION finance ecosystems and receive rewards and incentives. Collateral optimization protection can be purchased, redeemed and managed. Volatility protection for large position holders and stable coin borrowers. Protection writing for long position leverage. Protect your assets from smart contract breaches, balance theft, malicious hacking, and project rug-pulls by purchasing, redeeming, and managing protections.

You can protect all your crypto assets, and make a profit by trading coverage liquidity. This application allows users to insure each others' risks. It is decentralized and discretionary. Transparent, blockchain-based code. Both the investment and assessment of claims are both on-chain and auditable by the public. Every claim goes through a 2-phase voting process, which is enforced with rewards or punishments. This ensures a thorough process for each claim. Bridge will revolutionize traditional insurance. Traditional insurance is opaque and misaligned in incentives, making it unfair and litigious. Bridge is more efficient than traditional insurers and does not require agents, claims specialists, branch offices or branch offices. Bridge Mutual's roadmap features cross-chain features, oracle and NFTs coverage, transitioning to DAO, and many other things.

Shield Finance, a multi-chain DeFi insurance broker, allows users to purchase protection against major market crashes caused by black swan events (hacks and exploits, rug pulls or sell-offs). Shield uses a proprietary aggregation engine that creates custom insurance packages for investors. It directs 50% of the fees to purchase the token on the open exchange and burn it, thus removing it from circulation forever. Shield Finance will use 50% of the fees to purchase $SHLD tokens on the open market and burn them, permanently reducing the supply. $SHLD token will offer a stable APY of 30% to reward long-term holders. We believe such APY strikes a good balance between incentivizing people not to hold and smoothing out the emission curve. Integrations with Polkadot's insurance providers, partnerships and UI improvements.

Opium.finance allows people to create markets through a decentralized financial platform. You can be your own banker or hedge fund manager using a variety of financial tools. Opium insurance is designed for DeFi traders. It covers credit default events, smart contract exploits and stablecoin custodian bankruptcy. It also covers price volatility, SAFT risk, off-chain risks, and impermanent loss. In return for interest, crypto staking involves the transfer of your crypto coins to a trading strategy. Higher APR than lending protocols, with the same risk, stake, and unstake anywhere in the secondary market. Turbo is a product that has a short expiry and gives investors high leveraged exposure to the asset. High returns are possible for risk-takers. Risk-hedgers have the option to stake crypto into a liquidity pool that includes turbo products. In return for fees and a statistically stable return, they can also receive high returns within a matter of days.

Squirrel Finance, the first decentralized insurance platform for yield farming on BSC, instantly and automatically compensates users in the event that their funds are stolen or locked. Squirrel's risk of a "rug", or a code bug, is low. However, it is designed for those who need extra protection. Squirrel covers existing farms on BSC with smart contracts that deposit to the underlying farm (e.g. CAKE This allows you to continue farming as normal, but with more coverage. Squirrel then checks that the user has received their expected deposited amount back when they withdraw. If they don't match, Squirrel will automatically compensate the user in the same withdrawal transaction for their insured amount in the form NUTS. There is no human involvement. Automatic payouts and decentralized insurance. Simplified farming with NUTS insurance. Squirrel's governance token is used to manage the protocol and earn farm insurance fees.

Bright Union was established in February 2021. We have a mission to make DeFi risk markets work for us. We are a group of experts in insurance, technology, and crypto ready to bring web3.0 into the insurance industry. We match the demand and supply of crypto coverage. We also facilitate transparent and easy transactions on multiple decentralized risk platform. Multiple risk products have been launched for crypto assets since early 2021. Smart contract coverages protect crypto assets against exploits that are based on bugs in code. Because the blockchain is open and transparent, anyone can offer risk coverages. This includes insurance companies as well as the community. A single platform can aggregate and match demand and supply due to the rapid rise of these complex products from multiple parties. Bright Union, as an aggregator will be uniquely positioned to offer structured products that provide more diversification investment opportunities.

A decentralized P2P marketplace for insurance on the Polkadot Ecosystem. The marketplace is managed entirely by Defi users within the Polkadot Ecosystem. Users who join the PIS governance token will be able to manage the marketplace. Anyone can request insurance, and anyone can provide coverage. When the product development is complete, Polkainsure will be migrated into a Polkadot Parachain. Because of high trading demand, PIS tokens are currently issued on Ethereum. PolkaInsure coverage could be purchased without the need for KYC. PolkaInsure smart contract code will be audited and deployed on the Polkadot Blockchain. Smart contract code handles claims, which ensures that insurance contracts are fully collateralized and payouts are immediate. Integrations built-in for assets such as DOT and ERC-20s and infrastructure services such as Chainlink and TheGraph. Our products were launched on Moonbeam testnet on Polkadot Network, the smart contract parachain. This is the first step for Shield Mining on Polkadot.

iTrust.finance aims to increase efficiency and usability in DeFi Market. Maximizing coverage capacity and accumulating token rewards for stakers within the DAO; increasing overall market value of the underlying insurer protocol. iTrust.finance fosters mutually beneficial relationships between insurance protocols and stakers by maximizing rewards and increasing cover capacity for all members of the DAO and the wider DeFi community. Increase insurance protocol adoption and build cover capacity1. Nexus Mutual is our first partnership. We will soon be launching multiple protocols. Maximizing user stake rewards by understanding the risks surrounding exposure and leverage; and in future expanding to cross-insurer exposure. A simple user interface allows you to manage the entire process of end-to–end staking. It also provides an easy-to use reward accrual platform.

A decentralized P2P marketplace for insurance that allows you to make claims quickly and receive instant payouts. Insured Finance, which is underpinned by the Polygon network and a P2P marketplace for insurance, is a P2P marketplace. Market participants can request or provide coverage for a wide range of cryptocurrency assets. Claims can be fully collateralized and payouts made immediately. Protect yourself against bugs and smart contract exploits Smart contract attacks have caused the loss of tens of millions of dollars. These events can be protected by Insured Finance. Hackers have caused the loss of hundreds of millions in USD. Users of Insured Finance can insure their holdings on cryptocurrency exchanges. Users with coverage will be compensated if the exchange is compromised or goes bankrupt. The stablecoin market is now worth more than $25 billion. Stablecoins are still vulnerable to security breaches and issuer bankruptcy. Stablecoin failure can be prevented by Insured Finance users.

Unslashed is a crypto-safety protocol that covers all common risks associated with crypto assets. Unslashed provides instant liquidity for insurance buyers and risk-underwriters. It also ensures constant collateralization and guarantees transparency through an impartial claims process. It allows maximum flexibility and freedom by tokenizing coverage and using money streaming. The insured can pay as they please and can immediately stop the policy to sell it. Unslashed Finance provides coverage for a wide variety of products, markets, protocols, and markets. This protection and coverage is purchased by the user. It is also insured through other protocol participants who supply capital. The protocol uses the Unslashed DAO to provide the different policy parameters and protocol details. It also leverages integrations with Enzyme and Kleros for independent claims assessment.

InSure DeFi Network is designed to bring stability to the crypto industry by protecting investors from frauds, theft of funds, and drastic devaluations. To insure your crypto portfolio you will need to purchase/acquire SURE coins from the available exchanges. Avoid storing your SURE tokens in centralized exchanges. To process your insurance claim, you will need Snapshot to create a proposal. Snapshot will also allow you to attach the ERC20 SURE tokens to your wallet. We are working on smart operations to create a crypto-insurance system that can provide support wherever and whenever you require it. Any SURE holder may join inSure DAO voting for the roadmap updates and disputes. We will review your request and initiate a transfer SURE tokens in the amount insured value, based on the plan you have chosen.

Alpha Homora V2 lets users leverage up to 10x on yield farms positions on Ethereum or Avalanche. The product integrates with Curve and SushiSwap decentralized exchanges. The product integrates with Avalanche's Trader Joe and Pangolin central exchanges.

AlphaX allows anyone with DeFi to trade derivatives on-chain in an efficient and capital-efficient way. AlphaX combines the advantages of perpetual swaps and leverage tokens concepts, while learning from their cons to create a new concept: Strike Tokens. Strike Token is a completely different approach to derivatives trading on-chain.

Opyn v2 provides European, cash-settled options which auto-execute upon expiry. Option holders can exercise their options with cash settlement. They don't need to provide the underlying assets. Instead, the options are settled in collateral assets and option holders receive the difference between expiry price and strike price from option sellers. Opyn options (or oTokens), are ERC20s and can be traded on any decentralized exchange that adheres to the ERC20 standard. Investors trade options to generate income. Options can be used to generate income or earn yield in any market, much like yield farming. Leverage allows traders the ability to use less money to track the price movements of assets. Options offer similar market exposure as owning an asset but require less money. This allows for greater leverage and flexibility for your portfolio.

YAM is the governance token of the YAM protocol. A decentralized cryptocurrency that has a community-managed treasury. The funds can be used by the community via YAM governance to expand the protocol. Fair launch, open participation, inclusive community. The YAM treasury has a vibrant and fast-growing market. Earn YAMs and help YAM grow. YAM holders decide YAM's future via on-chain voting.

Trade gas-free ETH or WBTC call / puts options with 0% fees. Hegic allows you to trade your life-changing options in as little as two minutes. You can win big with American cash-settled ETH or WBTC call / puts options. You can enjoy unlimited upside with your trades by paying a fixed premium. Auto-exercised in-the-money options are available. Hegic's options prices are automatically lower than those on Deribit and other centralized exchanges. Hegic has the lowest options prices, so premiums are lower. Hegic is not a company, but a protocol. This means that the code cannot ban you or require any personal information from you. You won't need to share your ID, email address or name. Auto-hedging allows you to be automatically protected against the downside. You can withdraw the same amount that you have deposited with hedged liquidity tranches.

Harvest is an international cooperative made up of humble farmers who pool their resources to increase DeFi yields. Harvest automatically farms the highest yielding crops when farmers deposit using the most up-to-date farming techniques. For people who had a regular job, farming was tedious and manual. We automate farming by harvesting crops on more than 100 farms. Harvest is a cashflow token called Farm. Harvest generates yields. 70% of these yields can be used to increase the deposit's value. Harvest Finance offers farm rewards as an economic incentive. Harvest Finance does not automatically compound farm token rewards. You must claim them if you wish to deposit in the profit share or sell it.

Mirror Protocol allows for the creation of fungible assets called "synthetics" that track the price real-world assets. Mirror synthetics will be used to build smart contracts and bring the world's assets onto the blockchain. The system uses a decentralized price Oracle to read in the underlying asset prices. Prices are updated every 30 second to target the mAsset's price. If the price of the MAsset drops significantly from the primary market, traders will be incented to buy / sell the asset to mint or burn the collateral. Mirror Protocol is built and managed entirely by the community of MIR token owners. This is done without the involvement of investors or a team.

Deri Protocol is the DeFi method to trade derivatives: to hedge and speculate, as well as to arbitrage, all on-chain. Deri Protocol allows trades to be executed using the AMM paradigm. Positions are tokenized with NFTs and are highly compatible with other DeFi projects. Deri Protocol is one of the most important blocks in the DeFi infrastructure. It has provided an on-chain mechanism for exchanging capital-efficiently and precisely risk exposures. Deri Protocol is the solution to decentralized derivative trading. Deri Protocol is a set of smart contracts that are deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. The exchange of risk exposures takes places entirely on-chain. Anyone can create a pool using any base token, but usually with a stablecoin (e.g. USDT). USDT or DAI. This means that the protocol doesn't require any "in-house" chip.

Origin Protocol is bringing DeFi and NFTs to the masses. The first stablecoin to earn a yield while it is still in your wallet. Origin is a distributed team. Our 800+ investors include top venture capitalists from around the globe and cryptocurrency funds. Over 37,000 token holders hold Origin Tokens. Many central platforms for music or art charge high fees. This leaves the creators with only a fraction of the value and causes consumers to overpay for goods. Many traditional payment processors charge substantial fees. Decentralized commerce reduces middlemen's power and their ability charge outrageous fees. Both sellers and buyers can share the savings. Origin offers an alternative to expensive payment rails with OUSD. OUSD offers superior yields and can be used by both individuals and businesses to reduce costs and improve their profits.

BarnBridge is a protocol for tokenizing risk. It reduces the risks associated DeFi, such a market price risk, inflation risk and cash-flow volatility risk. BarnBridge allows users to select a risk profile and can redistribute risk through tokenized, liquid tranches. BarnBridge does this through its smart alpha products, SMART Yield, and SMART Exposure. Each of these products address a specific DeFi category. The core team is responsible for the dApps' continued development and is governed by the BarnBridge DAO. A fluctuations derivatives protocol to hedge yield sensitivity and market prices. Interest rate volatility risk mitigation with debt-based derivatives SMART Exposure by BarnBridge allows users to passively rebalance any two assets using tokenized strategies.

Total crypto market capitalization. TCAP provides holders with real-time price exposure to the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. It is a 200% fully backed, fully collateralized asset. It is audited and accurately represents the entire cryptocurrency market by total market capitalization. CTX is a governance token which powers and secures Cryptex protocol. CTX holders can vote on TCAP protocol upgrades and all future products in the Cryptex ecosystem. You can provide liquidity to TCAP pairs on Sushiswap, and earn a portion from the trading fees. Approve a vault, add collateral, and start minting TCAP.

A DeFi high-throughput betting and prediction market protocol with real-time settlement. Participating in liquidity provision will give you rewards. Additionally, staking $KKO will allow you to access bonus rewards that are generated on the betting platform. The Kineko token will govern our future decentralized betting products. The unique, fully licensed betting protocol that allows for all of the assets on-chain to be managed and owned by the user. The exchange is a licensed bookmaker that offers real-time odds and liquidity in all markets that specialize in sports and eSports. The Kineko token will split between developers, DAO, and the community. The majority of the Kineko token will go to the community via rewards in the staking protocol based on fees generated by the bookmaker.

The DexGuru Interface allows users to access decentralized protocols on Ethereum and BSC, Polygons, Avalanches, Fantom, Fantom, Avalanche, Fantom and Arbitrum blockchains. This allows them to perform certain actions using digital assets. In our trading history area, you can view a live transaction flow. If we have sufficient data about the wallet used by a trader, we will add an icon in the transaction to indicate the type of trader. Once you have connected your web3 wallet, it is possible to exchange one cryptocurrency for another from the DexGuru interface under the Trading Section. When you buy or sell crypto through our interface, you interact directly with smart contracts that are deployed on public chains such as Ethereum and BSC. We don't control your transactions and can't stop or reverse any transaction that has already occurred. You are the only person ultimately responsible for any transactions.

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