My Project’s Radar 2024

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 Tier 1 activities for those interested in blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies:

  1. LayerZero – A protocol for cross-chain data transfer (tokens, native coins, NFTs, messages). Website
  2. ZkSync – A long-term L2 blockchain project, known for its promising zk-Rollups. Website
  3. Linea – An L2 blockchain utilizing zk-Rollup technology, currently between major activity phases. Website
  4. Scroll – Another L2 blockchain with zk-Rollup, still open for participation. Website
  5. Aptos – A first-level blockchain claiming to be the most user-friendly, secure, and scalable. Launched in October 2022. Website
  6. Base – An ultra-cheap L2 blockchain based on the OP Stack from Coinbase, engaging despite no planned token yet. Website
  7. Zora – An NFT marketplace that has launched its own L2 blockchain based on OP Stack. Website
  8. Wormhole – A cross-chain bridge with a history of a significant hack followed by a successful fundraise. Website
  9. Blast – A modern L2 solution from Paradigm offering additional income on ETH and stablecoins. Website
  10. Polyhedra – A protocol for omnichain data transfer based on L0 technology, worth trying their zkBridge. Website
  11. BeraChain – A hyped L1 EVM-compatible blockchain based on the Cosmos SDK, offering testnet participation and galaxy points. Website
  12. Cosmos – With a focus on cosmos-drops, creating a farm with staked coins is advisable. Website
  13. Optimism – The first L2 blockchain for Ethereum scaling, offering airdrops and governance participation. Website
  14. Arbitrum – The largest L2 blockchain to date, known for distributing one of the biggest airdrops in history. Website
  15. Arbitrum Nova – An ultra-cheap subsidiary L2 project of Arbitrum, focusing on standard L2 activities. Website
  16. Polygon zkEVM – An L2 zk-Rollup from Polygon, supporting standard L2 activities. Website
  17. Taiko – A decentralized ZK-EVM and ZK-Rollup, currently offering testnet participation and node setup. Website

DEX

  1. Bebop – A DEX from Wintermute, a top MM in crypto. Engage in swaps, increase volumes. Website
  2. Ambient Finance – Formerly Crocswap, a rising star in DeFi. Gained attention for borrowing some functions directly from Uniswap V4. Increase volumes, provide liquidity. Website
  3. Jupiter – The largest DEX on Solana. After distributing the first wave of airdrops, more are planned. Make swaps, increase volumes. Website
  4. DefiLlama – Swap on an aggregator from one of the best services for DeFi operations. Website
  5. Ekubo – Uniswap on StarkNet. Increase volumes, provide liquidity, collect points. Website
  6. AVNU – The best swap aggregator on StarkNet. Make swaps, increase volumes, collect points. Website
  7. Phoenix Trade – A promising order book on Solana, trading on the platform.

PERPS AND OPTIONS

  1. Aevo – A DEX with futures, often used for hedging tokens not yet on exchanges. Paradigm on board. Increase volumes, add liquidity to the pool, loot roles in Discord. Website
  2. HyperLiquid – The second most popular DEX with futures. Increase volumes, add liquidity to the pool, collect points. Website
  3. KiloEX – A manual gem from Binance. Increase volumes, add liquidity to vaults, complete daily quests, and collect points. Website
  4. LOGX – A futures aggregator. Increase volumes, add funds to the pool, collect NFTs, and points. Website
  5. Drift – One of the largest futures DEXs on Solana. Increase volumes, add liquidity to pools. Website
  6. Merkle.trade – An interesting futures DEX on Aptos with gamification elements. Trade on the platform to farm future tokens. Website
  7. Bluefin – A futures DEX (formerly FireFly), operating on Arbitrum and Sui blockchains. Increase volumes. Website
  8. GRVT – A DEX on zkSync, accumulating referrals, waiting for trading to open. Website
  9. ZKEX – Earn loyalty points, increase volume and number of transactions, thus increasing the chance of a drop from zkLink. Website
  10. Thetanuts – On-chain options (Paradigm on board). Trade on the platform, provide liquidity to pools. Website
  11. Rage Trade – Multi-chain futures. Get an invite in Discord, trade on the platform. Website
  12. Particle Trade – Another futures DEX, participate in the testnet, farm bonus points + referrals. Website
  13. Opyn – On-chain options and DeFi strategies. Trade Squeeth, use various strategies, provide liquidity. Website

LSDfi

  1. EigenLayer – The top platform for ETH restaking. Stake ETH and farm points, participate in testnet activities, run a node. Website
  2. Swell – A protocol for liquid staking of ETH, supported by notable Tier-2 funds. Stake ETH and then into Maverick or EigenLayer and farm gems. Website
  3. Ether.Fi – A liquid staking protocol with autorolling into EigenLayer.

LENDING

  1. Kinza Finance – A DeFi protocol with support from Binance. Add liquidity, invite referrals, farm points. Website
  2. Helio – A liquidity protocol on BNB Chain with loans and yields for assets. Add liquidity, borrow funds. Website
  3. Nostra – A top lending platform on Starknet. Deposit funds, add liquidity, borrow funds, farm points. Website
  4. Kamino Finance – A lending protocol on Solana with top influencers and funds participating. Borrow funds, provide liquidity, trade on the platform, thereby accumulating points. Website
  5. Margin Finance – The largest lending protocol on Solana with top funds. Borrow funds and farm points. Also stake coins, use bridges and swaps. Website
  6. Morpho Labs – A p2p lending protocol on top of Compound and Aave with top funds onboard. Deposit funds, borrow funds. Website

OTHER DEFI

  1. Mellow Finance – A DeFi protocol aggregator with top funds. Provide liquidity for various DeFi strategies. Website
  2. Brahma – A yield protocol supported by top funds. Deposit assets into pools, claim badges on the site, boost karma. Website
  3. Arrakis Finance – A liquidity management protocol with a fascinating history and $2 billion TVL in v1. Deposit funds into pools. Website
  4. Gyroscope – A financial product ecosystem and stablecoin backed by a basket of assets. Deposit funds into the pool, mint stablecoin p-GYD. Website
  5. Velvet.capital – A cross-chain OS facilitating the building of DeFi applications. Add liquidity and invite referrals. Website

NFT

  1. Tensor – An NFT aggregator on Solana, similar to Blur. There’s a system for points and NFT staking for future rewards. Collect points and engage on the platform. Website
  2. NFTPerp – Perpetual futures for top NFTs. On the Arbitrum network, no token yet. Generate volume on the platform. Website
  3. Element – An NFT marketplace for most EVM networks, as well as Starknet and BTC. Good funds onboard. ELE token is farmable through special collection purchases and staking. Use the platform, generate volumes, place bids, list NFTs, and trade across all networks. Website
  4. OpenSea – The largest and top platform for NFT trading. Official collection – Gemesis. No talk of a token yet, but generating volume on tier-1 collections is beneficial. Website
  5. Holograph – A multi-chain NFT aggregator based on Layer Zero. Earn XP for site activities. Create and buy NFTs, then transfer to another network, also leveling up L0. Website
  6. Hyperspace – An NFT aggregator with a seasonal activity program. Currently in its third and final season. Farm points for future drops. Website
  7. Blur – The main competitor to OpenSea, constantly taking market share. Currently farming Blur tokens along with Blast staking. Website
  8. MagicEden – The leading NFT platform on Solana. There’s a reward program where you need to collect points and be active on the platform daily. Also, consider buying a Magic Ticket, their official collection. Website

BRIDGES

  • Jumper – A bridge aggregator for cross-chain swaps. Bridge funds across different networks, mint NFTs on Merkle. Website
  • Orbiter – A bridge for cross-chain operations. Bridge funds across different networks and mint inscriptions, thereby farming points. Website

WALLETS

  1. Taho – An EVM wallet. Claim NFTs on Galxe, farm roles in guilds, make swaps inside. Website
  2. Rainbow – An EVM wallet, available for both mobile and PC. Farm points by making swaps inside. Website
  3. Zerion – A wallet and dashboard for portfolio management. Make swaps in extension, bridge funds through the portfolio. Website
  4. Argent Wallet – The flagship wallet for the StarkNet ecosystem, make swaps inside. Website
  5. Phantom – The flagship wallet for the Solana ecosystem, make swaps inside. Website
  6. Metamask – A wallet plus a dashboard with an integrated portfolio. Make swaps, bridge funds through their bridge. Website

SOCIALFI

  1. Farcaster – A platform for building integrations of social applications for their aggregation in a single ecosystem. Register in the app, mint Farcaster Pass and other NFTs. Website
  2. Lens – The largest decentralized social network that allows users and developers to create and monetize their content and apps based on Lens. Buy a profile, engage in the social network, get roles in Guild. Website
  3. Friend.tech – An app where you can buy influencers’ keys and access their private communities. Buy/sell keys, accumulate referrals, farm points. Website
  4. Atticc – A social network with the capability to create communities for NFT holders. Buy a pass, stake it, and farm the protocol token. Website
  5. Debank – The best portfolio tracker with web3-social elements. Boost profile rank, make posts, collect badges. Website

QUESTS

  1. Layer3 – The most popular quest platform for web3 projects in an educational format. Farm levels, complete this series of quests, accumulate referrals. Website
  2. Guild – A platform for building communities for projects, often used for verifying users and their roles in the community through Discord and other social networks. Mint pins of various communities, farm roles in the official guild from the project, create your own guild. Website
  3. Philand – A metaverse platform that visualizes users’ on-chain activity with various NFTs. Register ENS, complete quests on the platform, advance on the leaderboard. Website
  4. RabbitHole – Pioneers in web3 quests, complete quests and loot built-in on-chain rewards. Great for warming up wallets. Website

OTHER GEMS

  1. Parcl – A platform for tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on Solana, allowing investment in real estate. Add USDC to the pool, farm points, and optionally make transactions. Website
  2. Sound.xyz – A platform for tokenizing and trading music as NFTs. Mint others’ tracks, potentially create your own, and mint them from multiple accounts. Website
  3. Azuro – A rising star in on-chain gambling. Deposit USDT into pools, place bets, farm points. Website
  4. PartyDAO – A platform for collaborative purchasing of NFTs or other group buys. Participate in various parties (hint: it’s cheaper on the Base network). Website
  5. Fuel – A modular L2 competitor to Celestia. Participate in the testnet. Website
  6. Aleo – An L1 blockchain focused on privacy. Participate in the testnet. Website
  7. Gandalf – A platform for integrating web3 functionality into various web2 services like Google Forms, Notion, etc. Add your social networks, farm points. Website
  8. EthSigh – A service for creating on-chain signatures for documents. Top funds onboard. Upload a random PDF document, make several signatures. Website
  9. Bitfinity Network – An EVM built on Bitcoin. Participate in the Galxe campaign, claim roles in Guild. Website
  10. Eclipse – A customizable modular rollup using Solana VM. Participate in the testnet. Website
  11. Caldera – A platform that allows one-click implementation of rollup solutions into your blockchain. Deploy your rollup, mint NFT from the project. Website
  12. Hyperlane – An environment for interaction between ready-made modular blockchains. Join Discord, raise your validator and relayer. Website
  13. Layer N – A modular, hyper-scalable rollup that operates on Rust VM. Submit a form for Early Dev Access. Website
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