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Best DeFi protocols in 2026 – Page 2

Exchanges, lending markets, staking, derivatives and yield — ranked by score and on-chain TVL.

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Reviewed: 4,470
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Best DeFi protocols, page 2 of 90
		Category	Chains
51	BackpackReviewed	Centralized Exchanges	Solana, Bitcoin +27	$520M	−2.4%	7.6
52	Marinade NativeReviewed	Staking Pool	Solana	$324M	−7.0%	7.6
53	Yearn FinanceReviewed	Yield Aggregator	Ethereum, Katana +5	$149M	−1.6%	7.6
54	UNCX Network V2Reviewed	Token Locker	Ethereum, BNB Chain +7	$136M	+1.7%	7.6
55	Enzyme FinanceReviewed	Indexes	Ethereum, Polygon +1	$89.5M	−1.2%	7.6
56	LuloReviewed	Yield Aggregator	Solana	$25.7M	−6.8%	7.6
57	AnkrReviewed	Staking	Ethereum, Flow +6	$23.9M	−2.1%	7.6
58	CoinsquareReviewed	Centralized Exchanges	Cardano, Ethereum +7	$2.74M	−4.1%	7.6
59	KaminoReviewed	Lending	Solana	—	—	7.6
60	RaydiumReviewed	DEXes	Solana	—	—	7.6
61	DinariReviewed	Real-World Assets	—	—	—	7.6
62	QuickswapReviewed	DEXes	Polygon, Base +7	—	—	7.6
63	BenqiReviewed	Lending	Avalanche	—	—	7.6
64	EigenCloudReviewed	Liquid Restaking	Ethereum	$5.74B	−0.5%	7.5
65	Spark SavingsReviewed	Yield Aggregator	Ethereum, Arbitrum +6	$1.26B	−6.3%	7.5
66	Fluid LendingReviewed	Lending	Ethereum, Arbitrum +3	$619M	+1.8%	7.5
67	Tonstakers LSDReviewed	Staking Pool	TON	$164M	−5.4%	7.5
68	NAVI LendingReviewed	Lending	Sui	$126M	−11.2%	7.5
69	Compound V2Reviewed	Lending	Ethereum	$95.4M	−1.7%	7.5
70	Yearn CuratingReviewed	Risk Curators	Ethereum, Katana +3	$54.2M	+8.0%	7.5
71	Arrakis ModularReviewed	Liquidity Manager	Ethereum, Base +4	$53.9M	−2.9%	7.5
72	Contango V2Reviewed	Derivatives	Arbitrum, Ethereum +8	$16.3M	+74.0%	7.5
73	DeepBook V3Reviewed	DEXes	Sui	$12.7M	+9.3%	7.5
74	Chainflip AMMReviewed	DEXes	Ethereum	$10.6M	+6.4%	7.5
75	RubicReviewed	Dex Aggregator	BNB Chain, Kava	$0	—	7.5
76	MatchaReviewed	Dex Aggregator	—	—	—	7.5
77	OrcaReviewed	DEXes	Solana	—	—	7.5
78	Gtrade by Gains NetworkReviewed	Derivatives	Arbitrum, Polygon	—	—	7.5
79	UniswapReviewed	DEXes	Ethereum, Base +3	—	—	7.5
80	Babylon ProtocolReviewed	Staking	Bitcoin	$3.10B	−1.8%	7.4
81	Steakhouse FinancialReviewed	Risk Curators	Base, Ethereum +9	$2.83B	+3.8%	7.4
82	Sanctum Validator LSTsReviewed	Staking	Solana	$1.60B	−5.6%	7.4
83	Kamino LendReviewed	Lending	Solana	$1.19B	−4.2%	7.4
84	SwissBorgReviewed	Centralized Exchanges	Bitcoin, Ethereum +29	$812M	−4.2%	7.4
85	Jupiter Perpetual ExchangeReviewed	Derivatives	Solana	$665M	−4.6%	7.4
86	mETH ProtocolReviewed	Staking	Ethereum	$524M	−1.0%	7.4
87	tBTCReviewed	Decentralized Btc	Bitcoin, Ethereum	$328M	−1.8%	7.4
88	SymbioticReviewed	Collateral Management	Ethereum	$289M	−6.4%	7.4
89	PhemexReviewed	Centralized Exchanges	Ethereum, Bitcoin +14	$268M	−0.0%	7.4
90	OpenTradeReviewed	Real-World Assets	Avalanche, Ethereum +1	$246M	−0.4%	7.4
91	KPKReviewed	Risk Curators	Ethereum, dYdX +9	$212M	+0.5%	7.4
92	SolsticeReviewed	Basis Trading	Solana	$201M	−0.2%	7.4
93	StaderReviewed	Staking	Ethereum, Hedera +4	$186M	−3.6%	7.4
94	Liquity V1Reviewed	CDPs	Ethereum	$157M	+0.5%	7.4
95	Phantom SOLReviewed	Staking	Solana	$147M	−5.8%	7.4
96	crvUSDReviewed	CDPs	Ethereum	$113M	−10.2%	7.4
97	Frax EtherReviewed	Staking	Ethereum, Fraxtal	$111M	−0.6%	7.4
98	Meta Pool NearReviewed	Staking	Near, Aurora	$80.8M	−12.3%	7.4
99	PancakeSwap InfinityReviewed	DEXes	BNB Chain, Base +2	$72.0M	−2.0%	7.4
100	Kamino LiquidityReviewed	Liquidity Manager	Solana	$65.5M	−6.1%	7.4

Ranked by DappsAtlas score, then total value locked. Click a column to re-sort this page. TVL data via DefiLlama.

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