Decentralized Finance Resources

Analytics

Ethereum
- 0xTracker – 0x protocol trade explorer and decentralised ERC-20 token price index
- CuriousGiraffe – Analytics for AirSwap, Augur, Compound, and KyberSwap
- DEX Terminal – Dashboard of decentralized finance activities, from exchange volume to lending/borrowing rates
- ETH in DeFi – Chart of the amount of ETH locked in DeFi products (Maker, Compound, Augur, dYdX, Uniswap)
- Loanscan – Explorer for Ethereum loans
- MakerScan – Explorer for MakerDao
- MKR Tools – Explorer for MakerDao
- Uniswap ETH Liquidity – Chart of Uniswap’s ETH liquidity by token
DeFI Pulse – Dashboard with info about locked amount in USD
Stablecoin Index – Chart of prices biggest stablecoins
Stable Report – Weekly reports about stablecoins and list of most stablecoins

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Stablecoins

IOU / Centralized
- Bitcoin / Omni
  - Tether (closed source, white paper) – Controversial USD-backed token connected to Bitfinex
- Ethereum
  - CENTRE USDC (source code, white paper) – ERC-20 stablecoin originally issued by Circle and now embraced by Coinbase
  - Gemini Dollar (source code, white paper) – ERC-20 stablecoin issued by Gemini
  - Paxos (source code, white paper) – ERC-20 stablecoin issued by Paxos Trust Company
  - TrueUSD (source code) – ERC-20 stablecoin with KYC/AML issued by TrustToken
  - DGX Token from Digix (source code, white paper) – Token which represents 1 gram of gold on Ethereum
- Stellar
  - AnchorUSD (closed source) – KYC/AML compliant stellar-based token that promises deposits are held 1:1 in audited, US-based bank accounts
  - Stronghold (closed source) – Stellar-based token that provides a KYC/AML compliant USD stablecoin
  - White Standard (closed source) – Stellar-based tokens that provide stablecoins for a variety of currencies
Collateralized
- Celo (white paper available via Digify by submitting email on website) – Over-collateralized stablecoin targeting the unbanked using its own distributed ledger
- Ethereum
  - Dai Stablecoin from Maker (source code, white paper) – Stablecoin based on smart contracts for creating collateralized debt positions
  - Synthetix (rebranding announcement, source code, white paper) – Decentralized stablecoin modeled on centralized closed loop payment networks formerly known as Havven
  - WBTC (source code, white paper) – ERC-20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin
Algorithmic
- Ethereum
  - Ampleforth (rebranding announcement, source code, white paper) – Monetary policy-based stablecoin protocol formerly known as Fragments
  - ~~Basis (white paper) – Algorithmic stablecoin that “can be robustly pegged to arbitrary assets or baskets of goods”~~ – shut down due to inability to release tokens without securities classification in the US
  - Carbon (white paper) – Stablecoin that will be composed of a basket of whitelisted tokens that is “functionally fiat-backed with the potential to whitelist an algorithmic stablecoin”
  - Terra (white paper) – Protocol that ensures price-stability by algorithmically expanding and contracting supply

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Tokenization Protocols

Ethereum
- ERC-1404 (source code, eip) – An open standard for issuing tokens with transfer restrictions
- Harbor/R-Token (source code, white paper) – Compliant protocol for standardizing crypto-securities issuance and trading
- Polymath/ST-20 (source code, original white paper removed from website but is archived here) – Platform for tokenizing securities
- Abacus (soure code, white paper) – Protocol for permissioned tokens
Stellar (source code, docs) – Stellar has first-party support for issuing arbitrary tokens

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Applications/Tools

Ethereum
- AMP – DeFi Software Developer with EasyCDP, SilverWire, MultiSupply, and StableWire
- Bloqboard – Lending platform for collateralized loans originated, settled, serviced, and managed on Ethereum and powered by Compound and Dharma
- Fetch – Application that is both a decentralized exchange aggregator for price discovery and trading and a dashboard for discovering and managing decentralized loans and borrowings
- InstaDApp – “Decentralized bank” interface built on top of MakerDAO by developers of MakerScan
- Multis (white paper) – Interface for multisig contracts positioned as “cryptobank for companies”
- Settle – Web interface that combines chat with different crypto tools (including portfolio tracking and integration with DeFi protocols) and an “app store” for developers
- Zerion (source code) – Interface to decentralized finance protocols positioned as “trustless banking”

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Misc

Ethereum

8x Protocol (source code, white paper) – Protocol for decentralized subscription payment
AZTEC Protocol (source code, white paper) – Privacy-enabling protocol for confidential transactions on the Ethereum network
Centrifuge (source code, white paper) – Platform for financial supply chain, including exchange of invoices, purchase orders, etc.
Groundhog – “End-to-end” platform for decentralized recurring subscription payments

Decentralized Exchange Protocols

BitShares (source code, white paper) – Decentralized exchange protocol based on the Graphene blockchain
Bitcoin
- Bisq (source code, white paper) – Protocol for peer-to-peer exchange of bitcoin
Ethereum
- 0x (source code, white paper) – Protocol for decentralized exchange of Ethereum assets using relayers, now on version 2
- Bancor Protocol (source code, white paper) – Protocol for converting one token to another using “smart tokens”
- DutchX (source code, docs) – Decentralized trading protocol for ERC-20s that uses the Dutch auction model to achieve fair prices
- Hydro Protocol (fork announcement, source code, original white paper removed from website but is archived here) – A fork of 0x from DDEX with new order schema, a new matching engine, a different liquidity sharing model, and no ZRX token
- Kyber (source code, original white paper removed from website but is archived here) – On-chain protocol for decentralized token swaps and for easy application integration
- Loopring (source code, white paper) – Protocol for building decentralized exchanges
- Ren (source code, white paper) – Decentralized dark pool protocol for atomic swaps of digital assets formerly known as Republic
- Swap / AirSwap’s Protocol (source code, white paper) – Protocol for peer-to-peer trading of ERC-20 tokens
- Uniswap (source code, white paper) – “Public good”-oriented interface for ERC-20 token exchange with zero rent-extraction.
Stellar (source code, white paper) – Decentralized protocol for financial applications, including support for decentralized exchange
- StellarX (closed source) – A UI for the native Stellar DEX built by Interstellar
- Interstellar.exchange (closed source) – A UI for the native Stellar DEX built by Fintech (not related to the company Interstellar)
- Stellarport (closed source) – A UI for the Stellar DEX
- Stellarterm (source) – An open-source UI for the Stellar Dex

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Derivative Protocols/Prediction Markets

Ethereum

Augur (source code, white paper) – Prediction market protocol to enable anyone to “create and speculate on derivatives at a low cost for the first time”
bZx (source code, white paper) – 0x-integrated protocol for decentralized, peer-to-peer margin funding and trading
CDx (white paper) – Protocol for tokenized credit default swaps
Daxia (source code, white paper) – Tokenized derivatives protocol
dYdX (source code, white paper) – Margin-trading and options protocols
Gnosis (source code, white paper) – Decentralized prediction market protocol
Market (source code, white paper) – Protocol for structuring peer-to-peer agreements that settle in the future based on the price of a reference asset
UMA (white paper) – Protocol that allows any two counterparties to design and create their own financial contracts that are secured with economic incentives alone, making them self-enforcing and “universally accessible”
Veil (launch post) – Peer-to-peer prediction market and derivatives platform built on top of Augur, 0x, and Ethereum

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Lending Protocols

Ethereum

Basket Protocol (source code) – Protocol for creating tokens that contain a portfolio of other tokens
BSKT (source code, white paper) – Generic smart contract that creates decentralized token portfolios
Set (source code, white paper) – Protocol for creating, issuing, redeeming, and rebalancing fungible, collateralized baskets of tokenized assets

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Bundling Protocols

Ethereum

Basket Protocol (source code) – Protocol for creating tokens that contain a portfolio of other tokens
BSKT (source code, white paper) – Generic smart contract that creates decentralized token portfolios
Set (source code, white paper) – Protocol for creating, issuing, redeeming, and rebalancing fungible, collateralized baskets of tokenized assets

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Fund Protocols

Ethereum

Fund Protocol (source code) – Protocol for fund administration on the Ethereum blockchain
Melonport (source code, green paper) – Protocol for digital asset management

KYC/AML/Identity

Ethereum

Bloom (source code, white paper) – Protocol for identity & credit-scoring
Project Hydro (source code, white paper) – Decentralized ecosystem using cutting-edge cryptography to secure user accounts, identities, and transactions
SelfKey (source code, white paper) – “Self-sovereign” identity management system that aims to integrate with various financial services
Wyre (source code, Medium post) – Compliance SDK that mints ERC-721 tokens to the addresses of verified users

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Decentralized Finance Resources

Analytics

Stablecoins

Tokenization Protocols

Applications/Tools

Misc

Decentralized Exchange Protocols

Derivative Protocols/Prediction Markets

Lending Protocols

Bundling Protocols

Fund Protocols

KYC/AML/Identity

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