Base won the L2 war for adoption. Here are the
best protocols in the ecosystem.
SAerodrome, Virtuals, Morpho, Avantis, Zora, Neynar, Base App, Moonwell, Venice, Gauntlet
- Aerodrome — The central trading and liquidity marketplace on Base. A ve(3,3) AMM/DEX handling ~60% of all Base DEX volume with $480M+ TVL.
- Virtuals — Decentralized platform on Base enabling users to create, co-own, and monetize AI agents. Each agent is tokenized as an ERC-20 with bonding c...
- Morpho — The universal lending network. A modular, permissionless lending protocol that grew 1900% YoY to $2B+, becoming the largest lending protocol...
- Avantis — The first perps DEX invested by Base. Decentralized perpetual contracts with up to 500x leverage across crypto, forex, metals, and commoditi...
- Zora — Decentralized SocialFi platform that transforms social media into a tokenized economy. Every post becomes a tradable ERC-20 coin with 1B sup...
- Neynar — The backbone infrastructure for Farcaster and Web3 social. Provides APIs, cloud-hosted hubs, and developer tools. Acquired Farcaster protoco...
- Base App — Coinbase's super app rebrand of Coinbase Wallet. Combines wallet, trading, payments, social (Farcaster), and content creation (Zora) — all o...
- Moonwell — Open lending and borrowing protocol on Base, Optimism, Moonbeam, and Moonriver. Known for simplicity and safety in DeFi lending.
- Venice — Privacy-focused, uncensored generative AI platform founded by ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees. VVV token built on Base.
- Gauntlet — The leading risk management and protocol optimization partner in DeFi. Curates vaults on Morpho and manages institutional DeFi strategies.
ABlackbird, Farcaster, Aera, Towns, Clanker, Bankr, Giza, Limitless, Toshi, Kaito, CARV, River
- Blackbird — Blockchain-powered restaurant loyalty and payment platform founded by Resy co-founder Ben Leventhal. Built Flynet L3 on Base.
- Farcaster — Sufficiently decentralized social protocol on Ethereum/Base. Features onchain identity, Frames for interactive embeds. Acquired by Neynar in...
- Aera — Autonomous, data-driven onchain treasury management protocol. Uses vault guardians competing to propose optimal strategies. Partners with Ga...
- Towns — Open messaging protocol on Base powering private, programmable group communication. Discord-like chats with built-in wallets, onchain paywal...
- Clanker — Autonomous AI agent and decentralized token launchpad on Base. Tag @clanker on Farcaster to instantly deploy ERC-20 tokens via natural langu...
- Bankr — AI-powered crypto assistant on Farcaster and X — buy, sell, swap, bridge, and manage crypto through natural language messages. Creates non-c...
- Giza — Verifiable machine learning protocol building autonomous DeFi agents. Combines smart account infrastructure with EigenLayer AVS framework.
- Limitless — Prediction market platform on Base offering nonstop hourly and daily markets for crypto and stock predictions. CLOB model with no liquidatio...
- Toshi — Leading memecoin and mascot of Base, named after Brian Armstrong's cat and Satoshi Nakamoto. Community-driven via Meow DAO governance.
- Kaito — AI-powered Web3 information platform and search engine that indexes crypto sources using LLMs. Pioneering InfoFi and attention capital marke...
- CARV — The largest modular identity and data layer for gaming, AI, and beyond. Enables players to own, control, and monetize their gaming data acro...
- River — Chain-abstraction stablecoin system — deposit collateral on one chain and mint satUSD on another without bridging. Built on LayerZero OFT, d...
BRibbita, Syndicate, YO, B3, Hydrex, Seamless, Summer.fi, Brett, Arcadia, KernelDAO
- Ribbita — A Virtuals Protocol AI agent on Base focused on enhancing efficiency and security in the crypto/AI space. Uses the Agent Commerce Protocol.
- Syndicate — Decentralized platform for onchain and offchain investment. Create Web3-native investing DAOs and investment clubs for tokens, NFTs, startup...
- YO — Secure multi-chain DeFi yield optimizer that continuously rebalances across top protocols. Embassy architecture minimizes bridge risk.
- B3 — Gaming-focused L3 on Base by NPC Labs (ex-Coinbase founders). Horizontally-scaled with near-gasless transactions and no bridging required.
- Hydrex — MetaDEX and Liquidity Infrastructure purpose-built for Base. A ve(3,3) DEX operating as a DUNA where 100% of revenue goes to HYDX token lock...
- Seamless — Base's first native lending and borrowing platform. Originally an Aave V3 fork, migrated to Morpho. Introduced Leverage Tokens as plug-and-p...
- Summer.fi — Now 100% focused on Lazy Summer Protocol — hands-free, passive yield aggregation. AI-powered keepers rebalance across Morpho, Euler, Aave, C...
- Brett — The leading memecoin on Base, inspired by Brett from Matt Furie's Boy's Club. Fair-launched with zero tax. First Base memecoin to hit $1B ma...
- Arcadia — Intelligent Liquidity Management on Base. Cross-margin accounts with up to 10x leverage, auto-rebalancing, and auto-compounding for 250+ LP ...
- KernelDAO — Multi-chain restaking protocol with three products: Kernel (BNB restaking), Kelp (EigenLayer rsETH), and Gain (automated DeFi strategies).
CMetopia, Anzen, Ethy AI, ExtraFi, Luna, Base Colors
- Metopia — Web3 reputation-based governance and incentive loyalty platform. Aggregates contributor data from NFTs, Gitcoin, Discord, DAOs, POAPs, and S...
- Anzen — DeFi protocol bringing RWA onchain through USDz, an over-collateralized stablecoin backed by cash-flowing private credit assets on Base.
- Ethy AI — Autonomous trading assistant on Base via Virtuals Protocol. Define strategies in plain language, tap into alpha from expert agents, and auto...
- ExtraFi — Decentralized leveraged yield farming and lending platform on Base and Optimism. Up to 3x leverage on yield farming strategies.
- Luna — AI-powered digital idol and entertainer on Virtuals Protocol (Base). First AI agent in history to autonomously control an X account.
- Base Colors — NFT collection representing every RGB color — 16,777,216 unique tokens. Fun onboarding tool for new crypto users using Coinbase Smart Wallet...
