Derivatives
In traditional finance, a derivative is a contract that derives its value from the performance of an underlying entity. This underlying entity can be an asset, index, or interest rate, and is often simply called the “underlying.”
Aevo
Aevo is a decentralized derivatives exchange, focused on options. The exchange runs on a custom EVM roll-up that rolls up to Ethereum. Aevo operates an off-chain orderbook with on-chain settlements.
Cryptex Finance
Cryptex Finance is a multi-network DeFi protocol that provides easy access to fully-decentralized index tokens. The protocol uses Ethereum smart contracts, over-collateralized vaults, and Chainlink data oracles to create indexes in a trustless way. Interview with founder.
Hegic
Hegic is on-chain options trading protocol, allowing you to buy ETH call and put options as an individual holder (buyer) or sell ETH call and put options as a liquidity provider.
IntentX
IntentX is a next-generation OTC derivatives exchange offering perpetual futures trading. IntentX is live with over 180 tradable markets and up to 60x leverage.
Lyra
Lyra is a decentralized options exchange on Optimistic Ethereum, giving traders access to crypto markets with low fees and subsecond transaction speeds.
NFT20
NFT20 is a permissionless protocol enabling trade, swap and sell NFTs that tokenized at indices pools.
NFTX
NFTX is a platform for making ERC20 tokens that are backed by NFT collectibles and governed by a community-owned protocol. Interview with core contributor.
Olympus DAO
Olympus is a decentralized reserve currency protocol based on the OHM token. Each OHM token is backed by a basket of assets in the Olympus treasury, giving it an intrinsic value that it cannot fall below.
Opyn
Opyn is the insurance layer for decentralized finance. Opyn co-founder Aparna told us about Opyn backstory, state of defi options market and what’s new in Opyn v2
PieDAO
The PieDAO is a decentralized organization dedicated to bringing market accessibility and economic empowerment through Pie Protocol and Tokenized ETFs governed by a DAO
SynFutures
SynFutures is a decentralized protocol for perpetual futures, democratizing the derivatives market by empowering users to trade any asset and create arbitrary futures contracts within seconds. Its V3 oAMM introduces integration of a unified AMM and on-chain matching order book model.
Synthetix
Synthetix platform enables creation of the on-chain synthetic assets that tracks value of assets in real world. Interview with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix.