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Top 5 Defi platforms in 2022

By Hallie Gill
Aug 23, 2024
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A DeFi platform allows users to engage in the world of DeFi in order to trade, take out loans, and more generally use their crypto. So, what are the Top 5 Defi platform in 2022? Let's see.

PancakeSwap (CAKE)

The most active DeFi in the BSC ecosystem is PancakeSwap (CAKE). It is also the most visited DeFi platform overall. Over 13.5 million people visit PancakeSwap every day.

PancakeSwap currently has over 4,000 tokens listed. This figure is significantly higher than the number of tokens listed on many centralised cryptocurrency exchanges. Token exchanges on the platform are extremely fast and have very low transaction fees.

Aside from clearing transactions, PancakeSwap also has liquidity and stake pools. Visitors can earn CAKE by exchanging capital for various tokens. Binance can also be used to connect to this platform.

Uniswap (UNI)

Uniswap, which operates on the Ethereum network, is also one of the first effective DeFis. Uniswap has the most developer activity of any decentralised application (dApp) in the Ethereum ecosystem. When compared to the other applications on the list, Uniswap transaction fees are quite high. Regardless, UNI is the second most popular DeFi location.

Although PancakeSwap has the most users, Uniswap is the largest DeFi in terms of transaction volume. The daily trading volume on Uniswap is currently around $650 million. With $279 million in sales, pancakes rank second.

On Uniswap, investors have $7.8 billion TVL. In this regard, Uniswap is ranked ninth among all DeFis.

Osmosis (OSMO)

Osmosis, which was ranked 29th in TVL, became the third most visited DeFi. Osmosis lists the Terra dollar (UST) generated in the Terra ecosystem as well as many tokens that operate in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Furthermore, Osmosis provides staking services for many tokens in the Cosmos ecosystem. On the platform, there are numerous liquidity pools. The Cosmos/OSMO pool contains $379 million and offers an estimated 50% APR. ATOM/CRO and JUNO/OSMO are also pools . The JUNO/OSMO pool has an APR of 91%.

Trader JOE

Avalanche developers are still working on decentralised finance. Ava Labs has developed tools that enable enterprise DeFis as part of its work this week.

Benqi (QI) and Trader JOE are the most popular platforms among DeFis operating in the Avalanche ecosystem. However, investors prefer AAVE over AVAX. With $1.1 billion in AVAX TVL and 3.3 million visitors per day, Trader JOE ranks fifth in terms of AVAX TVL .

Maiar DeFi

Elrond is also one of the most popular blockchain networks. Many platforms in the chain are named after characters from the Lord of the Rings. Maiar, one of them, is the most active dApp in the Elrond ecosystem.

All at once, the platform, which includes the Maiar DeFi Wallet browser wallet, also includes a launchpad application and staking programmes. The most popular staking programme at the moment is the stake pool Holoride (RIDE), which is working on a joint project with Audi. Every day, more than 3 million people visit the platform.

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