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Finance projects and financial applications

Explore finance projects across decentralized finance, payments, lending, exchanges and related financial activities. Use the sub-sectors to find the type of project you want to research, then review its available evaluations and their authors.

Projects follow the categories assigned in the Orbitrum application. This collection is for research and discovery, not an investment ranking.

Projects in Finance

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149 projects

Showing Stablecoin projects. Stablecoin-related projects; individual profiles provide their documented design and scope.

Acala

Acala Network is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform built on Polkadot, designed to serve a...

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A7A5

A7A5 is a rouble-backed stablecoin, maintaining a 1:1 peg to the Russian Rouble. Fiat deposits...

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Aegis YUSD

Aegis YUSD is a decentralized stablecoin backed by Bitcoin that generates yield while maintaini...

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AllUnity EUR

AllUnity EUR (EURAU) is a fully regulated euro-denominated stablecoin issued under the European...

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Ampleforth

Ampleforth is a stablecoin project centered around the AMPL token.

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Anchored Coins AEUR

Anchored Coins AEUR represents a stablecoin, a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a st...

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Angle Protocol

Angle Protocol is a decentralized finance (DeFi) solution focused on the creation and managemen...

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Anzens

Anzens is a U.S.-based fintech company committed to building the next generation of compliant,...

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ARSe Digital

ARSe Digital is a stablecoin project centered around the ARSE token. What Is ARSe? ARSe is a pe...

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Aster USDF

Aster USDF is a stablecoin project centered around the USDF token. USDF is a yield-bearing stab...

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Atlantis Coin®

Atlantis Coin® is a stablecoin project centered around the ATC token. AtlantisChain, the real-t...

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AUSD

AUSD is a stablecoin project centered around the AUSD token. Agora, a multifaceted financial in...

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Understanding Finance

Finance brings together several application categories, from staking, stablecoins and tokenization to banking, card networks and investment groups. Not every project in this collection is a blockchain protocol. The category assigned in Orbitrum provides a starting point; the individual profile explains the project itself.

How to compare the projects in this sector

Compare projects with similar functions before comparing their available scores. An exchange, a payment network and a lending application should not be treated as interchangeable. Read what each evaluation covers and follow the author to understand their other published work.

Industries and sub-sectors

Explore the activities included in this sector. Categories and project assignments follow the Orbitrum application.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Applications and protocols classified as decentralized finance.

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Yield Farming

Projects categorized around yield-farming activities.

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Staking

Projects and services categorized around staking.

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Decentralized Exchanges (DEX)

Decentralized exchange projects assigned to the Finance sector.

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Synthetic Assets

Projects categorized around synthetic-asset applications.

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Insurance

Insurance-related projects within the Finance classification.

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Stablecoin

Stablecoin-related projects; individual profiles provide their documented design and scope.

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Tokenization

Projects categorized around the tokenization of assets or rights.

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Launchpad

Projects classified as launchpads for other projects or tokens.

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Supply Chain Tracking

Projects using tracking systems for supply-chain activities.

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Automated Market Maker (AMM)

Automated market-maker projects assigned to the Finance sector.

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Centralized Exchange (CEX)

Projects classified as centralized exchanges or related services.

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Lending & Borrowing

Projects providing or supporting lending and borrowing activities.

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Payments & Card Networks

Projects operating payment services or card-network activities.

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Published evaluations and analysis

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Authors covering these projects

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Questions to guide your research

  • • Which financial activity does the project perform?
  • • What revenue, usage or operating evidence is included in the analysis?
  • • Which dependencies and risks does the author identify?

Questions about this sector

What is the difference between Finance and Financials?
Orbitrum currently has two separate application sectors. Finance contains DeFi and other financial-application categories, alongside some banking and investment categories. Financials groups banking services, investments, holdings and insurance. Their coverage can overlap; their application categories remain distinct.
Are all Finance projects crypto projects?
No. This sector also contains non-crypto categories such as banking, payments and investment groups. Check each project profile for its type and documented activity.

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