The strong rise in ETH prices is ushering in a new round of prosperity for the Ethereum ecosystem. In the past three months, ETH has grown by an astonishing 74%, and this trend seems to continue. Against this backdrop, projects in the Ethereum ecosystem are gearing up to meet major development milestones.
Large-cap projects: the backbone of the Ethereum ecosystem
Arbitrum ($ARB): As a second-layer technology suite, Arbitrum is known as the "King of L2" for its ability to scale Ethereum.
Optimism ($OP): Built by Ethereum developers, Optimism provides a fast, stable, and scalable second-layer blockchain solution.
Blur ($BLUR): An NFT marketplace for professional traders, Blur is favored by the market for its status as the best trading platform.
ENS ($ENS): As a decentralized, open source, and permissionless naming system, ENS is the true Ethereum
OG. Synthetix ($SNX): A new financial primitive for creating synthetic assets on the blockchain, SNX provides a deep liquidity provisioning protocol.
Frax Finance ($FXS): A large, integrated ecosystem including a multi-chain stablecoin protocol.
Aave ($AAVE): A decentralized cryptocurrency lending platform that allows users to borrow and lend cryptocurrencies.
Pendle ($PENDLE): A permissionless yield trading protocol that simplifies yield trading
Mid-cap projects: the intersection of innovation and potential
SSV Network ($SSV): A decentralized platform that enables secure communication and data sharing, powering staking infrastructure.
Maverick: Enabling builders and liquidity providers to achieve high capital efficiency in decentralized finance.
Origin Protocol ($OGN): provides a platform for building peer-to-peer marketplaces and e-commerce applications.
Perpetual Protocol ($PERP): A decentralized leveraged trading platform focused on cryptocurrency trading.
Restake Finance ($RSTK): Launches a modular liquid staking protocol that provides support for EigenLayer.
Lybra ($LBR): A CDP platform that allows users to mint stablecoins collateralized by ETH/stETH.
Small-cap projects: Hidden gems
StaFi ($FIS): A DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity in collateral assets.
Stader ($SD): A decentralized multi-chain liquidity staking platform that allows third parties to build custom solutions.
Prisma ($PRISMA): A decentralized lending protocol that allows users to mint fully collateralized stablecoins
mkUSD. StakeWise ($SWISE): A DeFi platform built on Ethereum that allows users to earn interest on staked ETH tokens.
