Aura Finance distinguishes itself in the DeFi space by enhancing the Balancer ecosystem, offering a streamlined experience for BAL stakers and liquidity providers. It simplifies staking with tokenized veBAL (auraBAL) and boosts rewards through protocol-owned veBAL and AURA tokens, while easing participation in Balancer's gauge system. The AURA token is central to Aura's governance and incentivization, allowing users to lock tokens for governance rights and influence both Aura's and Balancer's decisions. Governance involves managing the Aura treasury, voting on Balancer proposals, and planning a transition to full on-chain voting
dHedge is a decentralized asset management protocol enabling non-custodial investing and transparent on-chain trading. Governed by the DHT token, holders stake for voting power and earn rewards. With a fixed supply of 100 million tokens, DHT facilitates governance decisions and fee collection on the platform. Launched through a token generation event in 2020, dHedge generates revenue from administration and performance fees, supporting its operations and growth in decentralized finance.
Elevate is a decentralized cross-chain bridge that facilitates rapid, secure, and cost-effective transfers of Ethereum-native assets across various Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, as well as Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains.
X Protocol is a Web3 gaming blockchain on Base Layer 2, offering players more control and investment opportunities. It uses $KICK as its native gas token, providing stakers with benefits like airdrops and yields. Game volume supports $KICK's value through buybacks. X-Protocol raised $5 million from Dragonfly, Cogitent Ventures, and Coinfund.
Beefy Finance is a multichain yield optimization platform that simplifies earning compound interest on crypto assets through automated strategies. Operated as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), it allows $BIFI token holders to participate in governance, influencing decisions on fees, funding, and strategy via its Snapshot page. The $BIFI token, with a capped supply of 80,000, ensures scarcity while enabling holders to earn revenue shares and shape the platform's future.
Pyth Network provides decentralized oracle services for DeFi and blockchain applications, ensuring reliable price feeds by leveraging a network of data providers. Governance is managed through PYTH token holders who stake tokens for voting power via the Pyth DAO Realms platform. With a total token supply of 5.2 billion PYTH tokens, funding includes private sales to support strategic contributors.
Foundation Missions are Optimism-funded initiatives designed to make measurable progress toward the Season 7 Intent, establishing interoperable Stage 1 chains handling $250M in cross-chain asset transfers per month.
The Retro Funding: Dev Tooling program rewards open-source toolchain software that supports onchain application development on the Superchain, with a budget of up to 8M OP and monthly rewards from March to July 2025.
The Optimism Governance Fund Missions for Season 7 provide grants to projects that drive onchain growth across the Superchain.
Retro Funding: Onchain Builders rewards projects driving cross-chain interoperability on OP Chains, with up to 8M OP
OP Mainnet, previously known as Optimism, is a Layer 2 scaling solution built on top of Ethereum. It utilizes optimistic rollups to provide faster and cheaper transactions while maintaining the security of the Ethereum mainnet.
Ink is a Layer 2 blockchain built by Kraken powered by the OP Stack. It connects Kraken’s 10+ million users to decentralized finance (DeFi), offering easy access to DEXs, lending, and yield protocols. By joining the Superchain, Inkchain combines Ethereum’s security with Layer 2 scalability for a streamlined DeFi experience.
Unichain is an L2 purpose-built for DeFi, exclusively on the OP Stack. Unichain is part of the Superchain’s path to interoperability, and will support ERC20s that are Superchain interop compatible. Uniswap Labs is also working with Flashbots to develop a new TEE-based block builder that reduces Unichain confirmation times from 1 second to 250 milliseconds.
Soneium is a Layer 2 blockchain developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, a joint venture between Sony Group and Startale. Designed to bridge Web2 and Web3, Soneium aims to create a versatile, developer-friendly ecosystem that empowers creativity and innovation. It provides a scalable, accessible platform for developers, creators, and communities, enabling them to build and deploy applications that blend entertainment, gaming, finance, and more.