

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

Sonne Finance offers high-liquidity money markets with dynamic incentives. It supports popular assets and integrates natively with Optimism. Its tokenomics incentivize user engagement and protocol growth, with revenue-sharing and governance features. Sonne Finance has received funding through an OP grant from Optimism, allocated to enhance trading activities within its protocol, including lending, borrowing, and staking activities.

USDT0 is an omnichain version of Tether’s USD₮ stablecoin, launched on 16 January 2025 in partnership with LayerZero Labs. It uses the LayerZero Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard and a lock-and-mint design: USD₮ is locked on Ethereum and the same amount of USDT0 is minted on the destination chain, so parity is always 1 USDT0 = 1 USD₮.

Ionic is a non-custodial money market protocol offering unparalleled control and security to its users through a code-centric governance model. Ionic differentiates itself with a novel Point System, rewarding users for contributing to the ecosystem without issuing a conventional token. This system encourages engagement through lending, borrowing, and referrals, with varying points potential for different activities. The project is entirely self-bootstrapped, relying on its resources for development without external funding. This approach underlines Ionic's commitment to innovation and self-sustainability in the competitive DeFi landscape.

Orderly Network sets itself apart with its innovative orderbook-based trading infrastructure and a comprehensive liquidity layer, catering to both spot and perpetual futures markets without a conventional frontend. This design choice positions Orderly as a foundational component for other projects to build upon, enhancing the ecosystem's functionality. Currently, Orderly does not utilize its own token but hints at future engagement through Galaxe quests, suggesting potential token airdrops as a method to reward and incentivize user participation. Despite lacking a formal governance structure, with all decisions made by the core team, Orderly has successfully secured $20 million in strategic funding from leading investors like Pantera Capital and Sequoia China, among others, underscoring its significant promise and support within the DeFi community.

DeFi Saver is an all-in-one management tool for decentralized finance. They integrate multiple leading lending protocols such as Aave, Maker, Spark, Morpho, CurveUSD, Liquity, Euler, and Fluid into a single dashboard while providing a layer of advanced features that enhance their functionality.





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.





Retro Funding: Onchain Builders rewards projects driving cross-chain interoperability on OP Chains, with up to 8M OP

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.

Mode Network is a Layer 2 solution built using the OP Stack, designed to foster growth and collaboration within the DeFi space. As a part of the Superchain, Mode aims to create an ecosystem where developers and users are rewarded for their contributions, enhancing the overall network's scalability and efficiency.