UTU Protocol is a decentralized trust infrastructure designed to enhance online interactions by providing personalized and contextually relevant trust signals. By leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, UTU aims to replace traditional anonymous ratings and reviews with more reliable trust mechanisms.
RubyScore is a decentralized onchain ranking protocol that evaluates wallet reputation based on various blockchain metrics. It encourages user engagement by motivating users to improve their onchain reputation through daily tasks. While RubyScore currently has no governance process or token, it generates revenue through a fee-based API for wallet identification, transaction fees for NFT rewards and minting profiles, and services like deferred transactions, the RubyScore ranking passport, and Verax Proof of Humanity attestation. It has received funding from Gitcoin Grant 20 and Optimism Retroactive Public Goods Funding 4.
LogX is a perp dex offering deep liquidity and an efficient leveraged trading experience, moving away from traditional reliance on external liquidity providers. It allows trading against a pool of stable assets, with innovative features like a dark oracle for price aggregation and a risk management framework. While LogX has launched an airdrop program, it currently lacks a native token, focusing on user engagement through rewards. Governance is code-centric, reflecting its early stage without a token-based decision-making process. The project has secured $6.1 million in funding from notable investors such as Sequoia Capital and Coinbase Ventures, marking its potential within the DeFi ecosystem.
Extra Finance, a community-driven leveraged yield farming (LYF) protocol on OP Mainnet and Base. Extra Finance integrates with major DEXs like Velodrome, providing diverse farming strategies and catering to various risk profiles. The protocol uses two tokens, $EXTRA for liquidity provider rewards and $veEXTRA for governance, with $veEXTRA holders influencing decisions and enjoying benefits like higher leverage and access to exclusive pools. Governance is community-focused, with $veEXTRA token holders having significant input in the protocol's direction. Remarkably, Extra Finance is self-bootstrapped, relying on its own resources rather than external funding, showcasing its commitment to organic growth and independence in the DeFi space.