CLOB DEX ecosystem map: 50+ CLOB DEXes and 25+ infra enablers
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Announces A1's CLOB DEX ecosystem map, culminating research begun in June when HYPE first broke $40B FDV. Counts over 50 CLOB DEXes plus a separate map of 25+ infra enablers such as settlement layers, oracles, ZK infra and DA layers.
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Over 50 CLOB DEXes mapped
25+ infra enablers mapped
Research started when HYPE first broke $40B FDV in June
The publication of this landscape overview with @a1research__ is the culmination of a research effort I started back in June when $HYPE first broke $40B in FDV.
Ever since then, I've been diving omega deep into the CLOB sector, trying to identify all relevant players in the space in order to create the most comprehensive and accurate ecosystem map on CT.
The list has constantly evolved, with many players emerging along the way, and our final overview counting >50 CLOB DEXes.
Alongside that, we also aimed to map out the entire landscape of "infra enablers" from settlement layers like Ethereum to realtime execution layers like MegaETH, oracles for price feeds, ZK infra, high-throughput DA layers and rollup/appchain SDKs, adding another 25+ projects to our A1 list (separate visual on infra also linked in comments).
Going forward, we might also try to add more granular sub-categorization to the CLOB DEX ecosystem visual, but for now I hope you enjoy this one.
If you do, pls share it with your frens, and we're always open for feedback/input, so if you have any pls drop it in the comments.
Infra enablers in the CLOB wars:
For tags of all the projects on our updated list(s), check @Louround_'s series of comments here:
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