| 1 Liquid Staking | 118 | $21.636b | Protocols that enable you to earn staking rewards on your tokens while also providing a tradeable and liquid receipt for your staked position |
| 2 Lending | 301 | $14.454b | Protocols that allow users to borrow and lend assets |
| 3 Dexes | 1020 | $12.345b | Protocols where you can swap/trade cryptocurrency |
| 4 Bridge | 46 | $8.789b | Protocols that bridge tokens from one network to another |
| 5 CDP | 105 | $7.896b | Protocols that mint its own stablecoin using collateralized lending |
| 6 Services | 154 | $4.126b | Protocols that provide a service to the user |
| 7 Yield | 457 | $3.325b | Protocols that pay you a reward for your staking/LP on their platform |
| 8 RWA | 26 | $2.39b | Protocols that involve Real World Assets, such as house tokenization |
| 9 Derivatives | 158 | $1.241b | Protocols for betting with leverage |
| 10 Yield Aggregator | 112 | $976.97m | Protocols that aggregated yield from diverse protocols |
| 11 Cross Chain | 26 | $644.05m | Protocols that add interoperability between different blockchains |
| 12 Synthetics | 33 | $563.05m | Protocol that created a tokenized derivative that mimics the value of another asset. |
| 13 Launchpad | 40 | $512.45m | Protocols that launch new projects and coins |
| 14 Liquidity manager | 27 | $323.1m | Protocols that manage Liquidity Positions in concentrated liquidity AMMs |
| 15 Insurance | 25 | $283.17m | Protocols that are designed to provide monetary protections |
| 16 Indexes | 49 | $280.04m | Protocols that have a way to track/created the performance of a group of related assets |
| 17 Privacy | 13 | $256.72m | Protocols that have the intention of hiding information about transactions |
| 18 Infrastructure | 1 | $226.16m | |
| 19 Algo-Stables | 112 | $188.49m | Protocols that provide algorithmic coins to stablecoins |
| 20 Payments | 16 | $165.19m | Protocols that offer the ability to pay/send/receive cryptocurrency |
| 21 Staking Pool | 14 | $164.64m | Refers to platforms where users stake their assets on native blockchains to help secure the network and earn rewards. Unlike Liquid Staking, users don't receive a token representing their staked assets, and their funds are locked up during the staking period, limiting participation in other DeFi activities |
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