Top 5 Canton Competitors & Alternatives

Founded in 2017 by the ICON Foundation, ICON is a next generation blockchain protocol with smart contract functionality and interoperability. ICX is the native cryptocurrency of the ICON network. As an aggregator chain, ICON achieves interoperability — a web of interconnected networks aggregating all blockchain data into one layer. ICON’s “Blockchain Transmission Protocol” (BTP) is its novel interoperability solution, allowing all integrated blockchains to be interconnected to each other. Current BTP partners include Binance Smart Chain, Polkadot, NEAR Protocol, and Harmony. ICON also has a growing DeFi ecosystem that includes projects such as Balanced DAO, Omm Finance, Optimus Protocol, and Equality Exchange.

DeFi , Infrastructure , Interoperability , Liquid Staking

Icon , Near

$964,940

719

55

25,420

34295

Sake Finance is an integrated liquidity protocol on Soneium. Sake is pioneering a new era of decentralized finance, where different modules work together seamlessly to provide the smoothest user experience

DeFi , Lending

Soneium

$960,670

27,922

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The NFT marketplace for pro traders

DeFi , NFT Lending

Ethereum

$956,053

255,005

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Kine establishes general purpose liquidity pools backed by a customizable portfolio of digital assets. The liquidity pool allows traders to open and close derivatives positions according to trusted price feeds, avoiding the need of counterparties.

DeFi , Derivatives , EVM , Trading , Yield

Avalanche , Binance , BNB Chain , Ethereum , Polygon

$955,563

97,460

5,117

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$950,079

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