DeFAI
Coins in the DeFAI category. 6 coins listed. Updated weekly.
DeFAI is a category of cryptocurrencies sharing common characteristics or use cases. Explore the listed coins and compare what they do and how they are categorized.
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Ribbita graduated from Virtuals’ 2025 bonding system into the Base token TIBBIR, but its official record names no builder, working AI product, revenue link or roadmap. A 1% taxed ERC-20 and an unrelated SEC Tibbir Trust record do not prove Ribbit Capital sponsorship or rights to software, IP or income.
Derive grew from Lyra's options AMM into a three-part derivatives system: an OP Stack rollup, onchain margin protocol, and company-operated orderbook. DRV replaced LYRA at 1:1 and becomes governance weight only through stDRV; it is not equity or a withdrawal claim. A centralized matcher, permissioned sequencer deployment, external oracle data, bridges and upgrade paths remain distinct control surfaces.
Cortex Protocol CX is the multichain successor to SYN, convertible indefinitely at 1:5.5. It is not the PoW CTXC chain. CX allocates 1.64659 billion tokens and keeps supply and governance controls in role-bearing contracts while agent-gas status remains contradictory.
Capricorn’s APR followed years of aPriori research into Monad block building, order flow and liquid staking. The one-billion-token network now spans three chains, while the MON-backed vault share remains the separate aprMON asset.
Mantis moved from a restaked Solana-rollup thesis to a solver market and DISE interface. Its staking code accounts closed in April 2025; by September 2026 the public app and docs did not resolve, while almost 100 million M remained on Solana. No official shutdown notice was located.
SentismAI began with a Telegram task app and an agent-token launchpad, then attached the SENTIS token to a broader DeFi-agent plan. Its public record is clearest where actions reached BNB Chain and thinnest where the project promises automated strategy judgment.