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Cardano ecosystem projects: 25 on NAUT, 12 Cardano only

By NAUT Research · · 6 min read

25 Cardano projects live NAUT company rows tagged with Cardano, by product group, read 7 November 2026. Logos: SundaeSwap, Midnight, Liqwid Finance, SingularityNET, Snek, NMKR, WingRiders, Iagon, LimeWire, OccamFi, Paribus, Cornucopias.

NAUT tracks 25 live Cardano ecosystem projects: company rows tagged with the Cardano chain whose own record points at a Cardano product, read from NAUT's database on 7 November 2026. 10 of the 25 are DeFi or DEX protocols, 19 have a launched token, and 12 carry Cardano as their only chain tag.

How this list was built, from NAUT's own data on 7 November 2026. NAUT holds 35 company rows tagged with the Cardano chain. 1 of them is archived and merged into another row (Fantom), so it is out. 1 is the Cardano chain's own page. 6 are chain-agnostic rows carrying 5 to 41 chain tags, where Cardano is 1 deployment among many: API3 on 18 chains, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance on 5, Avalanche on 8, InfinEx on 21, Rubic on 41 and World Mobile Token on 6. 2 more are out each for a reason of its own: BitcoinOS, whose own stored line describes a smart-contract layer for Bitcoin, and Arthera, whose own stored line describes its own network and names no Cardano product while NAUT tags it L1/2/3. That leaves the 25 rows below. 8 of the 25 name Cardano in their own stored line, and Ardana's line names it with both words misspelled, which NAUT's own data note flags as a defect, so this article does not print that line. Any project or person listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Source checks: 8 of the 25 rows had a claim about them put to outside sources. 3 are used here (SingularityNET, Midnight, NMKR). 2 came back confirmed while the quote could not be located on the page (SundaeSwap's January 2022 mainnet date and Liqwid Finance's February 2023 launch date), so they are left out. 3 came back contradicted and are left out: a Snek claim that the token has no utility, a WingRiders claim that it launched first on Cardano, and an Ardana funding-year claim. The other 17 rows were never read outside NAUT, so every line about them is what NAUT's data shows and nothing more.

Which Cardano ecosystem projects are live on NAUT?

All 25 projects building on Cardano that NAUT holds a live row for, grouped by what they build. The third column is what each row stores on NAUT, so you can see at a glance how much of each roadmap sits on Cardano. Chain tags and token status follow in the sections below.

Project Product group What the row shows
DeFi and DEX Swap, bridge and trade between Cardano-based tokens and stablecoins
DeFi and DEX Stablecoin project on Cardano, stored line held back as a defect
DeFi and DEX Tokenising traditional assets for on-chain finance
DeFi and DEX No stored line, tagged DEX
DeFi and DEX Non-custodial pooled lending protocol with liquid staking, built on Cardano
DeFi and DEX Cardano-powered cross-chain borrowing and lending for NFTs, liquidity positions and synthetic assets
DeFi and DEX No stored line, tagged DeFi, site strikefinance.org
DeFi and DEX Native decentralised exchange and automated liquidity provision protocol
DeFi and DEX Smart mobile wallet based on Cardano
DeFi and DEX DAO-operated DEX on Cardano
Infrastructure and privacy Open-source platform pooling the storage and compute of many machines over a blockchain
Infrastructure and privacy Non-custodial DeFi protocol for lending and borrowing fiat and crypto
Infrastructure and privacy Privacy-first partner chain to Cardano, zero-knowledge proofs, NIGHT and DUST tokens
Infrastructure and privacy NFT and tokenisation service
Infrastructure and privacy No stored line, tagged Infrastructure
AI and DePIN Globally distributed computing power and storage for decentralised networks
AI and DePIN Decentralised AI longevity research network, users track health data and earn rewards
AI and DePIN No stored line, tagged AI
Gaming and metaverse Play-to-earn game where players can be rewarded with or own land
Gaming and metaverse Learn-to-earn MMORPG metaverse
Launchpads Business accelerator and launchpad for blockchain startups and growth companies
Launchpads Launchpad and DeFi ecosystem on Cardano
Media and social Digital collectibles marketplace for art and entertainment, first focused on music
Media and social No stored line, tagged Media and SocialFi
Meme Memecoin on Cardano, stored line calls it community-driven and for entertainment only

Cardano ecosystem projects by product group: where is the density?

Cardano DeFi projects are the densest group here at 10 of 25, and they are also where the Cardano-only rows cluster: 7 of those 10 carry Cardano as their only chain tag.

Product group Projects Cardano only
DeFi and DEX 10 7
Infrastructure and privacy 5 3
AI and DePIN 3 0
Gaming and metaverse 2 0
Launchpads 2 0
Media and social 2 1
Meme 1 1
All groups 25 12

Ranked by project count, the order is DeFi and DEX (10), infrastructure and privacy (5), AI and DePIN (3), then gaming and metaverse, launchpads and media and social at 2 each, and 1 meme row.

Launched tokens sit in every group: 7 of the 10 DeFi and DEX rows, 4 of the 5 infrastructure and privacy rows, all 3 AI and DePIN rows, both media and social rows, 1 of 2 in gaming and metaverse, 1 of 2 launchpads and the 1 meme row, 19 in all.

How many of these Cardano ecosystem projects have launched a token?

19 of the 25 have a launched token on NAUT's record and 6 are pre-token: AdaSwap, Ardana, CswapDex, Genius X, Meland and Meld. That split matters for a pitch: a pre-token row is a candidate for a raise, a launchpad or a listing conversation, and a live-token row is a candidate for liquidity, market making or treasury work.

Which rows carry Cardano as their only chain tag?

12 of the 25: Ardana, CswapDex, Liqwid Finance, Meld, NMKR, Snek, Strike, stuff_io, SundaeSwap, Tokeo, WingRiders, xerberus. The other 13 list Cardano next to 1 to 3 more chains, so Cardano is 1 of several deployments for them. Across those 13 rows the chains tagged alongside Cardano are Ethereum 10 times, BNB Chain 8, Base and Arbitrum twice each, and Aptos, Plume and Sora once each.

Chain tags on NAUT, the 13 projects listed on more than 1 chain
  1. Cornucopias4
  2. LimeWire4
  3. Midnight4
  4. Cogito Protocol3
  5. NuNet3
  6. OccamFi3
  7. Paribus3
  8. Rejuve.AI3
  9. SingularityNET3
  10. AdaSwap2
  11. Genius X2
  12. Iagon2
  13. Meland2

Midnight sits at the top with 4 chain tags on NAUT while being the Cardano-linked row with the closest tie to the chain's own builder: Input Output Global (IOG) says Midnight, the recently announced IOG data protection-focused blockchain, will be the first partner chain for Cardano (IOG). SingularityNET reached Cardano through a token hard fork: its AGI token forked to AGIX in late May 2021 to add functionality on Ethereum and Cardano (SingularityNET, Binance). NMKR is listed in Cardano's own app directory as an NFT minting and token launch service reached through a single API (cardano.org).

What this list gives a BD lead or a founder raising

  • 13 of the 25 rows carry a website on NAUT and all 25 carry an X handle, so every row has at least 1 open channel before you spend a credit.
  • 5 rows hold no stored description (CswapDex, SingularityNET, Strike, stuff_io, xerberus), so read their sector tags and their own site first: a cold opener built on a blank record reads like a blank record.
  • The 12 Cardano-only rows are the shortest path to a Cardano-specific conversation, because nothing in their stored record points at another chain.
  • The 6 pre-token rows and the 19 with a live token want different openers, and NAUT's project pages tell you which is which.
How a BD lead can work these 25 rows
  1. Start Cardano-onlyThe 12 rows tagged on Cardano alone, from SundaeSwap to xerberus, keep the whole roadmap on 1 chain.
  2. Pick the groupDeFi and DEX is 10 of the 25 rows, so liquidity, lending and market making pitches start there.
  3. Split by token19 rows have a launched token and 6 do not, which decides whether you lead with listings or with a raise.
  4. Open the row, take the teamEach NAUT project page lists the people on file and which channels NAUT holds for them.

Related reading on NAUT: Layer 1 blockchains list: 127 chains, 120 with a token and What is NAUT: the crypto directory of 14,275 people.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=cardano&token=launched returns the Cardano project rows with a launched token, and dropping &token=launched returns the pre-token rows alongside them; GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/sundaeswap returns 1 of the 25 rows with its team. Every call is a GET with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY, priced at 5 credits, documented at naut.so/docs/api with plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on those rows unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial if you need the channels as well as the companies.

Cardano ecosystem projects FAQ

Which projects are building on Cardano?

NAUT's data shows 25 live company rows tagged with the Cardano chain and pointing at a Cardano product as of 7 November 2026, led by 10 DeFi and DEX protocols including SundaeSwap, WingRiders, Liqwid Finance and Paribus, plus 5 infrastructure and privacy rows such as Midnight, NMKR and Iagon.

How many Cardano projects on NAUT have launched a token?

19 of the 25 rows have a launched token on NAUT's record as of 7 November 2026, and 6 are pre-token, among them AdaSwap, Genius X and Meld.

Where can I find the teams behind these Cardano projects and their contact channels?

On NAUT: each of the 25 project pages linked above lists the people NAUT holds for that company and the channels on file, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/<slug> returns the same company with its team for 5 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

How was this Cardano ecosystem projects list filtered?

NAUT read 35 Cardano-tagged company rows on 7 November 2026, then removed 1 archived and merged row, the Cardano chain's own page, 6 chain-agnostic rows carrying 5 to 41 chain tags, and 2 rows whose own stored line points at another chain or at their own network, which leaves the 25 listed here.

Which Cardano projects name the chain in their own record?

8 of the 25: AdaSwap, Liqwid Finance, Midnight, OccamFi, Paribus, Snek, Tokeo, WingRiders. Ardana's stored line also names Cardano, with both words misspelled, so NAUT flags that field as a defect and this article does not print it.

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