These 44 Optimism ecosystem projects are the live NAUT pages tagged with the Optimism chain that carry 6 or fewer chain tags, read on 7 November 2026. NAUT tracks 136 live pages tagged with Optimism in total, and the 44 below are grouped by product type: DeFi is the largest group at 13, 33 have a live token, and 5 are tagged on Optimism and nothing else.
How this list was built, all of it from NAUT's own records on 7 November 2026: 139 project rows carry an Optimism chain tag, 3 of which are archived or merged pages and sit out, leaving 136 live. 1 more is Optimism's own chain page, which is the chain and not a project on it. 1 is a Superchain peer L2 whose own description says it is building the Superchain alongside Optimism, so it sits out too. 90 of the remaining 134 are generic multichain rows carrying 7 to 41 chain tags each, where Optimism is 1 deployment among dozens, and they are set aside rather than grouped here. That leaves 44 pages where Optimism is a core deployment. 5 of the 44 carry no stored description on NAUT, and their rows below say so instead of guessing. 2 of the 44 pages, Lyra Finance and Derive, cover 1 product line: a source checked for this article says Lyra began as a native Optimism options market maker and later carried the second of those 2 names. NAUT holds a page for each, and this list counts pages. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.
Which Optimism ecosystem projects does NAUT list, and what does each build?
NAUT lists these 44, ranked by the size of their product group and then alphabetically inside it. Chains is the number of chains the project's NAUT page carries, Optimism included. On tokens, 33 of the 44 carry a live token on NAUT and 11 do not.
| Project | Product group | Chains |
|---|---|---|
 Alchemix |
DeFi | 5 |
 Amulet Protocol |
DeFi | 4 |
 Contango_xyz |
DeFi | 6 |
 dHEDGE |
DeFi | 5 |
 Gearbox |
DeFi | 3 |
 Lyra Finance |
DeFi | 3 |
 makinafi |
DeFi | 4 |
 Olympus |
DeFi | 6 |
 Penpie |
DeFi | 4 |
 Superfluid_HQ |
DeFi | 3 |
 Thales |
DeFi | 5 |
 Threshold Network |
DeFi | 5 |
 TLX |
DeFi | 1 |
 ApeX |
DEX | 6 |
 Derive |
DEX | 5 |
 EdgeX Exchange |
DEX | 6 |
 Perpetual Protocol |
DEX | 5 |
 Polynomialfi |
DEX | 1 |
 ShapeShift |
DEX | 5 |
 Velodrome Finance |
DEX | 6 |
 Cyber |
AI | 5 |
 Kite AI |
AI | 5 |
 vana |
AI | 6 |
 World |
AI | 3 |
 Lagrange Labs |
Infrastructure | 5 |
 Ocean Protocol |
Infrastructure | 6 |
 RuneMine |
Infrastructure | 4 |
 The Binary Holdings Limited |
Infrastructure | 1 |
 ExactlyProtocol |
Money Market | 1 |
 Iron Bank |
Money Market | 2 |
 Union Finance |
Money Market | 1 |
 Alongside Crypto Market Index |
No sector tag | 6 |
 BLOCKv |
No sector tag | 4 |
 Silo Finance |
No sector tag | 5 |
 defi.money |
Stablecoins | 2 |
 DOLA |
Stablecoins | 6 |
 Metronome Synth USD |
Stablecoins | 4 |
 Boson Protocol |
Gaming | 5 |
 Seamoon Protocol |
Gaming | 2 |
 Saakuru |
L1/2/3 | 4 |
 Superform |
Neobank | 6 |
 Shutter |
Security | 4 |
 Giveth |
Store of Value | 5 |
 WalletConnect |
Wallet | 5 |
Optimism ecosystem projects by product type: what is the split?
DeFi and DEX pages are 20 of the 44. The 11 other groups hold 4 pages or fewer each, and 3 pages carry no sector tag at all on NAUT.
The bars count each page once, under the first sector tag its NAUT page carries. 17 of the 44 carry 2 or more sector tags, so the group a page sits in here is its lead tag rather than its only one.
DeFi, 13 pages
These 13 Optimism DeFi protocols are the largest product group in the list.
- Alchemix: self-repaying, interest-free and non-liquidating loans. 5 chain tags, live token.
- Amulet Protocol: a discovery front end that pairs curated yield with risk management strategies. 4 chain tags, no token.
- Contango_xyz: futures positions with no end date and lower funding costs. 6 chain tags, live token.
- dHEDGE: non-custodial asset management that connects investment managers with investors. 5 chain tags, no token.
- Gearbox: borrowing power a user can take on and then spend across other DeFi protocols. 3 chain tags, live token.
- Lyra Finance: an automated market maker for options on ERC-20 tokens. 3 chain tags, no token on this page.
- makinafi: a cross-chain strategy engine with automated, risk-managed vaults. 4 chain tags, no token.
- Olympus: OHM, a treasury-backed token, and the protocol-owned liquidity model behind it. 6 chain tags, live token.
- Penpie: yield and veTokenomics boosting for Pendle Finance users. 4 chain tags, live token.
- Superfluid_HQ: asset streaming and distribution for Web3 projects. 3 chain tags, no token.
- Thales: on-chain, permissionless and non-custodial parimutuel markets. 5 chain tags, live token.
- Threshold Network: threshold cryptography powering tBTC and verifiable Bitcoin accounts. 5 chain tags, live token.
- TLX: tokens that hold a geared position without a user managing the borrowing. Optimism is its only chain tag, live token.
DEX, 7 pages
- ApeX: a decentralized, non-custodial derivatives protocol. 6 chain tags, live token.
- Derive: an options automated market maker. 5 chain tags, live token.
- EdgeX Exchange: a perpetuals DEX built on Ethereum, aiming at exchange-grade speed and depth. 6 chain tags, no token.
- Perpetual Protocol: an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with builder-ready composability. 5 chain tags, live token.
- Polynomialfi: no description stored on NAUT, tagged DEX. Optimism is its only chain tag, no token.
- ShapeShift: cross-chain trading and portfolio management built around self-custody. 5 chain tags, no token.
- Velodrome Finance: the trading and liquidity marketplace for OP Stack chains, an AMM on the Solidly model. 6 chain tags, live token.
The other 24 pages
AI, 4. Cyber is the social graph work behind CyberConnect (5 chain tags, live token). Kite AI is a payment chain for autonomous agents, with identity, payment, governance and verification built in (5 tags, live token). vana is an AI digital identity application (6 tags, live token). World is an inclusive cryptocurrency network (3 tags, live token).
Infrastructure, 4. Lagrange Labs builds generalized state proofs across major chains (5 tags, no token). Ocean Protocol is tooling to publish and consume data services at scale (6 tags, live token). RuneMine is cross-chain and liquidity infrastructure for the Bitcoin ecosystem, a Bitcoin to Solana bridge included (4 tags, live token). The Binary Holdings Limited is Web3 infrastructure for telecom operators and eWallets in Asia, and Optimism is its only chain tag (live token).
No sector tag, 3. Alongside Crypto Market Index puts the crypto market in 1 index (6 tags, live token). BLOCKv has no stored description and no sector tag on NAUT (4 tags, live token). Silo Finance is a non-custodial lending protocol for borrowing 1 crypto asset against another (5 tags, no token).
Stablecoins, 3. defi.money is a stablecoin liquidity layer (2 tags, live token). DOLA is Inverse Finance DAO's debt-backed stablecoin, used in its FiRM fixed-rate borrowing market (6 tags, live token). Metronome Synth USD has no stored description, tagged Stablecoins and DeFi (4 tags, live token).
Money Market, 3. ExactlyProtocol has no stored description, tagged Money Market and DeFi, and Optimism is its only chain tag (live token). Iron Bank is capital-efficient lending for protocols and individuals (2 tags, live token). Union Finance is a credit protocol built on Ethereum, with Optimism as its only chain tag (live token).
Gaming, 2. Boson Protocol turns physical things into redeemable NFTs that can be transferred and traded (5 tags, live token). Seamoon Protocol is a blockchain games and NFT platform (2 tags, no token).
1 page each. Saakuru under L1/2/3, Web3 software that simplifies chain interactions (4 tags, live token). Superform under Neobank, a DeFi yield marketplace across EVM chains (6 tags, live token). Shutter under Security, open source programs against MEV (4 tags, live token). Giveth under Store of Value, with no stored description on NAUT (5 tags, live token). WalletConnect under Wallet, whose page says it supports over 600 wallets (5 tags, live token).
Which Optimism ecosystem projects run on Optimism alone?
5 of the 44 carry Optimism as their only chain tag on NAUT, which makes them the clearest single-chain bets in this set.
| Project | What NAUT says |
|---|---|
| ExactlyProtocol |
No description stored, tagged Money Market and DeFi |
| Polynomialfi |
No description stored, tagged DEX |
| The Binary Holdings Limited |
Web3 infrastructure for telecom and eWallets in emerging economies across Asia |
| TLX |
A protocol for tokens that hold a geared position |
| Union Finance |
A credit protocol built on Ethereum |
The rest spread wider. Here is how the 44 sit by the number of chain tags their NAUT page carries.
| Chain tags on NAUT | Projects | Share of the 44 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Optimism only) | 5 | 11% |
| 2 | 3 | 7% |
| 3 | 4 | 9% |
| 4 | 8 | 18% |
| 5 | 14 | 32% |
| 6 | 10 | 23% |
What did public sources confirm about 4 of these projects?
4 of the 7 claims put to public sources for this article are about projects on this list. 3 came back confirmed and 1 was contradicted by its own source and left out of the copy. The other 40 of the 44 pages have no source check in this article: their rows above come from NAUT's records only.
| Project | Evidence | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velodrome Finance |
Runs as a MetaDEX across OP Stack chains, Optimism included, counted at 11 chains in a July 2025 report | Confirmed | The Block, 2 July 2025 |
| Lyra Finance |
Began as a native Optimism options AMM, expanded to Arbitrum, later rebranded to Derive |
Confirmed | CoinDesk, 3 February 2023 |
| Thales |
Runs parimutuel prediction markets natively on Optimism, with Arbitrum, Base and Polygon | Confirmed | Chainlink case study |
| Perpetual Protocol |
A launch-year claim about its v2 deployment on Optimism, which its own source contradicts | Left out | Checked and dropped |
NAUT's page for Velodrome Finance carries 6 chain tags while that July 2025 report counted 11 chains, so treat a chain tag count as NAUT's record of a deployment rather than a project's full reach.
What this tells a BD team
- Optimism projects on NAUT are a set small enough to work by hand: 44 pages, 20 of them in DeFi or DEX products, so 1 pitch built for on-chain trading venues covers nearly half the list.
- 31 of the 44 pages carry a website on NAUT and 43 of the 44 carry an X handle, so there is a first contact route for all but 1 page.
- 11 of the 44 have no live token, which usually means a team still building rather than one managing a listed asset.
- The 5 single-chain pages are the teams whose roadmap is tied to Optimism, so an Optimism-specific offer lands harder there than with a protocol carrying 6 chain tags.
- Pick the product groupDeFi holds 13 of the 44 pages and DEX products hold 7, so start where your offer fits.
- Narrow to commitment5 pages carry Optimism as their only chain tag, among them TLX and Union Finance.
- Open the NAUT pageEach page lists the team, the sector tags, the chain tags and whether a token is live.
- Reach the person43 of the 44 pages carry an X handle, and verified channels unlock on a paid NAUT plan.
What this tells an investor sourcing on Optimism
- 11 of the 44 pages have no live token on NAUT's record, which is where a pre-token round still exists: Amulet Protocol, dHEDGE, EdgeX Exchange, Lagrange Labs, Lyra Finance, makinafi, Polynomialfi, Seamoon Protocol, ShapeShift, Silo Finance and Superfluid_HQ.
- Product concentration is in trading and credit: 13 DeFi pages, 7 DEX pages and 3 money market pages, 23 of the 44 together.
- The thinner groups show where an Optimism thesis has little company on NAUT: 1 page each under Security, Wallet, Neobank, Store of Value and L1/2/3.
- 90 further live pages carry an Optimism tag with 7 to 41 chain tags each. Those are multichain protocols, so an Optimism-only read of the ecosystem would double count them.
- Start pre-token11 of the 44 pages record no live token, Lagrange Labs and makinafi among them.
- Check the product group23 of the 44 sit in DeFi, DEX or money market products, so compare inside a group.
- Read the chain tags5 pages are Optimism-only and 10 carry 6 chains, which is a different risk profile.
- Reach the foundersOpen the project's NAUT page for its team, then unlock verified channels on a paid plan.
How to reach the teams behind these Optimism ecosystem projects
Every project above links to its NAUT page, and each page carries the team NAUT holds for it, the X handle, the website where NAUT has one, and the sector and chain tags used to build this list. 43 of the 44 pages carry an X handle and 31 carry a website, read on 7 November 2026. For a person on one of those teams, the NAUT profile shows which channels are on file before you spend anything.
Related reading on NAUT: Layer 1 blockchains list: 127 chains, 120 with a token and Crypto ecosystem leads: 98 at 60 L1 and L2 chains.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes, through project search: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=optimism&token=launched with an Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY header returns project rows with a live token, and dropping token=launched returns the pre-token rows as well. A chain tag is not a documented query parameter, so to read the team for 1 project on this list, call GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/velodrome-finance. Each data call costs 5 credits, plans and credit counts sit at naut.so/pricing and the parameters at naut.so/docs/api. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on these teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan, and you can start a 7-day trial.
Optimism ecosystem projects FAQ
Which projects are building on Optimism?
On 7 November 2026, NAUT held 44 live project pages tagged with the Optimism chain and carrying 6 or fewer chain tags, among them Velodrome Finance, Perpetual Protocol, Thales, Olympus, WalletConnect, Silo Finance and Ocean Protocol. DeFi is the largest product group at 13 of the 44.
How many Optimism ecosystem projects have a live token?
33 of the 44 pages record a live token on NAUT as of 7 November 2026, and 11 record none. The 11 without one include Lagrange Labs, EdgeX Exchange, Silo Finance and makinafi.
Why are 44 of the 136 Optimism-tagged pages on this list?
NAUT held 136 live pages with an Optimism chain tag on 7 November 2026. Optimism's own chain page and 1 Superchain peer L2 are not projects built on Optimism, and 90 more pages carry 7 to 41 chain tags each, which makes Optimism 1 deployment among dozens rather than a core one, so the list runs on the 44 that remain.
Where can I find the teams behind these Optimism ecosystem projects and their contact channels?
On NAUT: each of the 44 project pages linked above lists the team NAUT holds, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/velodrome-finance returns 1 project with its team through the API. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, and you can start a 7-day trial.
Sources
- NAUT's own database, read on 7 November 2026: 139 project rows carrying an Optimism chain tag, with their sector tags, chain tags, token status, X handles and websites. Every count in this article is computed from those rows.
- Velodrome Finance: The Block, 2 July 2025 and Optimism case study
- Lyra Finance: CoinDesk, 3 February 2023 and derive.xyz
- Thales: Chainlink case study and Thales docs
- NAUT API parameters and prices: naut.so/docs/api and naut.so/pricing