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DeFi Categories
Choose the activity you want to perform, then use the category page to understand the product model, risks, and reviewed platforms before connecting a wallet.
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What are you trying to do?
These are the practical entry points into the Solana DeFi library. Perps and onchain options have separate cross-chain hubs because their mechanics and risks are different.
Find the right platform
Jump straight to curated shortlists organized around real trading and DeFi choices.
Open path → 02Learn the basics
Start with a plain-English route through wallets, swaps, lending, and risk.
Open path → 03Browse reviewed platforms
Search the actual venue directory by category and platform name.
Open path →Decentralized Exchanges
Swap tokens directly from your wallet across Solana DEXs and aggregators, without a centralized order book or custodian.
02Perpetuals
Leveraged long/short derivatives trading against pooled or matched counterparty liquidity — meaningfully higher risk than spot swapping.
03Lending & Borrowing
Supply assets to earn yield, or borrow against posted collateral, through on-chain Solana money markets and rate curves.
04Liquid Staking
Stake SOL and receive a liquid token representing your stake, still usable as collateral or liquidity elsewhere in DeFi.
05Yield Farming
Provide liquidity to Solana AMM pools or stake LP positions to earn trading fees plus incentive token rewards.
06Wallets
Self-custody software and hardware wallets for holding SOL and tokens and signing Solana transactions directly.
Looking for leveraged perpetuals instead? See our Perp DEX Rankings — a separate, chain-agnostic hub covering Hyperliquid, Aster, Variational, and 40+ more perpetual futures exchanges.