DeFi

Convex Finance (CVX) is a DeFi yield optimization protocol built around Curve Finance. It mainly helps users improve liquidity mining returns and capital efficiency by aggregating veCRV, managing Curve Boost rights in a unified way, and automating reward distribution.

Pyth Network is a decentralized oracle network focused on delivering real-time financial market data to blockchain protocols. It sources high-frequency price data directly from exchanges, market makers, and financial institutions, then distributes that data across multiple blockchains to support DeFi, derivatives, and lending protocols with low-latency updates. Since on-chain applications cannot directly access off-chain market data, oracle networks act as a bridge between real-world information and blockchain systems. Pyth Network improves data efficiency and reduces on-chain costs through its first-party data provider model and Pull Oracle mechanism.

Gate TradFi is a comprehensive trading section built by Gate. It brings together three core trading models: CFD contracts, perpetual contracts, and spot tokens. Through a unified entry point and a multi asset framework, users can allocate capital and switch strategies more flexibly across different markets.

A CFD, or Contract for Difference, is a financial derivative settled based on the price difference of an underlying asset. Users do not need to actually hold the underlying asset itself. Instead, they can participate in the market by judging whether the price will rise or fall. For this reason, the core logic of CFDs is not the transfer of asset ownership, but trading price movements.

Sei (SEI) is a Layer 1 blockchain that supports parallelized EVM execution. It is designed to improve the throughput and real-time interaction capabilities of on-chain applications through a low-latency consensus mechanism and high-performance execution architecture. As DeFi, blockchain games, and high-frequency trading applications continue to develop, Sei is widely used in scenarios that require fast confirmation and low-cost execution.

Parallelized EVM is an EVM architecture that allows non-conflicting transactions to execute simultaneously. Its goal is to break through the performance limits of the traditional sequential execution model while improving blockchain throughput and real-time interaction capabilities. As DeFi, blockchain games, and high-frequency on-chain applications continue to develop, parallel execution is becoming an important optimization direction for high-performance public blockchains.

Sei and Solana are both Layer 1 public blockchains designed for high throughput and low latency, but they differ clearly in their technical architecture and ecosystem strategy. Solana uses an independent runtime environment and a parallel execution structure, while Sei focuses on Parallelized EVM and Ethereum compatibility. Solana places greater emphasis on a native high-performance architecture, improving network throughput through the Sealevel parallel execution model and Proof of History. Sei, meanwhile, aims to improve on-chain execution efficiency through Parallelized EVM, Twin-Turbo Consensus, and optimized state management, while maintaining compatibility with Solidity and the EVM toolchain.

Ripple’s core operations rely on its underlying decentralized ledger, the XRP Ledger (XRPL)—an open-source blockchain architecture specifically designed for financial settlement. Unlike Bitcoin’s PoW or Ethereum’s PoS, XRPL utilizes the unique Ripple Protocol Consensus Algorithm (RPCA). Through a selected set of validator nodes, the network reaches agreement on transaction ordering within seconds, achieving ultra-fast settlement speeds and minimal energy consumption.

GAS (NeoGas) is the native fuel token of the Neo network. It is mainly used to pay for on-chain transactions, smart contract execution, and network resource consumption. Unlike many single-token public blockchains, Neo uses a dual-token structure consisting of NEO and GAS. NEO is responsible for governance, while GAS serves as the payment asset for network operations and resource usage.

UNUS SED LEO（LEO） is a platform ecosystem token launched by iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex. One of its distinctive features is that it does not exist on only one blockchain network. Instead, it was issued on both Omni Layer and Ethereum. This “dual chain structure” is uncommon among platform tokens and made LEO one of the earlier exchange platform tokens to adopt a cross chain asset model.

LEO’s burn mechanism is essentially a platform buyback based deflationary model. Like many platform tokens, LEO does more than provide trading fee discounts. Its economic model is also closely connected to Bitfinex’s platform revenue structure.

The core difference between Injective vs Sei is that Injective leans more toward on-chain financial infrastructure and order book trading, while Sei places greater emphasis on a high-performance EVM execution environment and parallelized transaction processing.

The INJ token is the native asset of the Injective network. It is mainly used for on-chain governance, network staking, fee payments, burn mechanisms, and ecosystem incentives.

Injective (INJ) is a Layer 1 public blockchain built around on-chain financial use cases. Its design focuses on improving the efficiency of decentralized trading systems, cross-chain asset movement, and compatibility with financial applications. Unlike traditional DeFi-focused blockchains, which mostly rely on the AMM model, Injective places greater emphasis on on-chain order books, low-latency trading, and modular financial infrastructure.

Injective’s cross-chain mechanism connects different blockchains through components such as IBC and Peggy Bridge, allowing assets and messages to move between Injective and external networks.