A Quick Overview of 34 Projects in the zkSync Era Ecosystem
Currently, there are still relatively few ecological applications in the early stages of development. Once the foundation is improved, there is still significant growth potential for its ecology.Original author: angelilu, Foresight News
The Alpha version of the zkSync Era mainnet has been online for a week since March 24, with a total locked value (TVL) on the chain reaching $27.46 million and approximately 178,000 users. During this week, the number of transactions on zkSync Era surpassed 200,000. Currently, there are still relatively few ecological applications in the early stages of development, but there is significant room for growth once the foundation is improved.
Recommended reading: “Overview of zkSync Ecological Projects: Infrastructure Takes Half the Market”.
With the recent launch of Arbitrum's token, the Layer 2 concept is gaining traction. In contrast, the financing and technical background of zkSync's development company, Matter Labs, should not be underestimated. Matter Labs completed a $200 million financing round in November 2022. Four years ago, the development team foresaw that ZK would be key to the large-scale application of cryptocurrencies, launching zkSync Lite (formerly zkSync 1.0) on December 20, 2020. However, due to the lack of EVM functionality, it was relatively inconvenient for developers to use.
Therefore, the main reason for the attention on the launch of zkSync Era is that the team has open-sourced zkEVM (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine), making it easier for developers to use. As a ZK Rollup, zkSync Era provides a trustless protocol for scalable and low-cost transactions on Ethereum using cryptographic validity proofs. zkSync Era also offers features such as native account abstraction, LLVM compiler, and data compression, building ultra-scalability. As a ZK Rollup, zkSync Era provides a trustless protocol for scalable and low-cost transactions on Ethereum using cryptographic validity proofs.
The zkSync Era ecosystem has attracted multiple applications across various fields, including DeFi, wallets, cross-chain, NFTs, and infrastructure. Currently, Foresight News has compiled 34 projects that have officially launched on zkSync Era, as shown in the ecological overview below:
DeFi (12 Projects)
Mute.io: A decentralized exchange based on zkRollup on Ethereum and zkSync, featuring limit orders, a staking platform, and a bond platform. It launched on the zkSync 2.0 Goerli testnet in July last year and went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 24 this year.
SyncSwap: A decentralized AMM exchange on zkSync, which went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 25.
MES Protocol: An order book-based DEX supported by zkRollups, providing fast and low-cost trading with the security of Ethereum. MES Protocol employs a hybrid liquidity mechanism to maximize returns for LPs and provide the best UX for traders.
ZigZag Exchange: A ZK Rollup order book DEX, which previously tweeted that it would launch on zkSync Era when the mainnet went live.
rhino.fi: A multi-chain DeFi aggregator providing trading, investment, exchange, and bridging functions, launched on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 25, also supporting four public chains: Arbitrum, Polygon, Ethereum, and BNB Chain.
UniDex: A DeFi aggregator on zkSync, offering trading aggregation, derivatives, leveraged trading, and more.
Fringe Finance: A decentralized financial ecosystem that includes lending, stablecoins, and RIN token staking.
Phezzan Protocol: An order book perpetual contract DEX on zkSync, targeting retail traders.
Increment: A decentralized perpetual contract built on zkSync, featuring automatic concentrated liquidity, dynamic fees, and parameterizable pools.
Meson: A cross-chain stablecoin trading protocol that went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 29.
Nexon Finance: A lending protocol based on zkSync that launched on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 28.
Onchain Trade: A DEX for on-chain cryptocurrencies and NFTs built on Arbitrum and zkSync, with leverage up to 100x, allowing users to trade, borrow, and provide liquidity to earn trading fees. Its token OT will be available for claiming soon.
Wallets (6 Projects)
ONTO Wallet: A DID-based gateway that manages identity, data, and assets. ONTO claims to support over 1,000 dApps across more than 50 blockchains.
BlockWallet: A private non-custodial Web3 wallet that provides users with MEV and IP protection, supporting anonymous deposits and withdrawals through zk-SNARKs smart contracts. In addition to zkSync Era, it also supports Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, and Fantom chains.
BitKeep: A Web3 multi-chain wallet that integrated zkSync Era mainnet on March 24, allowing users to manage their assets on zkSync Era via mobile and plugin versions. It has also integrated multiple ZK public chains' mainnets or testnets, including StarkNet, zkSync Era, Polygon zkEVM, and Scroll.
Raise Finance: A scalable Web3 engine, with products including the RaisePay wallet for receiving payments and raising funds for games, applications, and more.
OKX Wallet: The wallet under OKX, including DEX, Bridge, NFT Marketplace, and DApp Store.
Argent: An Ethereum smart contract wallet that announced support for zkEVM and unique account abstraction upon the launch of zkSync Era on March 24.
Cross-Chain (4 Projects)
Celer Network: A cross-chain and cross-layer communication platform that supports users in accessing tokens, DeFi, GameFi, NFTs, governance, and privacy solutions across multiple chains with a one-click experience.
Orbiter Finance: A decentralized Ethereum Layer 2 cross-Rollup bridge that integrated zkSync Era mainnet on March 24.
Multichain: A decentralized cross-chain router that integrated zkSync Era mainnet on March 24 and claims to have integrated 86 chains.
SpaceFi: A cross-chain Web3.0 platform with DEX, NFT, Starter, and DAO on Layer 2, Evmos, and Celo. SpaceFi went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 24, aiming to connect Evmos in Cosmos to zkSync in Ethereum first.
NFT Markets and Projects (6 Projects)
tofuNFT: A multi-chain NFT marketplace focused on GameFi, supporting over 30 EVM-compatible chains, and has partnered with the zkSync-based cc0 NFT project zkAnimals.
zkAnimals: An NFT series consisting of 3,000 animals in the zkSync ecosystem, which began minting on March 28, with a floor price of 0.034 ETH on Mint Square and a total trading volume of 42.4 ETH as of the publication date.
kreatorland: An NFT Launchpad and NFT marketplace on zkSync, which went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 27 at 19:45. According to its tweet, the NFT project Skullverse is the first project to launch on its Launchpad.
Skullverse: An NFT project featuring skull elements that will launch a strategic game and a metaverse composed of land NFTs.
Mint Square: An NFT marketplace based on Ethereum L2 ZK Rollups (StarkNet, zkSync), which went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 25. zkApe is the first NFT project launched on Mint Square.
zkApes: An ape-themed NFT project on zkSync that has conducted a public sale on the zkSync Era mainnet, planning to develop a metaverse called Apeverse for users to trade NFTs (AMM), play games, and earn money. It will also launch ApesBank and Apes Wallet in the future.
zkEagles: An NFT project that has launched on the zkSync Era mainnet, with a roadmap that states it will also provide NFT markets and tools for gamers.
Infrastructure (5 Projects)
Pyth Network: A first-party financial oracle network designed to publish continuous real-world data on-chain in a tamper-proof, decentralized, and self-sustaining environment. Developers on zkSync Era can request and use price feeds for over 200 stocks, commodities, forex pairs, and cryptocurrencies for DeFi applications without permission.
RedStone Oracles: An EVM-compatible oracle providing over 1,100 data sources across 15 categories to ZkEVM with a refresh interval of 10 seconds.
thirdweb: A complete Web3 development framework that provides everything needed to build, deploy, and manage smart contracts, simplifying the Web3 development cycle.
DeFiLlama: A DeFi data dashboard that includes the total TVL on zkSync Era and the TVL and growth data of various DeFi applications.
Sentio: An end-to-end observability platform that integrates monitoring, analytics, and diagnostics, allowing developers to monitor the performance and security of decentralized applications in real-time, while users can understand the operational status of applications through analytical tools.
Others (1 Project)
Goal3: A decentralized sports betting platform on zkSync that went live on the zkSync Era mainnet on March 24, with the mainnet launch time to be determined. Currently, during the allocation phase, users can lock USDC on its platform for 14 days to receive GOA L3 token rewards.
