Ethereum

Polygon

Arbitrum

Optimism

exchange allows you to earn passive income by providing liquidity. You're given LP tokens in return, which are interest bearing. The interest comes from trading fees generated by exchange.

Liquidity Mining

This means you can buy and sell the real thing. Actual crypto. Not a futures contract or derivative.

Spot Trading

UniSwap

Fantom

Avalanche

Gnosis

Curve

Bittorrent

BNB Chain

Cronos

Aurora

Has a fiat on-ramp where you can buy crypto with a credit/debit card.

Fiat On-ramp

Has a cross-chain bridge. So you can move your crypto between different chains.

Bridge

Limit orders are trades that execute at a specified price. They're great for executing trades while you're away from your computer. exchange handles the execution for you, and you may incur lower transaction fees than if you market buy/sell.

Limit Orders

Hosts incentivised yield farms. You can earn boosted rewards from staked LP tokens. This is a great way to earn more crypto. Projects put up tokens for you to earn, often for marketing efforts.

Yield Farming

KyberSwap

Moonbeam

Moonriver

Boba

Harmony

Supports decentralized lending. You add collateral and get crypto to play around with. Provided your collateral doesn't fall below a given price, you get to continue trading. Beware, you can lose your initial collateral if you're not careful. If you're a newbie, it's recommended that you stay away from this feature.

Lending

Has staking for it's native token; allows you to earn passive income.

Staking

Frax

Has a project launchpad that launches new tokens.

Launchpad

Beethoven X

WOOFi

Elastos

Fuse

IoTeX

This DEX sells NFTs that you can buy and collect. They're great for profile pictures, and in some cases could be used for staking. Though this depends on the DEX.

NFTs

Elk Finance

Cardano

Celo

Cosmos

Icon

Ontology

Solana

Songbird

Tron

Supports cross-chain swaps. Trade on one chain, and get tokens on another.

Cross-chain Swaps

Aggregates other DEX routes. This ensures you get the best price for your trade.

DEX Aggregator

exchange hosts a lottery. Bet small, win big! Though, this is a risky option, gambling can be fun in moderation. Just don't go overboard. Only risk what you can afford to lose.

Lottery

NFT Marketplace. Hosts an NFT marketplace where you can buy/sell/auction NFTs. Find collectibles and utility NFTs that you can flip or add to your collection.

NFT Marketplace

Offers leveraged perpetual trading. Futures, but on the blockchain.

Perpetuals

They offer prediction markets. Simply guess the direction of a token's price, and win crypto. This can be fun, and it's a user friendly experience. However, it's often better to simply trade on via the DEX.

Prediction Markets

Has a referral scheme where you can earn commissions. Share your link with friends, family, or anyone that will click it. Every time they trade, you earn a percentage. Perfect for the marketers out there.

Rank	Name	Rating	Token	Year Launched
1	UniSwap	5	UNI	2018
2	Curve	5	CRV	2020
3	KyberSwap	4.5	KNC	2017
4	Frax	4.5	FXS	2020
5	Beethoven X	4	BEETS	2021
6	WOOFi	4	WOO	2022
7	Elk Finance	3.5	ELK	2021

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