According to @santimentfeed, the top 10 DeFi projects by development activity are 1) Chainlink (LINK) unchanged, 2) DeepBook on Sui (DEEP) unchanged, 3) DeFiChain (DFI) unchanged, 4) FOX (FOX) up, 5) Lido (LDO) up, 6) Babylon (BABY) down, 7) Injective (INJ) up, 8) Centrifuge (CFG) up, 9) dYdX (DYDX) up, and 10) Curve (CRV) up, with directional arrows indicating ranking changes versus last month. Source: @santimentfeed on X, Oct 8, 2025. @SANTIMENTFEED states it tracks development activity for over 4,000 projects and links to its methodology covering how GitHub-based development metrics are compiled. Source: @santimentfeed on X, Oct 8, 2025; Santiment methodology article on Medium. This list is a DeFi-specific ranking by Santiment and reflects relative development activity per its published methodology. Source: @santimentfeed on X, Oct 8, 2025; Santiment methodology article on Medium.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, X Layer has launched a $100M ecosystem fund with a stated focus on DeFi, RWA, and payments. According to @ai_9684xtpa, DeFi activity on X Layer currently centers on multi-chain deployments such as Curve (CRV), Renzo (REZ), and QuickSwap (QUICK). According to @ai_9684xtpa, there are few publicly identified native DeFi or infrastructure projects beyond community-shared items. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the initiative includes direct capital support to grow the on-chain ecosystem in the named sectors. According to @ai_9684xtpa, traders assessing X Layer flows can prioritize monitoring activity and liquidity on CRV, REZ, and QUICK deployments within these targeted tracks.