not endorsements and not a complete list just a sampling of all the interesting stuff being build across multiple ecosystems
Terrafirma
DefiKingdoms
HarmonyAvalanche
crypto game with an in-game DEX + also productive, passive, yield-generating hero NFTs
Toucan Protocol
infrastructure for carbon markets to finance the world's best climate crisis solutions
Alchemix
Prism
Mirror
Pylon
Anchor
SpiritSwap
Beefy
Anyswap
Astroport
Trader Joe
NewOrder
Allbridge.io
Syndicate
Aave
Francium
Curve
EthereumAvalancheHarmonyFantomPolygon
efficient stable swaps (the tech behind this is insanely cool+important). Interesting tokenomics with voting/locks/bribes/etc. Probably the most technically important defi protocol