Yield Basis Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

Yield Basis carries a risk grade of C+ (42/100) and ranks #90 of 112 rated DEX protocols. Below are 111 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 89 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Yield Basis, and 22 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (B+, 16/100 — 26 points safer than Yield Basis). See the Yield Basis vs Phoenix comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

DEX

Risk

C+

Value

D

TVL

$139M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

B+

D+

$28,000

2

Uniswap V2Safer

B+

B

$905M

3

Uniswap V3Safer

B+

B+

$1.7B

4

Stellar DEXSafer

B+

C+

$16M

5

B+

C+

$36M

6

PancakeSwap StableSwapSafer

B

B

$17M

7

DeepBook V3Safer

B

C-

$15M

8

B

C-

$10M

9

SUNSwap V2Safer

B

D+

$240M

10

B

B-

$20M

11

Shadow ExchangeSafer

B

C+

$2M

12

Velodrome V3Safer

B

C

$24M

13

B

C

$3M

14

PancakeSwapSafer

B

B-

$1.8B

15

Trader JoeSafer

B

C

$18M

16

B

B-

$24M

17

Balancer V3Safer

B

C

$80M

18

PancakeSwap InfinitySafer

B

B

$77M

19

SwapXSafer

B

C

$99,000

20

CoW ProtocolSafer

B

C+

$50M

21

Curve FinanceSafer

B

B

$1.6B

22

B

C-

$13M

23

B

C-

$13M

24

PancakeSwap AMM V3Safer

B

C+

$330M

25

QuickSwap DEXSafer

B

D+

$399M

26

SpookySwapSafer

B

D

$1M

27

Turbos FinanceSafer

B

C-

$4M

28

Velodrome V2Safer

B

C+

$13M

29

Verus MarketSafer

B

D+

$8M

30

B

D

$6M

31

OrcaSafer

B

C+

$260M

32

B

C+

$18M

33

ApeSwap AMMSafer

B-

D

$10M

34

Katana DEXSafer

B-

D+

$10M

35

B-

D+

$33M

36

Aerodrome V1Safer

B-

C+

$139M

37

FlowX FinanceSafer

B-

C-

$351,000

38

SaucerSwap V1Safer

B-

D+

$12M

39

B-

D

$9M

40

B-

B

$397M

41

B-

C-

$11M

42

B-

C

$29M

43

Merchant MoeSafer

B-

C

$340,000

44

SUNSwap V3Safer

B-

C-

$111M

45

Hydration DEXSafer

B-

D+

$34M

46

Manifest TradeSafer

B-

D-

$15M

47

1inchSafer

B-

B-

$3M

48

Aquarius StellarSafer

B-

C-

$32M

49

Beets (Beethoven X)Safer

B-

C+

$1M

50

Etherex CLSafer

B-

C-

$3M

51

Uniswap V4Safer

B-

B

$726M

52

B-

D+

$16M

53

B-

C

$1M

54

B-

D

$14M

55

Maverick ProtocolSafer

B-

D

$946,000

56

MerlinSwapSafer

B-

D-

$8M

57

Swaap Maker V2Safer

B-

D+

$4M

58

Valantis STEXSafer

B-

D+

$19M

59

Aftermath FinanceSafer

B-

C-

$3M

60

Meteora DAMM V2Safer

B-

C+

$33M

61

B-

C

$32M

62

C+

D-

—

63

Meteora DAMM V1Safer

C+

C

$21M

64

C+

C-

$31M

65

C+

C+

$1.0B

66

SaucerSwap V2Safer

C+

C-

$21M

67

ThalaSafer

C+

D+

$8M

68

C+

D+

$7M

69

ThenaSafer

C+

C

$200M

70

DefiTuna AMMSafer

C+

C+

$286,000

71

C+

D

$12M

72

C+

C-

$194M

73

SUNSwap V1Safer

C+

C-

$66M

74

C+

C+

$38M

75

Futarchy AMMSafer

C+

C

$13M

76

Hydrex IntegralSafer

C+

D+

$8M

77

C+

D+

$55M

78

Pharaoh V3Safer

C+

B-

$35M

79

C+

D-

$43M

80

C+

C-

$232M

81

VVS StandardSafer

C+

D+

$116M

82

SushiSwap V3Safer

C+

D-

$55M

83

Blackhole CLMMSafer

C+

D

$26M

84

Bluefin SpotSafer

C+

D+

$18M

85

Chainge FinanceSafer

C+

D+

$12M

86

EkuboSafer

C+

B-

$25M

87

Hyperliquid Spot OrderbookSafer

C+

C+

$151M

88

C+

F

$25M

89

C+

C-

$35M

90

C+

C-

$15M

91

C+

B-

$14

92

C+

C-

$7M

93

C+

D-

$16M

94

C

C-

$4,000

95

C

D-

$20M

96

C

F

$15M

97

C

C

$30M

98

C

D+

$32M

99

C

C-

$114,000

100

C

D

$23M

101

C

F

$240M

102

C

D-

$18M

103

C

C+

$80M

104

C

D-

$19M

105

C-

D-

$32M

106

Orderly Network

C-

C+

$270,000

107

C-

D+

$98,000

108

C-

D

$1M

109

C-

D-

$31M

110

D+

D

—

111

D

B

$70M

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