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ToggleContinuing from Part 1, Allinstation will continue to highlight other notable ecosystems that are equally influential. Let's explore the article below!
Read more: Highlighting Notable Ecosystems (Part 1)
Notable Crypto Ecosystems
Base
Base is a Layer 2 blockchain built on the Optimism Stack and developed by Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Base was launched in 2023 with the goal of creating a user-friendly, low-cost blockchain platform tightly integrated with the Coinbase ecosystem. Base does not issue its own token, but uses ETH as the primary payment unit, emphasizing the decentralization, security, and scalability of the Ethereum network through Rollup technology.
Since its launch, Base has attracted hundreds of DeFi, NFT, SocialFi, and emerging on-chain applications, especially trends like Friend.tech – a web3 social media application that created a big wave in the Crypto community in late 2023. And most recently, in 2024, the emergence of Farcaster – a decentralized social media protocol, a very successful product when Farcaster launched Frames (mini-interactive applications in posts) – has created a big push in the Web3 community and attracted a new wave of developers building dApps on Base.
Read more: What is Base? Coinbase's Layer 2 Collaborating with Optimism to Create Superchain
Avalanche
Avalanche is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain platform developed by Ava Labs, a company based in New York. The project officially launched its mainnet in September 2020 and quickly attracted significant attention from the community due to its superior processing speed and open ecosystem. Avalanche was designed to address the limitations of older blockchains such as slow transaction speeds, centralization, and scalability. Avalanche uses a unique consensus mechanism called Avalanche Consensus, allowing the network to process thousands of transactions per second while maintaining security and decentralization.
Throughout 2021–2024, Avalanche continuously expanded its ecosystem with hundreds of DeFi, GameFi, NFT projects and major partners like Amazon Web Services (AWS). As of the end of 2024, the Avalanche ecosystem has developed strongly with over 430 active projects. Particularly, the Subnet model is becoming a highlight that helps Avalanche conquer the blockchain sector for enterprises, gaming, and countries, making it one of the most flexible and innovative Layer 1 platforms in the industry.
Read more: What is Avalanche (AVAX)? Complete Information about Avalanche
Aptos
Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain platform launched in October 2022 by Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching, two key former members of Meta's Diem project after Diem was discontinued. They split off to establish Aptos Labs and develop the Aptos network.
Aptos was developed with the goal of delivering high performance, superior scalability, and optimal security for decentralized applications (dApps). What makes Aptos unique is its use of the Move programming language – a language developed to enhance safety in digital asset handling and efficiency in smart contract execution.
As of April 2025, the Aptos ecosystem has developed strongly with over 202 active projects, including areas such as DeFi, NFT, Infrastructure, Wallet, Oracle, Gaming, NFT, Memecoin, and SocialFi with over 17 million active wallets, showing a wide level of user acceptance and usage. Some notable projects include Aries Market, Echo Lending, Amnis Finance, Thala, Cellana Finance,…
Berachain
Berachain has a quite unique and interesting origin, stemming from a fun meme revolving around the image of a contemplative bear (playfully called "beras"). From an entertaining meme in the community, the founding team decided to turn that idea into a real blockchain project. Currently, Berachain is developing as a Layer 1 blockchain using Cosmos SDK and a Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism – a mechanism created by Berachain itself, aimed at encouraging users to stake assets to provide liquidity for the ecosystem. In addition to focusing on security and scalability, Berachain has the ability to promote liquidity and real interaction between users and DeFi protocols. Additionally, Berachain is also compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing developers to easily deploy dApps from Ethereum to Berachain's network.
It can be said that Berachain is a fresh ecosystem, full of interesting potential for future development. As of April 2025, the Berachain ecosystem has over 80 active projects on its platform, including notable areas such as DeFi, NFT, GameFi. Some notable projects on the Berachain ecosystem include Dolomite, Honey Chat, Infrared, Ooga Booga, Origami,…
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Arbitrum
Arbitrum was developed by Offchain Labs, a blockchain company based in New Jersey, founded by Steven Goldfeder, Harry Kalodner, and Matthew Goldman. Arbitrum positions itself as a Layer 2 Blockchain on the Ethereum network using Optimistic Rollups technology, designed to enhance scalability and reduce transaction costs by processing transactions off the main Ethereum chain and then confirming them on-chain by assuming they are valid unless challenged. This helps improve transaction speed and reduce the load on the Ethereum network.
The Arbitrum ecosystem has been developing strongly, establishing its position as one of the top Layer 2 solutions on the Ethereum network alongside Base. As of 2024, the Arbitrum ecosystem has nearly 800 projects operating mainly in areas such as DeFi, NFT, Gaming, with a total locked asset value (TVL) on Arbitrum reaching around 2.2 billion USD (Updated on 23/04/2025 according to Defillama)
Summary
So after 2 parts, Allinstation has listed 10 Blockchains that are considered to have the most developed and potential ecosystems in the Crypto market. Hope this article will be helpful in your investment process!
