We scored multiple projects this week. Here are a few you should know about:

Please remember that some of these projects still need our code review process. Still, we want to highlight them here because they initially caught our attention through our fundamental analysis process.

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Now let’s get back to the hidden gems.

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Sector - DeFi

Status - Active

Pear Protocol is a decentralized trading layer that serves as a non-custodial front end for executing and managing pair trades in DeFi. It allows users to take long and short positions on assets with leverage simultaneously.

Built by a team focused on simplifying complex trading strategies, it launched as a streamlined interface routing orders to top on-chain perpetual futures venues like Hyperliquid, SYMM, GMX, and Vertex. At the same time, it ensures users retain complete control of their funds on Arbitrum.

The protocol addresses the fragmentation in DeFi trading, where pair trades (betting on relative asset performance rather than absolute market direction) are often manual, error-prone, and exposed to high liquidation risks from volatility or "scam-wicks."

Enabling market-neutral strategies, such as longing one narrative-driven token while shorting another, mitigates beta exposure and provides hedged leverage, making it ideal for retail and professional traders navigating crypto's fast-rotating narratives.

Technologically, Pear operates as an intent-based architecture on Arbitrum, integrating with low-latency execution engines, AI-powered signal bots, and cross-margin systems for dynamic risk management, without acting as a custody layer or risk engine itself.

The $PEAR token is the native ERC-20 governance and utility token of Pear Protocol, deployed on Arbitrum. It has a maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, with a circulating supply of approximately 320,570,200.

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Sector - DeFi

Status - Active

Indexy is a platform for creating and managing crypto asset indices, similar to traditional finance benchmarks like the S&P 500. These indices represent specific market segments like DeFi, AI, or memecoins.

It enables users, from hobbyists to institutional funds, to track trends, discover assets, and build diversified portfolios. The project solves the problem of overwhelming data noise and lack of structured benchmarks in crypto, where individual asset volatility can obscure broader market dynamics; grouping assets into indices reduces risk through diversification, aids in trend identification, and supports data-driven strategies without requiring constant manual monitoring.

Indexy's technology stack includes multi-blockchain tracking across L1s and L2s, category-based asset assignment (e.g., RWAs, NFTs), and upcoming AI-powered index management for automated rebalancing and performance optimization.

$I is the native token of Indexy. It has been used for distribution campaigns and funding the early phases of development, and it will soon be integrated into the app to unlock new features and functionality.

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Sector - DeFi

Status - Active

Suilend is the leading lending protocol on the Sui blockchain. Launched in March 2024 by the team behind Solend, it forms the core of the Sui DeFi.

It provides a comprehensive DeFi ecosystem for borrowing, lending, and yield generation, addressing Sui's need for efficient, secure capital markets amid its rapid growth as a high-throughput L1.

The protocol tackles issues like limited liquidity in staking and fragmented DeFi tools by offering a unified suite that enhances safety, reduces depegging risks, and supports advanced strategies like leveraged longs/shorts.

Built on Sui's Move-based smart contracts for parallelism and security, Suilend leverages isolated lending pools, oracle integrations for pricing, and a non-custodial model, with expansions into LSTs and AMMs for superfluid liquidity.

The $SEND token is the native governance and utility token of the Sui DeFi Suite, launched in December 2024. It has a total supply of 100 million tokens. 

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Sector - MPC

Status - Active

Ika is a parallel Multi-Party Computation (MPC) network built on Sui, designed as the fastest sub-second MPC solution for secure, decentralized cross-chain asset management and interoperability.

Forked from Sui and maintained by a permissionless set of authorities (similar to validators), it introduces dWallets, a non-collusive, signature-based primitive using 2PC-MPC to enable programmable control of assets across chains without bridges or wrappers.

Ika solves the limitations of legacy MPC networks, such as high latency, low scalability, and trust dependencies, which hinder real-time DeFi, custody, and multi-chain apps; instead, it unlocks $2T+ in assets (e.g., BTC, ETH) for Sui-based protocols with zero-trust security.

The tech stack includes Sui's Mysticeti consensus for MPC communication, threshold ECDSA protocols (with plans for EdDSA/Schnorr), linear-scaling O(n) architecture, and state proofs via light clients, achieving 10,000 TPS and sub-second speeds.

The $IKA token is the native coin of the Ika network. It was launched on the Sui blockchain and has a total supply of 10 billion tokens, of which 3 billion are circulating.

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Sector - DeFi

Status - Active

Gigabrain is an AI-powered crypto trading intelligence platform that delivers institutional-grade signals, real-time market analysis, and predictive analytics to help traders navigate volatile markets. Built for serious degens and institutions, it aggregates multi-source data (on-chain, news, DAOs) to provide actionable insights, achieving a 92.86% win rate in test funds.

The project solves information asymmetry, data overload, and the challenge of 24/7 monitoring across thousands of assets, where retail traders often miss signals that institutions exploit; by using AI to filter noise and predict movements, it levels the playing field for smarter decisions.

The technology stack centers on machine learning for signal generation, natural language processing for chat assistants, real-time data processing covering 2500+ entities, and vault-based fund management.

The $BRAIN token is Gigabrain's native ERC-20 utility token, deployed on Base. Its fully diluted supply is one billion tokens.

The BRAIN token supply is distributed with a focus on community ownership and long-term alignment:

Team and Future Growth allocations are subject to vesting schedules to ensure long-term commitment to the project's success.

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