Although Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have shown volatile movements in recent days due to the US government shutdown and macroeconomic uncertainty, the expected increase is expected to begin in October, known as the historic month of increase.
As the market and investors focus on a major rally, Santimen has listed the DeFi altcoin projects with the most active development activity.
Accordingly, Chainlink (LINK) ranked first on the list, followed by DeepBook Protocol (DEEP) and DeFiChain (DFI).
“1) Chainlink – LINK 2) DeepBook Protocol – DEEP 3) Defichain – DFI 4) Fox Token – FOX 5) Lido Finance – LDO 6) Babylon Labs – BABY 7) Injective – INJ 8) Centrifuge – CFG 9) dYdX – DYDX 10) Curve Finance – CRV “
According to data from Santiment, Chainlink, DeepBook Protocol (DEEP), and Defichain (DFI) maintained their positions, while other altcoins generally saw a downward trend in developer activity.
🧑💻 Here are the top 10 crypto DeFi projects by development. Directional indicators represent each project’s ranking as of last month:
➡️ 1) @chainlink $LINK 🥇
➡️ 2) @deepbookonsui $DEEP 🥈
➡️ 3) @defichain $DFI 🥉
📈 4) @itsfoxcrypto $FOX
📈 5) @lidofinance $LDO
📉 6)… pic.twitter.com/jPwqlU3UKr— Santiment (@santimentfeed) October 8, 2025
*This is not investment advice.
