Top Projects in the Sui Ecosystem in 2024

Author: Sui Chinese Assistant, Sui Network

Over the past year and a half, projects built on the Sui mainnet have brought a record number of users to Sui—the most innovative and high-performance blockchain ecosystem. Users flocked to DeFi protocols that achieved early success on the network, while also exploring media services, NFT markets, and gaming.

As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on the most popular projects during Sui’s first full calendar year. Some of these projects launched alongside the Sui mainnet in 2023, while others rose rapidly to prominence this year.

For each project, builders learned how to program with the Move language and leveraged features such as composable objects and Kiosk. They utilized Sui’s unique innovations like zkLogin and sponsored transactions to streamline user onboarding as much as possible. Ultimately, their efforts earned recognition from the Sui community and rapid adoption by users.

Top Projects by Community Engagement

To identify the most popular projects on Sui, we combined two dimensions: community engagement and data metrics. First, we compiled a list of the top 30 projects based on active accounts and activity volume. Then, we invited representative Sui community ambassadors to select the projects they found most noteworthy from this list. Finally, we conducted a Discord vote to determine the rankings.

🌟 Discord:

https://discord.com/servers/sui-916379725201563759

Note that account and transaction metrics favor on-chain projects, while some highly popular games may use Sui for digital asset trading but conduct most of their activities off-chain via binary systems. Therefore, we aim to provide a credible perspective on the projects that garnered the most community attention in 2024.

Walrus

Engineers at Mysten Labs—also original contributors to Sui—proposed a new decentralized storage platform called Walrus, launching it this year on both devnet and testnet. Although Walrus is a fully independent platform, builders are using Sui as a coordination layer for assets stored on Walrus. Current activity on Sui related to Walrus NFTs reflects strong interest in this new platform.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.walrus.xyz/zh

Sui Name Service

As a foundational platform making Sui easier to use, Sui Name Service converts complex blockchain addresses into human-readable names prefixed with the @ symbol. This format makes names more familiar, memorable, and similar to social media usernames. Compared to Web2 domain names, Sui names not only serve as personal identifiers but also support sub-names suitable for complex organizational structures.

🌟 Learn more: https://suins.io/

DeepBook

Launched in 2023, DeepBook is Sui’s first native liquidity layer designed to support the DeFi ecosystem. Supporting market orders and limit orders, DeepBook offers exchanges on Sui an easy way to access liquidity. As a decentralized public good operated by the community, DeepBook has issued its own DEEP token.

🌟 Learn more: https://deepbook.tech/

Cetus

Early-launching liquidity protocol Cetus now provides exchange functionality with limit orders, along with tools such as mining, liquidity pools, and treasury management serving a broad DeFi user base. Its interface with DeepBook gives regular users a unique way to directly tap into Sui’s native liquidity layer. Developer tools also support builders aiming to integrate DeFi capabilities into their own projects.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.cetus.zone/

Suilend

The Suilend team began building on Sui in 2024 and quickly realized that Sui offered superior developer experience. Leveraging prior experience on Solana, they launched their lending platform in March and achieved over $450 million in TVL growth within just eight months. Beyond lending, Suilend also offers swapping and cross-chain bridging services.

🌟 Learn more: https://suilend.fi/

NAVI

One of Sui’s earliest DeFi protocols, NAVI combines DEX aggregation, liquid staking, and lending. With $714 million in TVL and over 800,000 users, NAVI continuously innovates, deploying new features to maximize user potential. Read our feature article on NAVI

🌟 Learn more: https://naviprotocol.io/

Aftermath Finance

DeFi protocol Aftermath operates as a swap meta-aggregator on Sui. When users initiate trades, its technology analyzes exchange rates across other aggregators to find the optimal trade path. Aftermath also offers liquid staking through its afSUI token and various yield-generating mining opportunities.

🌟 Learn more: https://aftermath.finance/

Scallop

Scallop, another early Sui DeFi protocol, serves a wide range of users from beginners to professionals. The platform allows users to deposit SUI into pools to earn interest or engage in more sophisticated lending strategies. In addition to lending, Scallop now supports swapping and cross-chain bridge functionality.

🌟 Learn more: https://scallop.io/

Turbos

Turbos is a decentralized crypto marketplace built on Sui, offering two core functions: swapping and providing liquidity for other users. As one of Sui’s early DeFi projects, the Turbos team brings rich experience and ongoing development focused on maximizing efficiency.

🌟 Learn more: https://turbos.finance/

Tradeport

NFT marketplace Tradeport launched on Sui, bringing extensive experience from successful deployments on chains like Near and Base. Its user-friendly interface enables even novice users to easily discover and purchase NFTs. Beyond marketplace functionality, Tradeport includes tools allowing users to mint their own NFTs and perform advanced development.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.tradeport.xyz/

Top Projects by Data Metrics

For users who prioritize data-driven insights, we aggregated the top 10 projects ranked by number of active accounts, excluding public projects that haven’t met activity thresholds. Active account count correlates strongly with transaction volume, so we chose this metric to represent user numbers for each project.

Wave Wallet

Wave Wallet combines wallet functionality with gaming on the Telegram platform, attracting a large number of active users on Sui. Users can play engaging games and manage their digital assets all within a single interface. The company also leverages Telegram as a universal gaming platform. Read our feature article on Wave Wallet

🌟 Learn more: https://waveonsui.com/

BIRDS

BIRDS is another Telegram-based application that gamifies DeFi, offering a multi-stage interactive experience. Players start by hatching an egg and helping it level up until it finally emerges. The next phase involves feeding the bird to make it stronger and faster, unlocking more advanced gameplay features.

🌟 Learn more: https://birds.dog/

FanTV

FanTV is a video platform aiming to disrupt services like YouTube and TikTok by offering fairer compensation for content creators. Launched in India, the app is now gaining global viewership and has consistently remained within the top 10 in user rankings.

🌟 Learn more: https://fantv.world/

Aylab

Aylab leverages Web3 technology for advertising, having delivered over 120 million ad impressions and processed more than 95 million transactions. As an advertising platform, Aylab helps other projects with user acquisition and marketing, becoming a key component of Sui’s commercial support model—playing a role akin to Google’s transformation in traditional internet advertising.

🌟 Learn more: https://aylab.io/

Fomo

Fomo is essentially a Proof-of-Work (PoW) memecoin on Telegram, demonstrating significant user interest. It appears to have launched as a promotional campaign and may eventually cease operations. However, its high transaction rate showcases how Sui can scale effortlessly while maintaining stable fees.

🌟 Learn more: https://t.me/fomosuipow

Walrus

Engineers at Mysten Labs—also original contributors to Sui—proposed a new decentralized storage platform called Walrus, launching it this year on both devnet and testnet. Although Walrus is a fully independent platform, builders are using Sui as a coordination layer for assets stored on Walrus. Current activity on Sui related to Walrus NFTs reflects strong interest in this new platform.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.walrus.xyz/zh

SuiLink

As a utility tool, SuiLink enhances cross-chain interoperability by linking users’ Sui accounts with Ethereum or Solana accounts. This connection is verified via a soulbound NFT. SuiLink unlocks opportunities for cross-chain rewards, priority access, and exclusive events.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.suilink.io/connect

NAVI

One of Sui’s earliest DeFi protocols, NAVI combines DEX aggregation, liquid staking, and lending. With $714 million in TVL and over 800,000 users, NAVI continuously innovates, deploying new features to maximize user potential. Read our feature article on NAVI

🌟 Learn more: https://naviprotocol.io/

Scallop

Scallop, another early Sui DeFi protocol, serves a wide range of users from beginners to professionals. The platform allows users to deposit SUI into pools to earn interest or engage in more sophisticated lending strategies. In addition to lending, Scallop now supports swapping and cross-chain bridge functionality.

🌟 Learn more: https://scallop.io/

Cetus

Early-launching liquidity protocol Cetus now provides exchange functionality with limit orders, along with tools such as mining, liquidity pools, and treasury management serving a broad DeFi user base. Its interface with DeepBook gives regular users a unique way to directly tap into Sui’s native liquidity layer. Developer tools also support builders aiming to integrate DeFi capabilities into their own projects.

🌟 Learn more: https://www.cetus.zone/

In Sui’s first full year, we observed strong user interest in foundational projects like Sui Name Service and early-adopter DeFi protocols. GameFi projects also drew attention, suggesting that new games launching later this year and next year could achieve great success.

We look forward to seeing more new projects launch on Sui in the coming year, leveraging its scalability to attract an ever-growing user base.