Useful Tools
1. Debank.com
Debank is a dashboard for tracking your DeFi portfolio with data and analytics for decentralized lending protocols, stablecoins, margin trading platform and DEXes.
2. Metamask Wallet
MetaMask is a crypto wallet designed to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. It works as a browser extension compatible with Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Microsoft Edge, and also has its own mobile app.
3. DeFi Llama
DeFi Llama is a one-stop shop for comprehensive data on DeFi protocols. It tracks helpful metrics like total value locked and change in value over different time periods. The tool supports protocols across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain (B2C) and Polygon. And its intuitive dashboard lets users sort data according to 12 helpful categories — like DEXs, yield and airdrops.
4. DeFi Pulse
DeFi Pulse calls itself the 'decentralized finance leaderboard', and allows you to find and track the most up-to-date rankings and metrics of DeFi protocols. The rankings track the total value locked into the smart contracts of an underlying DeFi asset — giving you the skinny on all the dApps and protocols performing the best. The front page lets you sort by lending, DEXs, derivatives, payments and assets.
This tool also compiles an updated list of best resources in DeFi, and even runs a newsletter on industry news and trends called the 'DeFi Pulse Farmer', which is helpful for beginners.
5. Dune Analytics
Dune Analytics is a powerful software platform that lets users seize and visualize data on the blockchain. Instead of running a specialized script to query Ethereum data, Dune does all the grunt work for you, aggregating the raw numbers into SQL databases that are easy to sift through and manipulate.