Injective

Injective (INJ) is a Layer 1 blockchain aimed at decentralized finance. It offers developers prebuilt onchain components for financial functions, which can be used to create exchanges, outcome-forecasting markets and credit platforms.

The network connects to other chains through a decentralized bridge system. It works with most blockchains, including Ethereum and other EVM-based networks, as well as Solana, which runs outside the EVM.

Injective presents its infrastructure as a foundation for worldwide markets. Its embedded building blocks span dollar-pegged tokens, tokenized real-world assets, payment flows and programmable derivative products. The listed market types include perpetuals, options, spot trading, stocks, commodities and foreign exchange. The project says it works with banks, fintech firms, governments and Fortune 500 companies. It also describes itself as made in America, and says that individuals, institutions and AI agents can all use the network.