GFX Labs is a multi-faceted blockchain research and development company building for the future of decentralized finance (DeFi). As a team of builders, not a financial fund, they develop products like Oku.trade, a DeFi platform for swapping, earning, and bridging. A significant part of their work involves providing governance expertise and development services to a select group of systemically important protocols, including Uniswap, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Wormhole, with past involvement in MakerDAO, Compound, 0x, and Hop. GFX Labs is known for its active and transparent participation in governance, having authored a significant number of successful proposals on platforms like Uniswap. Their stated goals often revolve around securing protocols, increasing user adoption, and positioning DeFi to compete with traditional finance by fostering collaboration and leveraging their deep relationships across DeFi, TradFi, and academia.
