The DeFi Opportunity

The market opportunity for DeFi is immense but remains stifled by its complexity and inaccessibility. The global DeFi TVL peaked at $180B in 2021 and stabilized at $100B today. It is projected to grow to $500B by 2030 as adoption expands beyond crypto natives. 

However, DeFi’s complexity—marked by bridges, gas fees, and manual wallet management—limits its accessibility to crypto-native power users. 

Why Glider?

Glider aims to be the middleware powering DeFi’s mass adoption. Their first product is a next-generation DeFi strategy building platform that we believe will redefine how users—both retail and institutional—interact with decentralized finance by abstracting away complexity and democratizing sophisticated trading strategies. DeFi today is a maze of bridges, gas fees, and manual wallet management, accessible only to crypto-native power users. Glider changes that with a no-code, intent-driven ecosystem that lets anyone build, test, and execute non-custodial strategies across any token and chain—all seamlessly handled behind the scenes.

Glider’s platform comprises three core pillars—Build, Collaborate, and Automate—forming an integrated solution that simplifies DeFi while fostering a collaborative community akin to GitHub for trading strategies. With its flagship consumer product and a B2B API offering poised to transform programmatic DeFi, Glider targets both retail traders and institutional players like protocols and AI agents. Glider has the potential to redefine how both consumers and businesses interact with DeFi and significantly grow its total addressable market.

Conclusion  

Glider is redefining DeFi by making DeFi strategies accessible, efficient, and scalable. Its APIs could process a large portion of DeFi's programmatic volume, while its consumer frontend drives retail adoption. We believe Glider is poised to make trading as easy as possible—unlocking DeFi’s full potential for users and ecosystems alike.