#1 · GRT
The GraphIndexing / infrastructure
Screened universe · AAOIFI-aligned framework
Most DeFi tokens are not halal: lending protocols embed riba, perpetuals embed maysir, and yield farming typically embeds both. A small minority pass our AAOIFI-aligned screening — primarily fee-based exchange infrastructure like Uniswap, Jupiter, and The Graph — because their revenue is a service fee, not interest.
#1 · GRT
The GraphIndexing / infrastructure
#2 · JUP
JupiterDEX aggregator / Solana
#3 · UNI
UniswapDEX
#4 · 1INCH
1inchDEX aggregator
#5 · SUSHI
SushiSwapDEX
#6 · FXS
Frax ShareDeFi / stablecoin governance
#7 · XPRT
PersistenceCosmos / institutional DeFi infrastructure
Verdicts cover direct spot ownership only. Coins marked with caveats disclose them on their verdict page. Operational screening result — not a fatwa, not investment advice.
DeFi is the hardest sector in our universe. Interest-bearing lending (the core of protocols like Aave and Compound) is structural riba. Perpetual-futures protocols are structural maysir. Yield aggregators inherit whatever prohibitions sit underneath them.
What can pass: protocols whose token economics are tied to a genuine service fee — decentralised exchange routing, data indexing, infrastructure provision — with no embedded lending pool and no leverage product. Each listed token's page documents its gates and caveats in full.
Read the full gate-by-gate criteria on our screening methodology page, or check any specific coin with the halal coin screener.
Because the dominant DeFi primitives are interest-bearing lending (riba), leveraged perpetuals (maysir and gharar), and yield structures built on both. A token whose value accrues from those activities fails our haram-sector and riba gates regardless of its technology.
Per our AAOIFI-aligned framework, UNI screens permissible with caveats: the protocol earns swap fees for a real exchange service rather than interest. Caveats relate to governance exposure to future fee mechanisms — disclosed on the UNI verdict page.
Generally no. Yield farming returns typically originate in lending interest, leveraged trading fees, or token emissions designed to reward speculative liquidity. Halal alternatives are spot ownership of screened assets and fee-for-service infrastructure tokens.
Trade halal crypto on Binance — spot only
Only trade halal-screened coins — verify with our screener first.