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#6 by TVSPush + OEVToken: API3Since 2020
First-party oracles with built-in OEV recapture — "oracles that pay you back".
- Type
- Push + OEV
- How it works
- Data providers run their own Airnode (no middlemen). The OEV Network auctions the value of each oracle update back to the dApp instead of leaking it to searchers.
- Chains
- Many EVM L2s — Focused on Ethereum L2s and EVM chains.
- Feeds
- dAPIs — Managed first-party data feeds (dAPIs).
- Security
- First-party provenance (data signed at source) + API3 DAO governance.
- TVS*
- Specialized
- Token
- API3
- Notable users
- Various L2 lending markets, Ronin
* Approximate total value secured — a dated market snapshot (DefiLlama / provider reports, 2026), not a live figure.
Best at
First-party data + OEV recapture — turns oracle-update MEV leakage into protocol revenue. Positions as "the oracle for L2s".
L2-native, with OEV designed to fund the integrating protocol.
Strengths
- Removes data middlemen (first-party)
- OEV returns value to the protocol
- Transparent data provenance
Trade-offs
- Smaller TVS / adoption
- Fewer feeds than the top providers
- OEV model still maturing
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