Value Locked in Defi Slips 10% in 4 Days, Ethereum TVL Dominates at 58%
Four days ago, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) was coasting along at $255.84 billion and since then, the TVL has dropped 8.55% in value. During the last 24 hours, the TVL has slid 2.80%, an...
Archive context
Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
Four days ago, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) was coasting along at $255.84 billion and since then, the TVL has dropped 8.55% in value. During the last 24 hours, the TVL has slid 2.80%, and Curve’s $23 billion locked today represents 9.84% dominance.
Value Locked in Defi Takes a Hit, TVL Down 2.8% in 24 Hours- Since digital currency markets have been dropping in value during the last few days, the value locked in decentralized finance has slipped as well. In four days, the TVL in defi dropped 8.55% from $255.84 billion to today’s $233.95 billion.
- Curve Finance holds the largest TVL today and is dominant by more than 9.84% with $23 billion locked. This is followed by Convex Finance, Makerdao, Aave, WBTC, and Instadapp, respectively.
- The biggest seven-day drop in terms of a defi protocol’s TVL in the top ten protocols is Lido, which lost 14.03% this week. The decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap lost 9.44% this week and WBTC shed 7.63% due to bitcoin’s (BTC) downward price drop.
- Ethereum still holds the most TVL in defi as far as blockchains are concerned with $147.9 billion on Saturday. Ethereum’s TVL represents 58.18% of the aggregate TVL in defi today.
- Ethereum is followed by Terra ($16.61B), Binance Smart Chain ($15.33B), Avalanche ($10.93B), Solana ($10.03B), and Fantom ($5.67B) respectively.
- 30-day statistics for cross-chain bridges today show the TVL has slipped 10.4%. The top cross-chain bridge with the most TVL on Saturday is Polygon’s TVL with $6.1 billion. This is followed by Avalanche ($5.4B), Ronin ($4.9B), and Arbitrum ($2.8B).
- The top six performing smart contract crypto assets during the last seven days include fuse (FUSE), cypherium (CPH), noah decentralized state coin (NOAHP), harmony (ONE), internet computer (ICP), and chainlink (LINK), respectively.
- The six worst-performing smart contract crypto assets this week include poa network (POA), gather (GTH), dusk network (DUSK), kadena (KDA), enigma (ENG), and oneledger (OLT).
What do you think about the recent defi action this past week? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
Why this matters
This ethereum story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
Original source
Read on Bitcoin NewsRelated market context
How the “buy, borrow, die” tax trade is quietly loading DeFi pools with hidden credit risk
Imagine someone who bought ETH for $1,000, watched it climb to $4,000, and now wants to cash out $1,000. Selling one-quarter of th...
ETH Price Prediction 2027, 2030, 2040: Could it Reach $4,965? Analysing the Potential of Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Apeing’s Upcoming Crypto Presale
On the other hand, Apeing is gaining attention as its planned September 8, 2026 presale approaches. Both these projects sit at ver...
Ethereum News: Double Three Pattern Hints at Another Rally
Ethereum trades at $2,520, sitting right at the pivot point most analysts have flagged in news outlets for weeks. That’s not a coi...
Parked Coldcard loot begins moving as attacker routes $1.6M in stolen Bitcoin to Ethereum
Bitcoin flagged by blockchain data provider Bitquery as linked to the 2026 Coldcard hardware-wallet theft crossed into Ethereum th...
Robinhood, Binance, and Solana lead tokenized equity trading volume as sector explodes past $3B weekly
The surge in tokenized equity trading highlights a shift towards decentralized finance, potentially reshaping global access to sto...
The Stablecoin in the Headlines Is Not the Stablecoin I Know
When you scroll through the financial news these days, you meet one stablecoin. The articles describe a digital dollar, a boring t...