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DeFi Grows as Total Value Locked Tops $50 Billion

by Blockchain News

As the cryptocurrency ecosystem is growing, so has the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector.

Data provided by DeFi Pulse shows that the total value locked in DeFi smart contracts or DApps have soared over $50 billion for the first time, indicating a continuous embrace of decentralized finance offerings ranging from lending, liquidity mining, and staking.

Per the exact figures, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi at present is $51.42 billion, with over 87 projects growing in the industry. Of these, Compound takes the largest piece of the cake, with an 18.83% dominance to top $9.68 billion in total value locked. Maker, Aave, Uniwap, and Curve Finance all make up the top 5 DeFi projects with varying amounts of value locked into each application.

The DeFi ecosystem is one in which innovation is dynamic, and various projects have devised ways of giving end-users products that liberate them from the shackles of traditional finance. While the space still has a very long way to go before entering mainstream adoption, the current stride is a testament to people’s reception of innovative decentralized finance products.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) both play an active role in today’s DeFi ecosystem, evident by the total value of both cryptocurrencies locked in the diverse smart contracts. Of the $51 billion locked in DeFi overall, as much as 10.6 million Ethereum are locked and a total of 145.7K Bitcoin are locked in all.

While the amount of locked BTC and ETH are down from the highest peak recorded, the growing valuation of both digital currencies makes the locked amount increase in value. The growth of DeFi from $30 billion back in January to the current $51 billion is a positive trajectory DeFi supporters will see appreciate going forward.

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After breaking $100 billion TVL, DeFi is now the equivalent of a top 40 U.S. bank

by Cointelegraph

According to decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem tracker DeFiLlama, early this morning the DeFi ecosystem breached $100 billion in total value locked for the first time — rising 7% from $94.7 billion yesterday to $101.33 billion at the time of publication.

Aside from the psychologically significant 9th digit, the figure is notable both for the speed with which it was attained (the ecosystem sat at $20.74 billion total on January 1st, 2021) as well as the sheer quantity of assets the upstart financial vertical now represents.

Per Wikipedia, at $100 billion TVL DeFi is now the equivalent of the 40th largest American bank, sitting between Silicon Valley Bank’s $97 billion in assets and BBVA USA’s $103 billion. Some notable names poised to be left in the dirt in the coming months include Deutsche Bank, sitting at #38 with $119 billion, and Credit Suisse at #35 with $124 billion.

To become the equivalent of the largest American bank, DeFi would have to surpass JP Morgan’s $3.2 trillion, and then the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s $4.3 trillion to become the largest in the world.

DeFi protocols on the Ethereum blockchain overwhelmingly contribute to the majority of DeFi’s $101.33 billion. The top 20 protocols by TVL account for $82.33 billion, and 14 of those are native to Ethereum with an aggregate TVL of $66.42 billion.

Ethereum competitor Binance Smart Chain counts 4 protocols in the top 20 with $14.53 in TVL, while Terra’s Mirror synthetic asset platform contributes $1.77 billion and multi-chain Autofarm rounds out the top 20 with $1.48 billion.

When reached for comment on the achievement, BadgerDAO’s Chris Spadafora said that a hundred billion is only the first step in a much larger expansion on the horizon.

“This is just the beginning for DeFi and by this time next year it will be 20x the current TVL,” he said.

Likewise, eGirl Capital’s degenspartan (spelling and punctuation his own) invoked Elon Musk while reflecting on the milestone.

“In retrospect, it was inevitable.”