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TVL: The DeFi Metric Everyone's Talking About 🔥
TVL exploded onto the scene with DeFi's rise in 2020 🚀. It's kind of become the go-to way people measure how crypto assets are doing. Total Value Locked? That's just the sum of all crypto assets sitting in DeFi protocols, measured in dollars.
TVL counts everything locked in smart contracts. Lending. Staking. Liquidity pools. All that stuff. The growth has been insane. From a tiny $400 million in 2020 to a massive $285 billion today. Seems like DeFi isn't just some niche thing anymore 📈.
Why People Care About TVL 🌐
DeFi needs capital. That's obvious.
Without deposits, these platforms simply don't work. More TVL usually signals good things. Better liquidity. Growing user base. Easier to use. Lasting power.
When TVL goes up, users win. More money in the system typically means better returns 💰. Less TVL? Fewer opportunities. Not rocket science.
The Math Behind TVL 🧮
TVL ratio helps figure out if something's worth buying:
Below 1? Might be undervalued. Worth looking at. Above 1? Maybe too expensive already. Growth potential isn't great.
Who's Winning the TVL Game (September 2025) 🏆
The landscape looks different now. Top protocols by TVL:
Networks and Their TVL Share 🌉
Ethereum still dominates. No surprise there. It holds about 58% of all DeFi TVL at $165.3B across 700+ protocols. Others are trying to catch up:
The Problem with TVL ⚠️
TVL isn't perfect. Far from it.
Market volatility messes with the numbers. When ETH prices swing, so does TVL. Money moves around in DeFi. Sometimes it gets counted twice. And projects' native tokens can inflate their own TVL.
It's a useful metric. But relying on it alone? Not smart. The savvy investors I've talked to use TVL as just one piece of a bigger puzzle 🧠. They're onto something.