{"id":14541,"date":"2024-03-06T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/blog\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2024-03-06T13:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:08:04","slug":"defi-tvl-surges-above-100-billion-for-the-first-time-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/defi-tvl-surges-above-100-billion-for-the-first-time-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFi TVL Surges Above $100 Billion for the First Time in Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decentralized finance (<strong>DeFi<\/strong>) protocols witnessed a significant milestone as the total value locked (TVL) exceeded $100 billion, marking the first time in nearly two years.<\/p>\n<p>On March 5, <strong>DeFi<\/strong> TVL reached $101.36 billion, with lending contributing $32.62 billion (32.2%) to this total. Decentralized exchanges accounted for $19.97 billion (19.7%), collateralized debt positions stood at $12.22 billion (12%), and restaking activities amounted to $10.06 billion (9.9%).<\/p>\n<p>According to Data Dashboard, the last instance of <strong>DeFi<\/strong> TVL surpassing $100 billion was on May 11, 2022, when it reached $112.67 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Stevens, senior research analyst at, noted, &#8220;The recent rebound in crypto asset prices has helped TVL grow in USD terms, but more interest has also been pouring into DeFi with new categories like RWA and restaking drawing significant attention and also bolstering the amount of funds locked across <strong>DeFi<\/strong> protocols.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, staking on the Ethereum blockchain also reached noteworthy levels. As reported by The Block, over 31.5 million ether, valued at approximately $115 billion and comprising 26% of the total ether supply, has been staked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/sec-deferred-ethereum-etf-applications\/\">Ethereum<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel ui-v2-enabled\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>You can freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong>,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> channels for the latest news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols witnessed a significant milestone as the total value locked (TVL) exceeded $100 billion, marking the first time in nearly two years. On March 5, DeFi TVL reached $101.36 billion, with lending contributing $32.62 billion (32.2%) to this total. Decentralized exchanges accounted for $19.97 billion (19.7%), collateralized debt positions stood at $12.22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-14541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-defi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DeFi TVL Surges Above $100 Billion for the First Time in Two Years - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DeFi protocols witnessed a significant milestone as the TVL exceeded $100 billion, marking the first time in nearly two years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/defi-tvl-surges-above-100-billion-for-the-first-time-in-two-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DeFi TVL Surges Above $100 Billion for the First Time in Two Years - 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