The top smart contract platform tokens according to market capitalization have seen a significant increase in value over the past few days. They were valued at $ billion on June Since the value locked in defi reached a 2022 low of $70 billion on June 19, the defi ecosystem’s entire TVL has grown by more than $17 billion. The fiat values of the smart contract tokens defi and ethereum classical have seen their value rise by more than $ billion over the past seven days.

Defi, and Smart Contract Crypto Assets Gain More Value in the Last Week

Money is seemingly flowing back into the smart contract platform token economy and the total value locked in defi. At the time of writing, the top smart contract platform tokens by market capitalization are now worth $336 billion, up 6.9% during the last 24 hours.

The native crypto tokens stemming from Ethereum (ETH) and sister network Ethereum Classic (ETC) rose significantly during the last seven days capturing double-digit gains. It is assumed that the pencilled-in date for The Merge, the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), has bolstered the price of both crypto tokens.

While ethereum has jumped 33.9% during the last week, ethereum classic jumped 73.9%. With The Merge, Ethereum will be a full PoS system and PoW miners will be forced to mine another crypto asset that uses the Ethash algorithm, which is ETC. Amid the gains recorded by ETC and ETH, a number of other smart contract digital currencies spiked in fiat value.

BNB jumped 12.3%, cardano (ADA) is up 12.8%, and solana (SOL) increased by 14.7%. Against the U.S. dollar, polkadot (DOT) gained 13.7%, polygon (MATIC) increased by 24.4%, and avalanche (AVAX) is up 24.6% this week. Tron (TRX), however, has not seen gains like its competitors as it has only increased by 1.5% during the last seven days.

The value locked in defi today across numerous blockchains is $87. 02 billion and the TVL increased by 2. 87% in 24 hours. That’s $17 billion higher than the TVL low recorded on June 19, and Makerdao dominates the $87. 02 billion by 9. 89% today. Makerdao’s TVL increased 10.7% this week and is currently valued at $8. 61 billion.

Cross-Chain Bridge TVL Is Still Low, NFT Sales Spike 21% Higher Than Last Week

The second-largest defi protocol, in terms of TVL, is Lido, which saw an increase of around 31. 83% this week and has a TVL of around $6. 96 billion. In terms of the aggregate $87 billion locked in defi, the funds locked into Ethereum’s defi ecosystem dominate by 64. 33% with $55. 62 billion. The Binance Smart Chain is $6. 68 billion or 7. 72% of the TVL in defi today and Tron commands 6.8% with $5. 88 billion locked.

Cross chain bridges that allow people to access decentralized financial protocols have $8. 75 billion total value locked today. The cross-chain bridge TVL is down 60.4% during the past month among 11,739 unique addresses. Blockchain applications such as non-fungible tokens, (NFTs), have seen an increase in activity and sales volume. NFT sales volume during the past seven days is up 21. 52% higher than the week prior with $182. 96 million in sales.

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