The total value locked in decentralized finance (defi), has dropped 8. 53% over the last five days since August 14, 2022. At the time, the TVL was $67. 87 billion but today, the value locked in defi is approximately $62. 08 billion. Moreover, the top smart contract platform tokens by market valuation today are worth $372 billion, but overall the dozens of smart contract crypto assets have lost 7.8% in value during the last 24 hours.
Smartcontract Token Economy Slides Lower. Total Value Locked In Defi Loss 8. 53% Since August 14
On August 19, 2022, the top smart contract tokens like ethereum (ETH), binance coin (BNB), cardano (ADA), solana (SOL), polkadot (DOT), and avalanche (AVAX) are all down in value against the U.S. dollar. There are dozens of smart contract tokens and collectively they are all worth $347 billion, down 7.8% according to today’s market data.
Ethereum leads the pack with the largest market capitalization as ETH now commands 19.2% of the crypto economy’s $1. 14 trillion in value. Out of the entire lot of smart contract coins worth $347 billion, ETH‘s $208 billion market cap represents 59. 94% of the top smart contract tokens by valuation.

At the same time, the smart contract crypto economy equates to roughly 32. 12% of the crypto economy’s $1. 08 trillion valuation. Despite the poor market performance of smart contract tokens, the defi value has remained constant. Today there’s $62. 08 billion in value locked into the numerous defi protocols in existence and defillama.com stats detail the protocol Makerdao dominates by 13.45%.

Data shows that the defi protocol Makerdao’s TVL on August 19, is around $8. 35 billion. Today’s top defi protocol by TVL are Lido ($7. 62B), Aave ($6. 91B), Curve Finance ($5. 98B), Uniswap ($5. 88B), Convex Finance ($4. 32B), and Justlend ($3.27B). In terms of the blockchain with the largest TVL metric, Ethereum is still the reigning champ with $36. 31 billion or 59. 04% of the TVL in defi.
Ethereum is followed by Tron, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Solana, Cronos, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Fantom, respectively. In comparison to Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by defi TVL metrics, Tron, commands $5. 63 billion or 9. 15% of the $62. 08 billion locked in defi protocols today.
While the tenth-largest blockchain by defi TVL data, Fantom, has around $588 million or 0. 96% of the TVL in defi, Justlend is the largest defi protocol on the Tron network as it dominates by 58. 14% of the network’s $5. 63 billion locked in defi, or $3. 27 billion in USD value. Pancakeswap is Binance Smart Chain’s largest defi protocol, while Polygon’s is MM Finance and Avalanche’s is Aave. Solana’s Marinade Finance is Solana’s.
With Ethereum being the top defi chain, the network’s top collateralized debt position (CDP) protocol is Makerdao, the biggest liquid staking application is Lido, and Uniswap rules the roost in terms of Ethereum decentralized exchange (dex) platforms. Aave, Ethereum’s largest lending app, is the WBTC Bridge with the highest value locked and Convex Finance, Ethereum’s top yielding protocol in terms TVL.
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Jamie Redman
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