# $45B DeFi market cap and soaring TVL suggest the best is yet to come
“# $45B DeFi market cap and soaring TVL suggest the best is yet to come ”
Data from Messario shows projects like AAVE, Uniswap (UNI), SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Synthetix (SNX) have all rallied by double-digits, creating a positive feedback loop as more users engage with the protocols to yield farm and capitalize on flash loans.
As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) reached new highs in recent months, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has risen as well, increasing optimism and engagement on the various DEXs and lending platforms. Data from CoinGecko shows that in the past 6 months the DeFi total market capitalization has grown to $45 billion.
From Jan. 1 to Jan. 25, DeFi platforms have collectively seen the TVL rise from $15.6 billion to a record-high $26.1 billion.
In fact, according to DeFi Pulse, the total value locked across DeFi protocols increased from $21.49 billion to $26.173 billion in the past 4 days alone.
This sharp increase in TVL was helped by a $400 surge in the price of Ether from $1,053 on Jan. 21 to a new all-time high of $1,459 on Jan. 25, but Ether can’t account for all the gains as shown by the increasing number of DeFi tokens which are also securing new all-time highs.
Despite these impressive developments, the DeFi sector only accounts for just 4.6% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization which currently stands at $976.6 billion.
Despite representing just a small sliver of the total crypto market, DeFi’s rapid growth suggests the sector is primed for explosive growth as cryptocurrency becomes more mainstream.
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