Top 10 Chains By Defi TVL Three Years Ago (Nov 2nd, 2022):
1. Ethereum $ETH
2. BSC $BNB
3. Tron $TRX
4. Avalanche $AVAX
5. Polygon $MATIC
6. Arbitrum $ARB
7. Optimism $OP
8. Solana $SOL
9. Cronos $CRO
10. Fantom $FTM
Top 10 Chains By Defi TVL Today (Nov 2nd, 2025):
1. Ethereum $ETH
2. Solana $SOL
3. BSC $BNB
4. Bitcoin $BTC
5. Base $COIN ( $BASE?)
6. Plasma $XPL
7. Tron $TRX
8. Arbitrum $ARB
9. Hyperliquid $HYPE
10. Avalanche $AVAX
Biggest things that jump out are:
- Solana's rise/comeback
- Arrival of Bitcoin-defi
- Arrival of Base
- Rise of Hyperliquid
Also...
- Total defi TVL was $71B then, today is $204B
- Total crypto market cap was $1.1T then, today is $3.79T
Crypto's inexorable rise will continue, just gotta stay zoomed out lads.
Will be interesting to see what the above looks like in another three years too :)
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Note: Data from the wonderful @DefiLlama - got the historic list from an old copy of @thedailydegenhq :)
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