The current crypto market fall has harmed retail investor morale, but it has also harmed the decentralized financial area. As a result of this drop in value, many companies have been forced to lay off employees or shut down entirely.
This is not only bad news for investors and entrepreneurs, but also for cryptocurrency users as well. For example, if there are fewer dApps being built on top of the Ethereum network because they’re not profitable anymore, then this will lead to less innovation and fewer opportunities for users to interact with decentralized technologies online.
The value locked across several DeFi protocols has plummeted to levels last seen in mid-2021.
The value locked across several DeFi protocols has plummeted to levels last seen in mid-2021, according to Avalanche data.
The overall value locked across several chains has dropped to $6.49 billion, down from an all-time high of $13.7 billion in December last year. Bitcoin, for example, has entered the “Extreme Fear” zone, with the BTC Fear and Greed Index registering its lowest in more than two years this week.
The latest figures come amid a period of unprecedented volatility for crypto markets, which have seen a sharp decline since the start of March due to regulatory uncertainty and the ongoing bear market.
From a peak of $13.7 billion in December, Avalanche blockchain’s DeFi TVL has fallen to $6.49 billion.
The layer 1 blockchain protocol’s TVL has unable to break out of its annual lows of $4.5 billion, despite the mitigating efforts proposed by the programmers.
Fraudulent actions
There has been a rise in the number of fraudulent actions in the DeFi industry this year.
Recently, Web3 and blockchain security company CertiK disclosed that more than $1.6 billion in crypto has been stolen from DeFi subscribers, much above the total amount lost in 2020 and 2021 combined.
The bright spot
According to DeFi Llama, Tron’s TVL has gained 43% in the previous two weeks and is currently the third-largest smart contract network. The network’s top protocol, JustLend, has expanded by 65 percent in one month despite the brutalization of most DeFi initiatives in May.
In terms of Tron’s total value, JustLend’s $2.95B TVL accounts for 49% of that total, making it the ninth-largest protocol overall.
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