DeFi
In keeping with statistics, the liquid staking platform Lido accounted for 7.45% of the full worth locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) a 12 months in the past at this time. Since then, Lido’s market dominance has considerably elevated over the past 12 months to its present 26.18% share.
Lido’s Market Share in Liquid Staking ETH Derivatives Stands at 73%
The liquid staking protocol Lido Finance holds a outstanding place on this planet of DeFi. As of Could 25, 2023, there’s $46.6 billion locked into defi purposes and protocols, with Lido’s whole worth locked (TVL) representing 26.18% of that quantity. On the time of writing, 11:45 a.m. Japanese Time on Thursday, Lido’s TVL stands at roughly $12.2 billion, in response to metrics from defillama.com.

Liquid staking ETH derivatives on Could 25, 2023.
In keeping with Lido’s web site, the present worth locked within the protocol is $12.27 billion, with $12.11 billion representing ethereum (ETH). The remaining portion of worth held in Lido originates from networks corresponding to Polkadot, Solana, Polygon, and Kusama. Lido’s dominance of 26.18% is considerably larger than final 12 months when the TVL in DeFi amounted to $111.11 billion.
Again then, Lido’s TVL amounted to $8.28 billion, accounting for 7.45% of the full worth locked in DeFi on that day. A 12 months in the past, MakerDAO held the place as essentially the most dominant DeFi protocol by way of TVL, with 8.87% of the DeFi economic system’s worth and $9.86 billion locked. Lido’s dominance started to realize momentum in the beginning of 2023, a time when the TVL in DeFi was merely $38.72 billion.
Archived information signifies that when the TVL in DeFi reached $38.72 billion, Lido’s dominance stood at 15.24%. Throughout that interval, Lido’s TVL amounted to solely $5.9 billion. In keeping with statistics from defillama.com, Lido instructions a market share of 73.26% in liquid staking ETH derivatives, representing 9,128,624 locked ether. Out of the full 9.12 million ether, present statistics present that Lido holds 6,687,554 ETH.
Throughout the previous 30 days, Lido skilled an 8.91% change, whereas opponents within the liquid staking ETH spinoff area corresponding to Rocket Pool and Frax Ether noticed double-digit positive factors. Rocket Pool recorded a rise of 32.18%, whereas Frax witnessed an increase of 42.25% over the previous month. Coinbase’s liquid staking ETH spinoff stands because the second largest, with 1,128,662 ether locked, nevertheless it has skilled a discount of 1.47% over the identical interval.