The layer-2 Ethereum scaling answer unveiled by Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency trade Coinbase earlier this yr, Base, has been seeing the entire worth locked (TVL) on its sensible contracts rise quickly, to the purpose it now surpassed the TVL on Solana ($SOL).
In accordance with information from decentralized finance monitoring platform DeFiLlama, Base presently has a complete worth locked of round $370 million, whereas the entire worth locked on the Solana community is of round $310 million. Base’s TVL additionally means it’s above different opponents such as Crypto.com’s Cronos, Kava, Pulsechain, and Cardano.
The biggest undertaking on Base by whole worth locked is the decentralized trade Aerodome, with $110 million value of digital belongings locked on its sensible contracts. It’s adopted by the favored social platform good friend.tech, and by cross-chain platform Stargate with $35 million and $23 million respectively.
Lending protocol Compound comes in fourth place with $22 million of whole worth locked. Information from Dune analytics, as reported by Bitcoin.com, reveals a staggering whole of $426.81 million has been bridged to Base, with ether (ETH) accounting for the lion’s share after 143,467 ETH equating to $232 million have been moved to the platform.
On the stablecoin entrance, round 115,993,548 USDC has been moved to Base, constituting 27.2% of the belongings. Furthermore, Coinbase’s proprietary wrapped ether by-product token, CBETH, contains 10% of the entire worth, and different notable cryptocurrencies such as DAI and CRV have additionally been bridged.
At present, Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain hosts 123 protocols and is estimated to have over 60,000 energetic customers. Its whole worth locked is notably nonetheless far behind these of different main networks, with Polygon ($MATIC) having $780 million in whole worth locked, for instance.
Ethereum is the main blockchain by the metric, and presently has over $21.1 billion value of digital belongings locked on its sensible contracts. It’s adopted by TRON, which has $6.6 billion in whole worth locked, and the BNB Chain with $2.86 billion in worth locked.
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