Total Value Locked — the aggregate value of assets deposited in a smart contract or protocol. Common DeFi metric. As of 2026, total DeFi TVL is roughly $80B; Aave alone holds ~$13B. TVL is informative but imperfect — it does not distinguish between sticky long-term deposits and short-term yield-farming flows.
TVL
Total Value Locked — the aggregate value of assets deposited in a smart contract or protocol. Common DeFi metric. As of 2026, total DeFi TVL is roughly $80B; Aave alone holds ~$13B. TVL is informative but imperfect — it does not distinguish between sticky long-term deposits and short-term yield-farming flows.
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