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TVL (Total Value Locked)
Total USD value deposited in DeFi protocols on a chain
What is TVL (Total Value Locked)?
Standard DeFi health-metric. Tracked by DeFiLlama. Ethereum TVL ~$50B (2026), Solana ~$10B. Falling TVL = capital outflow or token-price drop; rising TVL = adoption + capital inflow.
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Source: DeFiLlama API.