Base surges past Solana as total value locked nears $400M

Brian Quarmby6 hours agoBase surges past Solana as total value locked nears $400MAs per DefiLlama data, Solana’s TVL has decreased by 9.64% over the past month to sit at $358.96 million, while Base’s TVL has surged to $397.32 million.1846 Total views7 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksThe total value locked (TVL) on Coinbase’s layer-2 network Base has surged to $397.32 million since launching in August. That figure now places Base ahead of the Solana network, which has a TVL of $358.96 million at the time of writing.

The past 30 days have been significant for Base, with data from DefiLlama showing that the network’s TVL increased by a whopping 97.21% over the past month.

In comparison, Solana’s TVL has decreased by 9.64% over that same time frame.Top 10 chains in terms of TVL. Source: DefiLlama

Two Base-native projects account for the largest share of TVL on the network.

Decentralized exchange Aerodrome Finance takes the top spot with a TVL of $97.83 million, while decentralized social media app Friend.tech ranks second with a TVL of $36.53 million.

Aerodrome was launched on Aug. 28, enabling users to deposit liquidity to earn its native AERO tokens, among several other features. While it failed to pull in significant deposits during its first couple of days, Aerodrome’s TVL skyrocketed on Aug. 31, with $150 million piling in on that day alone.

Its TVL reached as high as $200 million on Sept. 2; however, the initial hype appears to have cooled since then, with the TVL decreasing by roughly 51% from its peak.Aerodrome TVL since launch. Source: DefiLlama

Friend.tech launched on Aug. 11, and the platform enables users to tokenize their social networks via the buying and selling of “Keys.” Despite being pronounced “dead” in late August due to tanking user activity and fees, the platform surged dramatically in September.

As per DefiLlama, Friend.tech’s TVL increased by 540% over the past month, with most of that coming after a pump that started on Sept. 9 alongside a resurgence in daily trading volume.

Looking lower down the list, Base’s TVL is generally accounted for by multinetwork decentralized finance platforms like Compound, Curve and Uniswap.Friend.tech TVL since launch. Source: DefiLlamaBase transaction ATH

Cointelegraph also reported earlier this month that Base hit a new peak in terms of daily transactions, hitting 1.88 million on Sept. 14, according to data from BaseScan.

That figure placed it well ahead of rival chains like Optimism and arbitrum on the day, which had almost 880,000 combined.

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That all-time high remains intact for Base, with daily transactions decreasing to roughly 908,000 as of Sept. 22.Base daily transactions. Source: Base Scan

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