DeFi Heavyweights Stack Cash as TVL Surges 20% in a Week

Money floods back into crypto’s blue chips—just as Wall Street starts ’accidentally’ shorting their own bags again.

Ethereum leads the pack with a $4B TVL jump, while Solana and Avalanche soak up institutional leftovers. Even BNB Chain—yes, that BNB—saw 15% growth despite regulators playing whack-a-mole with CZ’s ghost.

Funny how liquidity magically reappears when hedge funds need exit liquidity.

The latest data marked the top crypto projects with the highest weekly Total Value Locked (TVL) growth. Projects such as $BABY, $MOVE, and $NOTE, according to DeFiLlama, saw substantial increases, indicating higher activity and liquidity across decentralized finance markets.

TOP PROJECTS BY WEEKLY #TVL GROWTH$BABY $MOVE $NOTE $SEND $HEGIC $CETUS $NAVX $QUICK $DEEP $APW $MINT #pupmfun $EQB $WELL $BLUE pic.twitter.com/th6j6NnB8I

Significant Increases in Weekly TVL Growth

$BABY took the lead with a 74.3% TVL increase over the past seven days, up to $4.7 billion and a market cap of $178 million. On the tail of $MOVE’s 67.3% rise, the TVL is $6.0 million. $NOTE marked a 55.7% growth with just $8.5 million in TVL. These projects represent significant weekly performance improvements, potentially indicating more investor engagement and possibly new protocol developments or incentives.

$SEND and $HEGIC saw notable increases, with 55.1% and 47.5%, respectively. The main components $SEND achieved a TVL of $578.6 million, and $HEGIC was $14.6 million. Their performance follows a broader pattern in which both emerging and established projects vie to acquire more locked value to strengthen their network activities and user bases.

Broader Market Movements and Emerging Competitors

$NAVX, $CETUS, and $QUICK were consistent, growing 45.8%, 46.9%, and 39.8% in TVL, respectively. $CETUS’s TVL was $201.9 million, $NAVX’s reached $486.4 million, and $QUICK’s reached $159.2 million. These numbers reflect consistent capital movement across multiple protocols, demonstrating diversified user interest in blockchain ecosystems.

Other projects like $DEEP, $APW, and $MINT supported the week’s growth narrative, with TVL changes of 34.6%, 27.7%, and 26.9%, respectively. $DEEP’s TVL has increased to $30.1 million, APW to $127.7 million, and $MINT to $1.5 million. While smaller than others, these increases highlight a market environment of change in which even the tiniest platforms are growing.

Ending the list were the projects $EQB, $WELL, $BLUE with TVL growth rates of 24.6%, 22.5%, 20.1%, and 16.0%. While lower than the weekly percentage changes of the other two, the consistent weekly gains indicate that they are still being adopted and the protocol is expanding.