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Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Statistics report on DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, projects - such as crypto lending and exchanges - worldwide

DeFi or Decentralized Finance is an umbrella term that refers to financial services built on and provided by a blockchain. This report investigates the concept of DeFi from several angles.

The reports starts with a bird's eye view of how big this market has become and which segments are dominant. It will then look at where the people interested in Decentralized Finance services seemingly tend to come from. Finally, it names some of the the most significant applications within different segments and provides insights on whether businesses might be interested in certain aspects of the blockchain or not.

Table of contents

Market size

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  • Premium Statistic DeFi TVL of multiple blockchains combined as of October 7, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Daily DeFi market cap as a percentage of global cryptocurrency market cap 2021-2025
  • Premium Statistic Biggest blockchains used in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) as of October 1, 2025
  • Premium Statistic DeFi TVL in the Ethereum blockchain as of November 22, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Monthly number of unique DeFi users worldwide up to May 2026

Adoption, by country

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  • Premium Statistic Countries with the highest DeFi adoption in the world in 2025
  • Premium Statistic Ranking of cryptocurrency wallet apps in the U.S. 2017-2021
  • Premium Statistic Fintech funding breakdown Vietnam 9M 2023, by category
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of FinTech firms Thailand 2024, by type of firm
  • Premium Statistic Main technology used by China's leading fintech enterprises 2023

Segments

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  • Premium Statistic DeFi TVL in 67 different segments across multiple blockchains combined March 2026
  • Premium Statistic DeFi TVL in 5 different segments on the Ethereum blockchain 2022
  • Premium Statistic Top 25 DeFi protocols based on market cap as of March 14, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Highest earning NFT market places worldwide, per month 2020-2021
  • Premium Statistic Use cases for blockchain technology in financial services worldwide 2021

DEX, Wallets

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  • Premium Statistic Biggest DEX - decentralized exchanges - worldwide in March 2021, based on volume
  • Premium Statistic Visitors to the website of DeFi platform Uniswap 2024, by country
  • Premium Statistic Visitors to the website of DeFi platform THORChain 2024, by country
  • Premium Statistic Most used decentralized exchanges by crypto hedge funds worldwide 2023
  • Premium Statistic Visitors to the website of crypto wallet MetaMask 2025, by country

Lending

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  • Premium Statistic Crypto interest rates on selected DeFi platforms in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Daily TVL of DeFi lending platform MakerDAO up to February 3, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Daily TVL of DeFi lending platform Aave up to March 12, 2026
  • Premium Statistic Daily TVL of DeFi lending platform Anchor Protocol up to August 2023
  • Premium Statistic Daily TVL of DeFi lending platform Compound up until March 25, 2022

Payments

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  • Premium Statistic Daily market cap history of DeFi payment protocol AMP up until August 2, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Global consumer and merchant acceptance of crypto payments 2021, by industry
  • Premium Statistic Industries that accept cryptocurrency payments through BitPay 2020-2026
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