Decentralized finance, also known as DeFi, is a fast-growing sector of the cryptocurrency industry. While cryptocurrency coins create a decentralized store of value separate from any government-backed fiat currency, DeFi creates decentralized financial instruments separate from traditional centralized institutions.
Although still small when compared to the global economy, DeFi has seen rapid growth in 2020. In early 2019, there was only $275M of crypto collateral locked in the DeFi economy. By February 2020, that number had grown to $1B, and it has continued to grow impressively throughout the year, hitting $2.5B in early July, $3B by mid July, and $4B on 25 July.
This growth shows that there is significant interest in DeFi from within the crypto community, but it’s still a small enough sector that many outside the industry may not have heard of DeFi yet.
| # | Coin | Price | Marketcap | Change | Last 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bitcoin BTC | $ 19,259.46 | $ 357.46 B | 0.87% | |
| 2 |  Ethereum ETH | $ 606.18 | $ 68.90 B | 1.94% | |
| 3 |  XRP XRP | $ 0.615142 | $ 27.90 B | 1.21% | |
| 4 |  Tether USDT | $ 1.00 | $ 19.56 B | 0.10% | |
| 5 |  Litecoin LTC | $ 87.58 | $ 5.78 B | 0.27% | |
| 6 |  Chainlink LINK | $ 13.65 | $ 5.39 B | 1.85% | |
| 7 |  Bitcoin Cash BCH | $ 286.05 | $ 5.33 B | 1.93% | |
| 8 |  Cardano ADA | $ 0.159308 | $ 4.95 B | 1.16% | |
| 9 |  Polkadot DOT | $ 5.24 | $ 4.91 B | 4.15% | |
| 10 |  Binance Coin BNB | $ 30.37 | $ 4.49 B | 0.27% | |
| 11 |  Stellar XLM | $ 0.183123 | $ 3.98 B | 0.08% | |
| 12 |  Bitcoin SV BSV | $ 169.02 | $ 3.14 B | 0.64% | |
| 13 |  USD Coin USDC | $ 1.00 | $ 2.98 B | 0.25% | |
| 14 |  EOS EOS | $ 3.04 | $ 2.89 B | 0.25% | |
| 15 |  Monero XMR | $ 132.64 | $ 2.35 B | 3.84% | |
| 16 |  Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC | $ 19,262.29 | $ 2.31 B | 0.90% | |
| 17 |  TRON TRX | $ 0.031006 | $ 2.22 B | 0.95% | |
| 18 |  NEM XEM | $ 0.221304 | $ 1.99 B | 5.23% | |
| 19 |  Tezos XTZ | $ 2.36 | $ 1.78 B | 2.08% | |
| 20 |  cDAI CDAI | $ 0.020899 | $ 1.58 B | 0.14% | |
| 21 |  Crypto.com Coin CRO | $ 0.065736 | $ 1.45 B | 0.93% | |
| 22 |  OKB OKB | $ 5.26 | $ 1.43 B | 1.24% | |
| 23 |  Filecoin FIL | $ 30.33 | $ 1.35 B | 1.08% | |
| 24 |  LEO Token LEO | $ 1.36 | $ 1.32 B | 0.23% | |
| 25 |  NEO NEO | $ 18.39 | $ 1.30 B | 1.24% |
DeFiPulse Index$ 110.49
$ 110.49
0.23%
Uniswap$ 3.82
$ 3.82
3.93%
Maker$ 582.89
$ 582.89
2.39%
Wrapped Bitcoin$ 19,262.29
$ 19,262.29
0.9%
Compound$ 137.28
$ 137.28
14.83%
Aave$ 89.20
$ 89.20
1.24%
Curve DAO Token$ 0.782712
$ 0.782712
4.62%
Alpha Finance$ 0.275099
$ 0.275099
6.59%
Synthetix Network Token$ 5.10
$ 5.10
1.69%
Harvest Finance$ 91.89
$ 91.89
0.34%
Bitcoin$ 19,259.46
$ 19,259.46
0.87%
Solana$ 2.02
$ 2.02
5.45%
Binance Coin$ 30.37
$ 30.37
0.27%
Bitcoin SV$ 169.02
$ 169.02
0.64%
yearn.finance$ 28,822.00
$ 28,822.00
6.39%
Balancer$ 14.22
$ 14.22
0.71%
Polkadot$ 5.24
$ 5.24
4.15%
HARD Protocol$ 0.595544
$ 0.595544
1.66%
PancakeSwap$ 0.425014
$ 0.425014
13.61%
Chainlink$ 13.65
$ 13.65
1.85%
Band Protocol$ 6.95
$ 6.95
4.2%
Cosmos$ 5.37
$ 5.37
1.85%
Helium$ 1.53
$ 1.53
4.9%
Swipe$ 0.944033
$ 0.944033
2.59%
Trust Wallet Token$ 0.103797
$ 0.103797
0.47%
Flamingo Finance$ 0.213787
$ 0.213787
2.18%
Celsius Network$ 2.42
$ 2.42
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