BlockBeats News, January 8th. In this round, the DeFi TVL of some mainstream public chains and new public chains saw a significant decline from their peak values. The DeFi TVL of Tether’s stablecoin public chain Stable even dropped to an unbelievable $29,231, sparking community discussion. Eclipse and Berachain also saw their TVL plummet by about 95% from their peaks. Detailed data is as follows:
Traditional Public Chains:
Ethereum’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $72.773 billion, down over 25% from its peak of $97.3 billion in August 2025;
Solana’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $8.86 billion, down by about 33% from its peak of $13.22 billion in September 2025;
Bitcoin’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $7.01 billion, down over 23% from its peak of $9.12 billion in October 2025;
BNB Chain’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $6.797 billion, down over 25% from its peak of $9.15 billion in October 2025;
Base’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $4.745 billion, down over 12% from its peak of $9.73 billion in October 2025.
New Public Chains:
Stable’s DeFi TVL dropped to an unbelievable $29,231, previously above $100 million;
Eclipse’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $2.72 million, down by about 95% from its peak of $49 million in February 2025. The Eclipse official account even explicitly stated, “We have no users”;
Plasma’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $32.05 billion, down by about 50% from its peak of $63.6 billion in October 2025;
Monad’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $283.72 million;
Berachain’s DeFi TVL is now reported at $17.411 billion, down by about 95% from its peak of $33.06 billion in May 2025.
