According to data compiled by crypto risk modeling company Gauntlet, the DeFi sector is still dominated by a few participants and has yet to recover from the FTX collapse a year ago. Most of the funds in the DeFi category are concentrated in a few top projects.
Gauntlet uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as a measure of market concentration and competition. According to this index, competition between DeFi exchanges is the most intense, with the top four exchanges accounting for about 54% of the total market share. Other categories, including decentralized derivative exchanges, DeFi lending, and liquidity mining, have little competition. The top four liquidity mining projects in this category occupy about 90% of the market share.
In addition, according to DeFiLlama data, as of the time of publication, DeFi TVL is about $46 billion, compared to a peak of about $179 billion two years ago; Messari data shows that despite recent market rebounds, only about 30 DeFi projects have generated revenue of more than $1 million in the past 180 days overall. (Bloomberg)
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