According to @milesdeutscher, XRPL DeFi total value locked is approximately $85 million (source: Miles Deutscher on X). According to @milesdeutscher, Chainlink total value secured is $84.65 billion with an increasing DeFi market share now at 68% (source: Miles Deutscher on X). According to @milesdeutscher, this means Chainlink secures over 1,000x more on-chain capital than XRPL DeFi TVL, highlighting Chainlink’s dominant security footprint across DeFi (source: Miles Deutscher on X). According to @milesdeutscher, traders can use the 1,000x TVS-to-TVL differential and the 68% share as quantitative benchmarks when comparing LINK versus XRP ecosystem traction within DeFi (source: Miles Deutscher on X).

According to Henri Arslanian, DeFi’s market share continues to grow, signaling ongoing momentum in decentralized finance adoption and relevance for market structure. Source: Henri Arslanian on X, Aug 11, 2025. The post directs readers to a YouTube video for drivers behind the trend but provides no quantitative metrics or protocol-level breakdown, so traders seeking specifics must consult the linked video. Source: Henri Arslanian on X, Aug 11, 2025. In the absence of figures in the post, the immediate trading takeaway is to monitor DeFi versus CEX liquidity share, DEX-CEX volume ratios, and on-chain activity as potential indicators of where liquidity may concentrate next. Source: Henri Arslanian on X, Aug 11, 2025.

According to Cas Abbé, the DeFi lending market share is projected to increase significantly from 20% in 2021 to 60% by 2025, indicating a substantial shift from centralized finance (CeFi) to decentralized finance (DeFi). This trend suggests a potential flipping of market dominance as DeFi solutions become more trusted and widely adopted. Traders should consider this shift when evaluating the future landscape of financial services and the potential for DeFi platforms to outperform traditional CeFi institutions.