DeFi TVL falls 1.2% to $90.05 billion as Arbitrum gains 4.23%

Decentralized finance total value locked fell 1.2% from a week earlier to $90.05 billion, while Arbitrum recorded the strongest gain among the major chains tracked.

The decentralized finance market remained above the $90 billion mark.

As of Oct. 16, 2026, total DeFi TVL stood at $90.05 billion.

That was down 1.18% from $91.13 billion a week earlier and 21.25% below the year-to-date level of $114.36 billion.

Ethereum retained the largest share of chain TVL with $50.36 billion, or 55.92% of the total, followed by Base at $6.15 billion, Solana at $6.02 billion, Tron at $5.55 billion and BSC at $5.35 billion.

Weekly performance was mixed. Arbitrum rose 4.23%, Robinhood Chain gained 2.14% and Avalanche advanced 1.29%. Solana declined 3.02%, BSC fell 2.92% and Polygon dropped 2.7%.

Protocol count Ethereum 1,877, Arbitrum 1,038, Base 900, Polygon 726 and Avalanche 564.

By category TVL, CEX ranked first at $307.38 billion, followed by Bridge at $57.84 billion, Liquid Staking at $55.63 billion, Lending at $52.18 billion and Staking Pool at $14.68 billion.

Category performance also varied. CDP fell 4.48%, Dexs declined 2.89% and Liquid Staking lost 2.3%. Basis Trading surged 146.79%, while Onchain Capital Allocator gained 45.29% and Risk Curators rose 12.02%.

Among DeFi protocols, Lido ranked first by TVL at $23.67 billion.

Aave V3 followed with $17.18 billion, ahead of SSV Network at $12.84 billion, Morpho Blue at $11.04 billion and Binance staked ETH at $9.12 billion.

All listed protocols posted weekly declines. Babylon Protocol was nearly unchanged at minus 0.05%, while SparkLend fell 0.23% and Aave V3 declined 0.9%. EigenCloud dropped 2.81%, Lido lost 2.77% and ether.fi Stake fell 2.45%.

This article is based on market data and chart analysis and does not constitute investment advice regarding any asset.