DefiLlama is the largest freely accessible data platform for decentralized finance (DeFi). It shows how much capital sits in crypto protocols such as Aave, Lido or Uniswap, how much these protocols earn in fees, which stablecoins are in circulation and what yields pools are currently paying. The data is free, available without registration, and the methodology is public. On November 3, 2026, according to DefiLlama, $81.8 billion was locked in DeFi, 53.9 percent below the record of November 9, 2021. How to read TVL, fees, revenue, stablecoins and yields correctly, and where even experienced investors take a wrong turn, we show here using our own analysis of DefiLlama data.
DefiLlama at a glance: the key numbers
- On November 3, 2026, $81.8 billion sat in DeFi protocols, compared with $144.5 billion a year earlier.
- Ethereum accounts for $43.6 billion of that, or 53.2 percent; DefiLlama tracks 290 blockchains with locked capital.
- Measured in ether, the capital on Ethereum fell by only 7.8 percent since November 3, 2025; in dollars, by 46.9 percent.
- In the 30 days to November 2, 2026, users paid $2.27 billion in fees, of which $1.25 billion stayed with the protocols.
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