Ethereum 2025: DeFi surpasses $99 billion, L2 fees below $0.01, ecosystem experiencing strong growth

2026-01-07 01:10:03

Ethereum has officially released its 2025 ecosystem summary report highlighting many key milestones. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi on Ethereum has surpassed $99 billion, reflecting continued strong demand and liquidity growth. Stablecoin transaction volume reached $18.8 trillion, reinforcing Ethereum’s central role in on-chain financial infrastructure.

Notably, transaction fees on Layer 2 networks have dropped below $0.01, while the average throughput of Rollups has exceeded 5,600 TPS for the first time, demonstrating significant scalability improvements. ETF funds and strategic reserves now hold over $35 billion worth of ETH. The on-chain real-world assets (RWA) sector also recorded a total issuance value exceeding $12 billion.

To date, Ethereum has deployed over 88 million smart contracts, with a peak of 1.74 million transactions per day and approximately 32,000 active developers.

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