โข The TVL to Market Cap ratio is a valuation metric used to assess whether a DeFi protocol or blockchain is undervalued or overvalued relative to the actual capital deployed in its smart contracts.
โข How It Works
The ratio is calculated by dividing a protocol's Market Capitalization (the total value of its issued tokens) by its Total Value Locked (TVL) (the value of assets deposited by users) 1 3.
> Ratios below 1.0: Generally suggest a project is undervalued. This indicates the market cap is smaller than the capital users have actually entrusted to the protocol
> Ratios above 1.0: Often suggest overvaluation, where the token's market price exceeds the fundamental value of assets locked in the ecosystem
e.g. Arbitrum has a ratio of 2.6 which means it has over 2.6 times more TVL than its market cap which is a signal often interpreted as extreme undervaluation or high capital efficiency.
โข Benefits: It provides a quick snapshot of "utility vs. price," helping investors identify protocols that have high adoption but haven't yet seen a corresponding price surge.
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Highest TVL : Market Cap for Layer1s
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1๏ธโฃ $ARB
2๏ธโฃ $POL
3๏ธโฃ $HASH
4๏ธโฃ $APT
5๏ธโฃ $HYPE
6๏ธโฃ $AVAX
7๏ธโฃ $TRON
8๏ธโฃ $SUI
9๏ธโฃ $MNT
๐ $CRO
Why this matters to you? ๐
โข The TVL to Market Cap ratio is a valuation metric used to assess whether a DeFi protocol or blockchain is undervalued or overvalued relative to the actual capital deployed in its smart contracts.
โข How It Works
The ratio is calculated by dividing a protocol's Market Capitalization (the total value of its issued tokens) by its Total Value Locked (TVL) (the value of assets deposited by users) 1 3.
> Ratios below 1.0: Generally suggest a project is undervalued. This indicates the market cap is smaller than the capital users have actually entrusted to the protocol
> Ratios above 1.0: Often suggest overvaluation, where the token's market price exceeds the fundamental value of assets locked in the ecosystem
e.g. Arbitrum has a ratio of 2.6 which means it has over 2.6 times more TVL than its market cap which is a signal often interpreted as extreme undervaluation or high capital efficiency.
โข Benefits: It provides a quick snapshot of "utility vs. price," helping investors identify protocols that have high adoption but haven't yet seen a corresponding price surge.