DeFi TVL Ranking & Protocol Anomalies

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Weekly DeFi TVL ranking, top winners and losers, protocol-level anomaly explanations (yields, flash-loan attacks, governance vote results)

DeFi TVL Ranking & Protocol Anomalies06/08/2026, 11:31:34 PM

DeFi Week 24: TVL drops 9.3%, apxUSD breaks peg

Total DeFi TVL fell $7.42B to $72.24B (-9.31%) in Week 24 — the steepest single-week drop of 2026 — driven by the June 5 liquidation cascade. The apxUSD stablecoin depegged to $0.90 on STRC collateral stress; three exploits totaled ~$2.01M; Arbitrum DAO passed its Foundation budget temp check and Nova wind-down vote.

DeFi TVL Ranking & Protocol Anomalies06/01/2026, 11:35:32 PM

DeFi Week 23 — $17M in exploits, TVL drops to $79.7B, CFTC greenlights Bitcoin perps

Total DeFi TVL fell for the second consecutive week to $79.66B (-3.15%), with six confirmed exploits totaling ~$17.3M — led by DxSale’s $7.3M ownership-override attack on BNB Chain, Gravity Bridge’s $5.4M signing-key compromise, and New Market Trading’s $3.98M Gnosis Safe module exploit. Gnosis Pay’s Zodiac Delay Module remained under active attack at week’s close with losses unquantified. On the regulatory front, the CFTC approved the first US-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contract and CME went 24/7 on the same day (May 29). Uniswap’s fee-and-burn now covers 13 chains; Arbitrum’s Foundation faces delegate pushback on a $45M funding request.

DeFi TVL Ranking & Protocol Anomalies05/18/2026, 11:09:56 PM

Bridges keep breaking: $23M drained in two days as DeFi TVL holds at $85.6B

$22.38M stolen from THORChain and the Verus-Ethereum bridge in 48 hours pushes 2026's bridge-exploit total to $328.6M. DeFi TVL holds at ~$85.6B. Aave's Arbitrum governance vote clears 30,765 ETH for victim recovery; Mantle DAO adds 30,000 ETH backstop; rsETH bridging restarts after 26-day pause.

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