DeFi sectors
As of 23 Oct 2026, each of the 26 DeFi sectors below holds at least five of the protocols we track. They follow DefiLlama's categories, with the bridge categories merged into one. Bridges is the largest by value locked.
| # | Sector | Value locked | 7d | Protocols | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridges | $76.28B | +6.9% | 120 | LayerZero V2 |
| 2 | Liquid staking | $54.58B | −0.9% | 108 | Lido |
| 3 | Lending | $52.89B | −0.5% | 109 | Aave V3 |
| 4 | Staking pools | $14.38B | −1.0% | 14 | SSV Network |
| 5 | DEXs | $13.81B | +2.8% | 185 | Uniswap V3 |
| 6 | Restaking | $9.83B | −0.1% | 6 | EigenCloud |
| 7 | Risk curators | $9.62B | +1.6% | 47 | Steakhouse Financial |
| 8 | On-chain capital allocators | $9.39B | +0.6% | 33 | Spark Liquidity Layer |
| 9 | CDPs | $7.77B | +0.5% | 29 | Sky Lending |
| 10 | Basis trading | $7.59B | −1.0% | 23 | Ethena USDe |
| 11 | Yield | $4.62B | −2.4% | 60 | Spark Savings |
| 12 | Real-world assets | $4.09B | −1.6% | 49 | Ethena USDtb |
| 13 | Derivatives | $1.96B | −3.2% | 41 | Jupiter Perpetual Exchange |
| 14 | Yield aggregators | $1.24B | +1.7% | 30 | CIAN Yield Layer |
| 15 | Liquid restaking | $1.23B | −2.8% | 11 | Kelp |
| 16 | Anchored BTC | $640.6M | +2.6% | 6 | Bedrock uniBTC |
| 17 | Decentralised BTC | $382.5M | +0.2% | 5 | tBTC |
| 18 | Yield farms | $338.0M | −33.4% | 13 | Stellar DeFi Hub |
| 19 | Payments | $311.8M | −1.5% | 6 | Lightning Network |
| 20 | Index protocols | $300.0M | +0.3% | 7 | SoSoValue Indexes |
| 21 | Token lockers | $284.5M | +0.2% | 7 | UNCX Network V2 |
| 22 | Leveraged farming | $269.7M | −5.8% | 6 | Yield Basis |
| 23 | Launchpads | $233.2M | −0.8% | 12 | PinkSale |
| 24 | Liquidity managers | $226.3M | −1.9% | 10 | Kamino Liquidity |
| 25 | Dual-token stablecoins | $198.7M | −8.8% | 5 | fx Protocol |
| 26 | Insurance | $175.0M | −0.3% | 5 | Nexus Mutual |
