
DeFi TVL fell 3.35% to $88.89B in the week to 18 October while the ether-denominated book rose 2.06% for a second week; $543M landed in two Base curator books on 13 October, UNCX's exploit carried three different price tags, and Spark passed a 100M sUSDS bridge to Arbitrum.
| Metric | Verified reading | Strategic significance |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate DeFi TVL | $91.9730B to $88.8945B; -$3.0785B / -3.3472% 1 | Ether fell 5.30% over the same days, so the ether-denominated book rose 2.06%, the second weekly gain in a row. |
| Largest dollar gainer | Grove Finance: +$294.1M; $1.082B to $1.376B 4 | Almost all of it arrived on Base in one day, 13 October, while Base's own chain total fell. 5 |
| Largest dollar loser | Lido: -$1.282B; $24.622B to $23.340B 4 | Down 5.21% in dollars and up 0.09% in ether terms: the book kept its customers through the fall. 6 |
| Largest one-day step | Grove +$315.0M and Steakhouse +$227.9M on Base, 13 October 5 | Two curator books on one chain in one day; Base's total fell 2.1% that day. 7 |
| Largest security incident | UNCX Vesting V2, 14 October 8 | $86,000 on the feed, about $1.49M per Blockaid, and about $807,000 per UNCX's own report. 9 |
| Binding governance outcome | Spark passes the 100M sUSDS bridge to Arbitrum 10 | PSM3 held 32.6M sUSDS on 8 October; the same spell cuts SparkLend's WETH slope 2 from 75% to 30%. 11 |
| Highest displayed APY | Aerodrome Slipstream CTR-USDC: 234,163.83% at $0.6M TVL 12 | Emissions supply 234,158.61 of those points; base swap fees supply 5.23%. |
| Metric | 12 October | 18 October | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total DeFi TVL | $91.9730B | $88.8945B | -3.35% 1 |
| Ether price | $2,534.63 | $2,400.31 | -5.30% 2 |
| Bitcoin price | $83,690.87 | $81,408.35 | -2.73% 13 |
| Solana price | $111.25 | $103.36 | -7.09% 14 |
| Hyperliquid price | $86.62 | $77.98 | -9.97% 15 |
| DeFi TVL measured in ether | 36.287M ETH | 37.035M ETH | +2.06% 1 |
| Chain | TVL, 18 October | Share of total | 7-day change | Same change in ether |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | $49.4746B | 55.66% 16 | -4.34% 17 | +1.01% |
| Base | $6.1461B | 6.91% 16 | -1.54% 18 | +3.97% |
| Solana | $5.8961B | 6.63% 16 | -5.25% 19 | +0.05% |
| Tron | $5.5769B | 6.27% 16 | -0.96% 20 | +4.58% |
| BSC | $5.5712B | 6.27% 16 | -0.38% 21 | +5.20% |
| Bitcoin | $4.3553B | 4.90% 16 | -2.57% 22 | +2.88% |
| Arbitrum | $1.3998B | 1.57% 16 | +1.23% 23 | +6.89% |
| Robinhood Chain | $1.0742B | 1.21% 16 | +1.57% 24 | +7.25% |
| Hyperliquid L1 | $1.0136B | 1.14% 16 | -8.86% 25 | -3.76% |
| Monad | $0.9720B | 1.09% 16 | -2.44% 26 | +3.02% |
| Arc | $0.7962B | 0.90% 16 | +40.57% 27 | +48.44% |
| Polygon | $0.6797B | 0.76% 16 | -0.06% 28 | +5.53% |
| Avalanche | $0.5892B | 0.66% 16 | -8.47% 29 | -3.34% |
| Plasma | $0.5557B | 0.63% 16 | +6.48% 30 | +12.43% |
| Starknet | $0.1591B | 0.18% 16 | -4.62% 31 | +0.72% |
change_7d anchors to the same clock time seven days earlier; the window here ends at the 18 October daily snapshot. 4 Three measurement effects decide which number to use.| Protocol | TVL, 12 October | TVL, 18 October | Change | Dollar move | What the series shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Finance | $1.082B | $1.376B | +27.18% | +$294.1M | Base leg $63.4M to $378.4M on 13 October; Ethereum leg -2.9%. 5 |
| Steakhouse Financial | $2.318B | $2.502B | +7.96% | +$184.4M | Base leg +$227.9M on 13 October; Ethereum -$35.9M and Robinhood Chain -$20.0M. 7 |
| PancakeSwap AMM V3 | $0.337B | $0.489B | +45.02% | +$151.9M | BSC leg $270.1M to $424.2M on 17 October, as BSC's chain total rose $319M. 34 |
| Galaxy Curation | $0.035B | $0.125B | +254.83% | +$89.5M | Arc vaults appear at $89.7M on 15 October; Ethereum leg -$0.3M. 36 |
| Keyrock | $0.008B | $0.083B | +994.13% | +$75.7M | Arc vaults appear at $75.0M on 15 October; Ethereum leg +$0.6M. 37 |
| Derive V3 Options | $0.113B | $0.182B | +61.30% | +$69.2M | Ethereum options collateral rose $44M across 15 and 16 October. 38 |
| Spark Savings | $1.609B | $1.674B | +4.07% | +$65.5M | X Layer leg $4.9M to $97.9M on 15 October; Ethereum leg -$32.1M. 39 |
| Falcon Finance | $1.654B | $1.719B | +3.94% | +$65.1M | A steady Ethereum rise across the week. 40 |
| Forward Industries SOL | $0.242B | $0.288B | +19.35% | +$46.8M | Solana leg +$46.8M, tracking the SOL book's own move. 41 |
| Protocol | TVL, 12 October | TVL, 18 October | Change | Dollar move | Ether terms and what the series shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lido | $24.622B | $23.340B | -5.21% | -$1.282B | +0.09%: the whole move is ether's price. 6 |
| Aave V3 | $17.629B | $16.855B | -4.39% | -$774.4M | +0.96%; the Ethereum leg fell 5.26% and Plasma and Monad grew. 42 |
| SSV Network | $13.304B | $12.595B | -5.33% | -$709.0M | -0.03%: flat against ether. 43 |
| Binance staked ETH | $9.457B | $8.980B | -5.04% | -$476.5M | +0.27%: a coin with the index. 44 |
| EigenCloud | $6.621B | $6.214B | -6.15% | -$407.2M | -0.90%; its Ethereum leg fell 6.2%. 45 |
| Sky Lending | $6.035B | $5.666B | -6.11% | -$368.8M | -0.86%; the one large lending book that lost ground. 46 |
| LayerZero V2 | $11.668B | $11.307B | -3.09% | -$360.8M | +2.33%; Ethereum -$376.8M, Polygon +$87.7M. The 19 October step is excluded. 33 |
| Morpho Blue | $11.344B | $11.013B | -2.92% | -$331.5M | +2.51%; Ethereum -$178.8M, Base -$80.9M. 47 |
| ether.fi Stake | $4.844B | $4.594B | -5.15% | -$249.7M | +0.16%; the Ethereum leg fell 5.2%. 48 |
| Starknet Bridge | $0.566B | $0.330B | -41.61% | -$235.5M | -38.34%; the escrow held 3.95B STRK on 12 October and 4.07B on 18 October, while STRK fell 47.63%. 49 |
| USDT0 | $3.318B | $3.115B | -6.13% | -$203.5M | -0.88%; the Ethereum leg fell 6.1%. 50 |
| Hyperliquid Bridge | $6.951B | $6.749B | -2.91% | -$202.4M | +2.52%; the Hyperliquid L1 leg fell 3.0%. 51 |
| SparkLend | $5.200B | $5.042B | -3.03% | -$157.7M | +2.40%: deposits arrived as prices fell. 52 |
| Maple | $2.849B | $2.717B | -4.64% | -$132.2M | +0.70%; the Ethereum leg fell 4.6%. 53 |
| Portal | $1.702B | $1.590B | -6.54% | -$111.3M | -1.31%; Ethereum -5.9% and Algorand -11.5%. 54 |
| Protocol | Chain(s) | Loss on the feed | Best-dated loss | Attack vector | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNCX Network V2 | Ethereum, Base, BSC, Robinhood Chain | $86,000 8 | ~$807,000 extracted, ~$58,000 returned 9 | Share accounting in Vesting V2 9 | Vesting contracts immutable and closed to new positions; LP lockers unaffected 9 |
| Pirate Chain | Pirate Chain | amount temporarily unavailable 8 | first-party figure unavailable | Unbacked mint 8 | Not disclosed |
release() function cut the global share total without removing released shares from a position's record, so a later cancellation deducted the same shares twice, and a tiny leftover position could withdraw tokens backing other users' deposits. 59 The attacker relied on the contract's own bookkeeping.| Protocol (space) | Proposal | Outcome | For / Against | Quorum | What it changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spark (sparkfi.eth) | Arbitrum Spark Liquidity Layer: bridge sUSDS | Passed | 633,160,570 / 0 10 | Not exposed | Moves 100,000,000 sUSDS to the Arbitrum ALM Proxy to restock PSM3. 11 |
Balancer (balancer.eth) | BIP-932: Fork and Reincarnate Without a Grant | Passed | 5,456,213 / 0, 570,269 abstain 62 | 5,000,000, met | Blesses an independent MAXYZ fork with access to security docs and the Immunefi account. 63 |
Balancer (balancer.eth) | BIP-933: Claim Timeless VeBalGrant USDC fees | Passed | 5,180,496 / 0 64 | 5,000,000, met | Releases the USDC fees the Timeless VeBalGrant is owed. |
Abracadabra (abracadabrabymerlinthemagician.eth) | Refined orderly wind-down of MIM and Abracadabra | Passed on its own threshold | 396,163,281 / 0 65 | 3,000,000,000 field; 309,046,858.1 proposed | Empties cauldrons into WETH and airdrops pro rata: borrowers keep collateral minus debt, MIM holders take about $0.04 per MIM. 65 |
Yield Yak (yakherd.eth) | Orderly sunset of Yield Yak | Confirmed | 671,373 / 1,733 66 | 200,000, met | Vaults go withdrawal-only by November, and a treasury of about $290,000 goes to YAK burners in two claims. 66 |
Aave (aavedao.eth) | ARFC: onboard USAT to V3 Core and V4 Core Hub | Passed | 371,321 / 0 67 | Not exposed | USAT is borrowable with a 20M supply cap, 0% LTV and flashloans disabled. 67 |
Gitcoin (gitcoindao.eth) | Lower the Snapshot quorum to 1.5M GTC | Passed | 2,717,121 / 43, 53 abstain 68 | 2,500,000, met | Quorum falls from 2.5M to 1.5M GTC, mirroring the governor upgrade. |
sdCRV (sdcrv-gov.eth) | Three new gauges and an sDOLA borrow-cap increase | Passed | ~20.1M Yes each, one voter each 69 | ~5.34M, met | Gauges for frxUSD/sVUSD, avUSD/savUSD and sDUSD/frxUSD; sDOLA LlamaLend v2 borrow cap to 25M crvUSD. |
StakeDAO (stakedao.eth) | SDGP-79: four-week SDT incentive program | Passed | 6,950,843 / 13,135 70 | Not exposed | 100,000 SDT, plus up to 50,000 in reserve, across three OnlyBoost vaults. |
| Pool | Venue | TVL | Total APY | Base APY | 7-day volume | Last week's APY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETH-USDC on Base | Uniswap V3 | $147.3M | 53.73% | 53.73% | $617.4M | 50.01% 12 |
| WETH-USDT on Ethereum | Uniswap V3 | $94.2M | 29.36% | 29.36% | $205.9M | 28.03% 12 |
| SOL-USDC on Solana | Orca | $28.6M | 50.87% | 50.87% | $861.6M | 49.28% 12 |
| WETH-USDC on Arbitrum | Uniswap V3 | $34.8M | 22.12% | 22.12% | $322.8M | data temporarily unavailable 12 |
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