DeFi Daily – April 18, 2025

Total Value Locked (TVL): $97.3B (+1.8% 24h)

Top Protocols by TVL:

Lido – $27.5B

Aave – $13.1B

MakerDAO – $10.8B

Top Movers (24h):

$RPL: +8.6%

$AAVE: +6.2%

$DYDX: +5.4%

Fresh Alpha:

Uniswap v4 launch date leaked — hooks and custom pools coming soon.

Curve deploys on Base — expanding reach and TVL.

Balancer DAO passes vote to sunset some pools — rebalancing incentives.

Quick Take:

Yield opportunities are heating up across L2s. zkSync and Base seeing growing activity — might be worth a deeper dive!

Pro Tip:

Don’t forget to factor in impermanent loss when farming. High APY isn’t always high profit.

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