cryptonist

Chains

Bitcoin

Data as of 3 October 2026

Bitcoin is a blockchain with $4.5B of total value locked in DeFi protocols on 3 October 2026, up 9.5% over 30 days, which ranks it 6th of 79 chains tracked here. DefiLlama lists 89 protocols deployed on it. TVL counts assets deposited in protocols at current prices, leaving out liquid staking, bridges and deposits DefiLlama flags as double-counted. It falls when token prices fall, so it tracks usage and price together, not users.

Total value locked, over time

Total value locked, USD: $64.9M at the start of the series, $4.5B at the end. $0 $2.5B $5.0B $7.5B $10.0B Mar 21Aug 22Dec 23May 25Oct 26
Total value locked, USD. Weekly points for the last two years, monthly before. Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026.

Among chains

Total value locked by chain: top 25 of 79 tracked, Bitcoin ranked 6. Source: DefiLlama, 3 October 2026.
#ChainTotal value locked
1 Ethereum $53.4B
2 Solana $6.6B
3 Base $6.4B
4 BSC $5.8B
5 Tron $5.7B
6 Bitcoin $4.5B
7 Arbitrum $1.4B
8 Hyperliquid L1 $1.1B
9 Robinhood Chain $1.1B
10 Monad $1.0B
11 Polygon $757.1M
12 Avalanche $644.1M
13 Bittensor $571.7M
14 Arc $560.6M
15 Sui $539.8M
16 Plasma $506.3M
17 OP Mainnet $488.2M
18 Anubis $431.0M
19 Stellar $270.7M
20 Near $215.7M
21 Ink $208.0M
22 X Layer $168.0M
23 Starknet $163.3M
24 Cronos $159.9M
25 Provenance $150.3M

See all 79 chains

Largest protocols on this chain

Largest protocols on this chain, Bitcoin, 3 October 2026. Source: DefiLlama.
ProtocolTVL on this chain, USD
WBTC (Bridge) $9.9B
Coinbase Bridge (Bridge) $8.1B
Binance Bitcoin (Bridge) $5.8B
Babylon Protocol (Restaking) $3.4B
Kraken Bitcoin (Bridge) $803.1M
Function FBTC (Bridge) $705.6M
Lombard LBTC (Restaked BTC) $680.4M
Unit (Bridge) $560.4M
SolvBTC (Bridge) $524.3M
Lorenzo enzoBTC (Bridge) $510.7M
Merlins Seal (Bridge) $453.3M
tBTC (Decentralized BTC) $363.3M
Lightning Network (Payments) $315.2M
GTBTC (Restaked BTC) $293.6M
b14g (Restaking) $269.2M

Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026, under its open methodology. Figures are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.