Top Blockchains by TVL: Which one is growing the fastest?

Why Stable, Monad and Base lead the major blockchains in the TVL rankings

The latest blockchain TVL rankings reveal the performance of major networks in terms of the growth in total lockings in 30 days. Simply put, the total locked position is the total amount of crypto assets stored in the blockchain DeFi protocol, lending market and liquidity pool. When it climbs sharply in as short as 30 days, it usually means that some specific event has occurred along the chain-such as a new integration, product launch, or an influx of new capital.

Top public chains ranked by 30-day TVL growth rate

Stable: +185%, Tether-supported stablecoin payment dedicated Layer 1

Monad: +78.77%, high-speed, EVM-compatible Layer 1

Gnosis: +44.72%, payment-focused Ethereum sidechains

Mezo: +27.69%, Bitcoin native DeFi and lending layer

Base: +9.04%, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2

Ethereum: +7.21%, the largest smart contract platform

Vaulta: +5.93%, formerly known as EOS, now focuses on Web3 banking

Optimism: +5.83%, Ethereum Layer 2, OP Main Network

It's worth noting that almost all chains with the fastest growth rates are smaller, newer networks. This is normal in the field of encryption. A chain with a low starting TVL can achieve a huge percentage jump with a small amount of new capital; a giant like Ethereum needs billions of dollars to change growth rates by a few percentage points.

Stable: stablecoin payment track's new edge

Stable is a Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for stablecoin payments that directly uses USDT as a native Gas token rather than a stand-alone volatility token. The project is supported by Tether, the company behind USDT, and has direct institutional credibility in the stablecoin field. Its main website will be launched on December 8, 2025 and is one of the latest chains in this list. CoinEx is the first first-tier exchange to launch STABLE tokens, and the coins are posted on the same day of launch. STABLE has a market value of approximately $838 million, although the actual TVL on the chain is still quite small, which is why a small amount of new deposits can generate such a huge percentage jump.

Reason for ranking first: The growth rate of +185% is more than twice that of the second-ranked chain. Such a gap can only occur on a chain so new and small-a TVL base of just a few million dollars means that even a large stablecoin deposit can almost triple the total in a month.

Monad: High-performance EVM compatible chain

Monad is a Layer 1 blockchain designed to be fully compatible with Ethereum's tools and smart contracts, while achieving faster transaction speeds through parallel processing. Its main network will be launched in late November 2025, so it is also a fairly new network. The market value is approximately US$266 million, and the circulation supply is approximately 11.8 billion MON tokens, with a total supply of 100 billion. Recent official developments include MetaMask's launch of the "Money Account" revenue feature on Monad, and Aave's deployment of its lending market directly online with the support of the Monad Foundation. The two important integrations were implemented almost at the same time, which is likely to be the main driving force for this growth.

Top reasons: Monad's +78.77% is less than half of Stable, but still more than twice as much as the third place chain. This scale is appropriate for a network that already has a real sizeable TVL (over $450 million), rather than a near-empty chain-meaning growth reflects real new capital from MetaMask and Aave, rather than simply the result of small base amplification deposits.

Gnosis: The old public chain for deep-rooted payments

Gnosis Chain has actually existed since 2015, initially incubated by ConsenSys, with a long-term focus on making decentralized payments truly available. Its ecosystem includes Gnosis Pay, a payment product linked to bank cards, as well as Circles and Metri for open banking use cases. The market value of GNO tokens is approximately US$277 million. Since Gnosis has been positioning itself around real payments infrastructure rather than speculative DeFi for years, this peak in growth is likely to reflect a resurgence of activity in the payments space.

Reason for being at the forefront: The growth rate of +44.72% is much lower than Monad, but clearly ahead of Mezo, who placed fourth. This mid-range position suits a chain that is not entirely new-it already has a real TVL and a mature user base, so growth looks more like a real rebound in payment activity than a low-base effect.

Mezo: Bitcoin Native DeFi Rising Star

Mezo is a Bitcoin native DeFi layer that allows BTC holders to borrow and earn income without having to sell Bitcoin or rely on encapsulated tokens. Users lock in BTC to get a position called veBTC, and the benefits come from real activities within the ecosystem (such as cross-chain bridges and redemption fees) rather than simply token emissions. The project is supported by well-known crypto investors such as Pantera Capital and Multicoin Capital. The native coordination token MEZO was publicly released in January 2026 and is still in its early stages, with a market value not yet as widely established as the more mature chains on the list. Given how novel the ecosystem is, this rapid percentage growth fits a typical pattern of small bases attracting the first real deposits.

is at the top: Mezo's +27.69% is about one-third of Gnosis, but still close to three times that of the next chain. The sharp decline after the top three suggests that Mezo has passed its initial near-zero base phase, but is still small, so stable early deposits of the new Bitcoin DeFi product can significantly drive percentage changes.

Base: Coinbase's Layer 2 main force

Base is Coinbase's own Ethereum Layer 2 network. Unlike most chains on the list, it does not have a separate native token, but uses ETH as a Gas fee. Since its launch in 2023, it has become one of the most active Ethereum expansion networks, with TVL currently reaching billions of dollars. Base has recently shifted to running more of its own independent technology stacks rather than relying entirely on Optimism's shared toolkits, giving it more control over its upgrade pace. A steady stream of new applications and stablecoin activity has kept Base deposits rising, and this increase shows that this trend has not slowed down.

is at the forefront: There is a significant drop from Mezo's +27.69% to Base's +9.04%, which is the transition point of the list from a small early chain to a large mature chain. For a chain whose TVL has exceeded $4 billion, single-digit percentages still represent hundreds of millions of dollars in new deposits-a vastly different scale of growth than the smaller chain above.

Ethereum: The unshakable king of smart contracts

Ethereum is still far the largest smart contract platform in terms of TVL and market capitalization. Its market value is approximately US$230 billion, ranking second in the total market value of cryptocurrencies, second only to Bitcoin. Continued inflows of institutional products have consolidated Ethereum's position, including tokenized funds settled directly on the main network by major asset management companies. There are also a series of technical upgrades underway to the network that aim to increase scalability and reduce the risk of centralization. Even a growth rate of 7.21% represents a large amount of new capital, just because the TVL base that Ethereum already holds is too large.

Reason for being at the forefront: Ethereum's +7.21% is slightly lower than Base, but it is applied to a TVL base that is nearly ten times that of Base (nearly US$40 billion). This is where just looking at percentages can be misleading: In absolute dollar terms, Ethereum is likely to attract more new capital this month than all the other chains on the list combined.

Vaulta: Web3 bank transformed from EOS

Vaulta is a rebrand of EOS, one of the older Layer 1 public chains that will shift its entire focus to Web3 banking starting in 2025. The rebranding includes a 1:1 token swap (from EOS to Vaulta's new token), while focusing on wealth management, consumer payments, portfolio management and insurance as core areas. Vaulta integrates the Bitcoin native virtual chain exSat, allowing BTC to be used for revenue and lending products without the need to encapsulate tokens or external cross-chain bridges. The total supply of tokens is capped at 123.85 million, and a halving emission plan is adopted approximately every four years. As a rebranded and repositioned network still building its Web3 banking vision, this growth may reflect renewed attention following a strategic shift.

is at the top: Vaulta's +5.93% is only slightly higher than Optimism at the bottom of the list, both in the 5-6% range. This puts it in the more mature, larger-market-value network camp, rather than the new chain with a near-blank top-meaning that growth reflects a real but moderate recovery in activity rather than a low-base effect.

Optimism: Robust performance of OP main nets

OP Mainnet is the original Ethereum Layer 2 built by the Optimism team, with OP tokens used for network governance. The market value is approximately US$229 million. Optimism governance has approved a plan to use half of the new revenue from the broader Superchain partner network to continue to repurchase OP tokens. The ecosystem has also undergone a significant change recently: Base, its largest and most active partner chain, has chosen to move to its own independent technology stack. Even so, the OP main network's own TVL recorded positive growth for 30 days, indicating that activity on the core chain remained stable.

is at the top: The growth rate of +5.83% is the smallest in the entire list, only a few tenths of a percentage point lower than Vaulta. For a mature Layer 2 that already has hundreds of millions of dollars in TVL, this is indeed a moderate but still positive growth rate, in line with the trend that mature networks remain stable rather than shrinking or ushering in a new wave of capital.

Summary

Across this list, the fastest-growing chains all have one thing in common: They are either brand new, recently repositioned, or serve narrow, specific use cases rather than trying to cover everything. Stable and Monad benefited from being truly new networks, receiving the first important integrations. Gnosis and Vaulta are both older projects that have been revitalized by a shift to payments or banking. Mezo is an early Bitcoin DeFi project still looking for a foothold. Base, Ethereum and Optimism ended with more solid, moderate growth, reflecting their status as larger, more mature networks.

This doesn't tell you which chain will perform best in the future, because TVL growth reflects what has happened, not what is about to happen. But it is indeed a real, real-time signal of where current capital and developer attention are focused-a completely different picture from simply looking at the total market value.

Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be regarded as financial or investment advice. The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile, and TVL data may change rapidly. Before making any investment decisions, be sure to use official sources to conduct independent research.