DeFi Liquidity Pool TVL Calculator
Computes total TVL and per LP token value of a DeFi liquidity pool from both asset amounts, prices and LP supply.
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DeFi pool TVL
TVL (Total Value Locked) adds up the dollar value of every asset deposited in a DeFi protocol. The formula is TVL = ฮฃ (quantity_token ร price_token). Take a liquidity pool holding 1,000 ETH at US$3,000 and 3,000,000 USDC at US$1, and you land at TVL = US$6,000,000. Across the whole DeFi ecosystem, TVL tends to swing somewhere between US$100B and US$200B. The usual names at the top are Lido (liquid staking), Aave (lending), Uniswap (DEX) and Maker DAO (CDP). If you want it tracked live across every chain and protocol, DeFi Llama is where most people look.
Applications
People use it to size up DeFi projects by how deep the liquidity runs and how much trust a protocol has earned. It also helps estimate ROI for LPs (fees รท TVL ร time) and decide where to put capital across chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Solana or Base. There is a risk angle too: when TVL falls off a cliff, it often means an exploit happened or money is fleeing. For funds and analysts, TVL is the headline number for ranking protocols, read together with volume and fees.
FAQ
Does high TVL mean safety? Only up to a point. It tells you there is trust and liquidity, but smart contract risk is still there: audits, oracles and governance all matter.
Why does TVL fluctuate so much? Two reasons. Token prices move, so ETH dropping 20% drags TVL down even if nobody withdraws, and capital keeps shifting from one protocol to another.
What is "double counting"? It happens when the same asset shows up in more than one protocol, like stETH sitting on both Lido and Aave. DeFi Llama strips that out to report a "real" TVL.
How to find safe LP pools? Lean toward pools with TVL above US$10M, protocols that have been audited, blue-chip pairs such as ETH/USDC, and fees that stay steady on places like Uniswap v3, Curve and Balancer.
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