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Ethereum and Solana Vie for DeFi Dominance as 2025 Ushers in New Scaling Solutions

07/15/2025

Ethereum and Solana Vie for DeFi Dominance as 2025 Ushers in New Scaling Solutions

Ethereum and Solana are in the midst of an old-fashioned Western showdown right now, gunning for dominance in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. As 2025 approaches, both platforms are introducing highly-anticipated second-generation scaling solutions that are set to transform their ecosystems. Ethereum, the widely acknowledged frontrunner, is doubling down on...

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HyperEVM’s Layer 1 has experienced remarkable growth in Total Value Locked (TVL). This increase is propelled by the recently concluded explosion of decentralized applications (dApps) and an exciting initial HYPE airdrop. Since launching in February, the ecosystem has experienced record transaction volumes and application development. The airdrop, one of the...

Stellar (XLM) is arguably the biggest success story in the booming cryptocurrency market of late, as the digital coin has skyrocketed in value over the last seven days. In the past 24 hours, trading volumes for the digital asset have shot well above $3 billion. This increase has launched it...

Solana is fiercely competing with Ethereum’s supremacy in the blockchain space with ongoing, impactful network updates and millions of dollars in funding. Recent improvements, like the Firedancer and Alpenglow upgrades, dramatically increase how fast each transaction can be processed and lessen the wait time for transactions in general. Yet, these...

Ethereum’s Total Value Locked (TVL) has seen an impressive spike, rising close to 11% to around $72.1 billion. This growth further cements Ethereum’s top spot in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Solana and BNB Smart Chain (BSC) had equally astonishing rises. At the same time, other networks performed varied in...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made it clear that there’s no way around the need for a 180-degree turn on how this blockchain does things. This change is the latest development in a broader trend to improve both scalability and privacy at the protocol level on Ethereum itself. Buterin’s vision...

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Layer 2 solutions such as Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon are leading the charge to scale Ethereum and other Layer 1 blockchains. Such technologies increase the speed of transactions, lower costs and make decentralized applications more efficient. At the same time Layer 2 protocols make security and decentralization of Layer 1...

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