Defi soar with tokens stocks, but user activity moves to NFT


The liquidity locked on decentralized financing requests (DEFI) reached a record of $ 270 billion in July, partly driven by the growth of token shares.

Dappradar data shows The total locked value (TVL) in the Defi protocols jumped 30% per month, while active portfolios for tokenized stocks went from around 1,600 to more than 90,000, increasing their market capitalization by 220%.

Meanwhile, NFT’s negotiation volumes jumped 96% to $ 530 million during the month. The average NFT price has also doubled at around $ 105, while other users have engaged with the market.

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NFT activity ends before DEFI

While the DEFI liquidity has climbed, users’ attention has moved elsewhere. In July, around 3.85 million of the 22 million daily active portfolios interacted with the DAPP NFT – a little more than active in DEFI.

Marketplace Blur based in Ethereum has led a large part of the activity, capturing up to 80% of NFT’s daily volume, while Opensea exceeded active users at around 27,000 merchants. Zora also gained momentum with its creative layer layer layer 2 and the zora token for a low cost strike.

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The big brands have continued to experiment with NFT. Nike.swoosh has teamed up with EA Sports for Virtual Sneaker Drops, and Louis Vuitton, Rolex and Coca-Cola (China) have launched authentication and collection pilots.

NFT’s volume of exchanges also increased by around 36% in July to $ 530 million, compared to $ 389 million in June, although it is still down compared to its summit in 2025 of $ 997 million in January.

Source: DAPP radar

As Cointelegraph reported, there was a resurgence of interest in And NFT collections Like cryptopunks. NFT soil price data show that the collection based on Ethereum increased by more than 25% last month.

In the past 24 hours, nine of the 10 best sales of NFT were Cryptopunks: The only non -punk sale being an NFT of the Beeble Artist Beeble.

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The NFT market is still far from its 2021 boom

Despite the rebound in July, NFTs are still disappointing compared to past peaks. The Dappradar industry in 2024 preview shows that NFT’s negotiation volume fell 19% over the year, and heads of sales decreased 18%, making 2024 one of the lowest years since 2020.

Cryptoslam data for H1 2025 still underline the slowness of recovery: NFT sales totaled $ 2.82 billiondown 4.6% compared to the second half of 2024.

Although there was a notable resurgence in July, with the volume of negotiation and the prices of the floor increasing, the market still well below its summits in 2021, when the trading volumes reached dozens of billion.

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