After the euphoric highs of Q2, fear and doubt have crept back into crypto markets in recent months.

Amidst the uncertainty Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has shed layers of TVL (Total Value Locked), with the majority of protocol’s losing between 13-18% in USD value on a monthly time frame.

However, despite the market-wide pullback, outperformers have emerged. Which protocols created a liquidity vacuum and expanded their TVL despite ailing markets?

NX FINANCE, LULO LEAD MONTHLY TVL GROWTH
Solana’s DeFi scene has enjoyed newfound momentum and attention throughout 2024. However, the last 30 days indicate a charge in sentiment, with the bulk of Solana protocols suffering significant drops in their TVL.

Despite challenging conditions, several outliers have outperformed the wider market and witnessed continued growth in the face of adversity.

Lending aggregator NX Finance led the charge, enjoying consistent growth in the face of difficult markets. Courtesy of its incentivized rewards program, NX Finance TVL rose 65% in the last 30 days, leading Solana’s top 50 DeFi applications by TVL.

Meanwhile, fellow lending aggregator Lulo Finance continued to rise through the ranks, securing over $30M in Directed Liquidity (DL). With over 92% of its DL, a similar metric similar to TVL, held in stablecoins, Lulo-managed value has increased by 32.27% in the last 30 days.

At first glance, DeFiLlama data suggests that Jupiter’s TVL has risen by 47.22% in the last 30 days. However, this increase is due to the popular analytics platform integrating $jupSOL into Jupiter’s total TVL on August 16, adding approximately $300M worth of funds to the platform.

According to Step Finance data, $jupSOL supply has risen 0.36% in the last 30 days. Coupled with the 2.22% decline in Jupiter perpetual TVL in the same time period, it can be concluded that Jupiter’s total TVL has remained relatively stable in the face of challenging market conditions.

Kamino TVL Climbs Despite Falling Prices
Kamino Finance has been one of Solana DeFi’s most solid performers throughout Q3’s volatility. While lending aggregators like NX Finance and Lulo predominantly hold stablecoins, making them more resilient to market downturn, Kamino accepts deposits from a wider range of more volatile assets.

Despite falling asset prices across the industry, Kamino has emerged as one of Solana’s standout DeFi protocols.

While $SOL price has dropped over 36% since its March 18 high of $202 , Kamino TVL has increased by 12% in USD terms. Denominated in SOL, Kamino TVL has risen by 76% in the same time frame.

JUPITER DOMINATES PERPETUAL TVL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Jupiter’s perpetual DEX platform shows no sign of relinquishing its iron grip on derivatives dominance. One of Solana’s largest DeFi protocols, Jupiter’s perpetual DEX is currently the largest onchain derivatives market in the crypto industry.

Boasting over $657M in TVL, Jupiter dominates perpetual market share. According to DeFiLlama data, the Solana-based platform currently accounts for 18.82% of onchain derivatives TVL across the industry.

While Jupiter boasts the highest TVL across all perpetual DEXes, its closest rival still witnesses higher trading volumes. During August, Hyperliquid handled $34 .6B in trading volume compared to Jupiter’s $15 .1B. It’s worth noting that Hyperliquid’s high volume could attributed to its points program, which is expected to influence token allocations ahead of the protocol’s upcoming airdrop

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Daily Memecoin Recap - August 11

Market is slower compared to a couple days ago, but it's always to be expected on weekends

Runners Of The Day
$crocs -> $1m to $36m (36x), "Crocs In Sport Mode", dog meme
$hazel -> hit $3 .2m, dog with food on his head, $michi dev (ATH $300m +)

Crying Animals
$crying -> hit $10m , "crying cat", old coin that pushed today (was dead before), lots of KOLs involved & whale buys
$crying -> hit $850k , "crying dog", CTO, same dev as crying cat, pumped after crying cat's success

Elon Meta
$grok2 -> hit $2 .55m, elonmusk
tweeted that Grok 2 beta will be out soon

Dog Memes
$boppy -> $452k to $1 .45m (3.2x), CTO, ATH at $2 .3m 2+ weeks ago
$coby -> hit $500k
$mok -> hit $330k
$dawg -> hit $240k , "dawg in me"

More Cooks
$kolt -> $725k to $4 .9m (6.76x), team continues to push, slow cook that heavily pushed today
$eric -> $356k to $1 .3m (3.65x), launched on dexscreener
's moonshot 2 days ago
$slc -> hit $1 .3m, "Soltoshi Nakamato, the creator of Solcoin", dev locked 71% of supply
$qcat -> hit $840k , "Quantum Cat"
$ariel -> hit $800k , cat meme, launched a couple days ago
$weiner -> hit $750k
$knobgob -> hit $750k , Matt Furie meme Matt_Furie

$usdc -> hit 700k, "Unstoppable Salmon Doing Cocaine", similar vibe to $scf , ticker is a play on the stablecoin
$miki -> hit $470k , "Ikea Monkey", CTO
$P1SS -> hit $440k , Mercedes CLR GTR-P1SS, pushed by influencers
$karen -> hit $260k , good meme on karens

A lot of coins dropping without a specific meta

The consistent amount of volume that memes have been getting (regardless of market conditions) over the last 5+ months is one of the most impressive things I've seen in crypto

Will we get a bullish end of year?

Daily Memecoin Recap - June 27

The market is still struggling to find a concrete meta

In this market, the key is to adapt & be versatile

Trump vs Biden Debate
$usa -> $16 .6m to $43m (2.6x from the low)
$usacto -> hit $3m , "America CTO"
$bboden -> hit $583k , POTUS as a redacted baby
$joever -> hit $550k , "It's Joever"
$sloe -> hit $450k , "Sloppy Joe"

Gavin Newsom Replacing Joe Biden
$noosum -> $1 .1m to $9 .2m (8.36x), redacted Newsom
$newsum -> $440k to $3 .4m (7.7x), another redacted Newsom
$newsom -> $91k to $2 .3m (25.5x)
- After Joe Biden's poor performance, people are saying that democrats should replace him with GavinNewsom

Viral Meme "Daddy Chill" Launch
$chill -> hit $4 .75m,

Amber Rose Launch
$muva -> hit $8 .3m,

Kimi Reaches $300m +
$kimi -> hit $330m , heavily bundled, launched on pumpdotfun
$kimi -> hit $1m , "KIMI-burn"

Cat Memes
$sc -> $3 .5m to $9 .9m (2.82x), "Star Cat", strong CTO
$bobby -> $1 .4m to $6 .6m (4.71x), CTO
$tiny -> hit $1 .7m, dev is doxxed, using his own cat

Dog Memes
$spot -> hit $1 .8m, 180+ people in vc
$bullseye -> hit $470k , "Target Dog", CTO

Long-Term Cooks
$popcat -> $220m to $625m (2.84x from the low)
$ponke -> $131m to $232 .9m (1.77x from the low)
$michi -> $44m to $155m (3.52x from the low)

More Plays
$aura -> $4 .9m to $11m (2.24x), good team
$spike -> $595k to $1 .8m (3x), another $spike launched which seemed like a honeypot, people bought into the OG spike for a bounce
$moonwif -> $120k to $420k (3.5x), launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$otty -> hit $1 .8m, Otter Meme, CTO

CTO's are a meta in & of itself.

Most of these CTO coins would not have pumped as much if the dev never sold