ChainCatcher reported that according to Cointelegraph, investment management company Apollo Crypto released a report highlighting the potential for a second round of growth in decentralized finance (DeFi), and viewed macroeconomic factors such as the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts and China’s credit expansion as key drivers of DeFi growth.

The report noted that after the peak of the "Summer of DeFi" in 2020, the market slowed down. However, protocols such as Maker, Uniswap, and Aave have become mainstream in the industry. As of now, the total TVL of DeFi is about $105 billion.

The report also mentioned decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure, saying that “the past few years have focused on building cryptocurrency infrastructure” to establish “large amounts of cheap block space.” This allows DApps to access block space at “higher performance speeds” and reduce transaction costs on L2 scaling solutions.