Optimism has seen an increase in cross-chain transfers, while Base Dex transactions dominates, with Ethereum consistently down.
Defi -markets recently experienced major shifts. According to Dune Analytics, Optimism has seen significant growth in cross-chain transfers. At the same time, the basis leads to DEX transactions and reimbursements.
1/ On April 8, @Optimism led all transferred value chains:
$ 410 million
That is almost 40% of all the value that has been moved over large chains in one day
Also in value covered per transaction: 0.22 ETH AVG per transaction pic.twitter.com/4knjhvcwmy
– Dune (@Dune) April 10, 2025
Traders have moved $ 410 million in value transfer to and from optimism. This is considerable, because the figure is good for 40% of all the value that has been moved over large chains. Thanks to interoperability, optimism is becoming increasingly popular for moving the liquidity between Ethereum Layer-2 networks.
Optimism, basic growth depends on interoperability
The key to the position of optimism is his in the pipeline that is open. This improves interoperability, so that other networks can easily communicate with it. This applies in particular to the basis, which is also built on top of the OP -Stapel. Mantle, Worldcoin and Celo include similar chains.
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BASE benefits from the optimism integration and currently leads in the field of DEX transactions and reimbursements. For example, 60% of all Defi transactions are now done on the base. Arbitrum facilitates approximately 25% of the DEX transactions. Ethereum (ETH) transaction times have fallen consistently and on 7 April only 7% of the DEX transactions were presented.
4/ Now let’s talk about use. As we know, most Dex activity no longer happens on Ethereum. Of all DEX transactions:
📊 @Base Leads with ~ 60%
📊 @arbitrum follows with ~ 25%
📊 Ethereum? Simply ~ 7% pic.twitter.com/ioyrrdljbH– Dune (@Dune) April 10, 2025
While Dex’s try to compete with centralized fairs, they leave Ethereum because of the costly gas costs. Since blockchains charge costs for each transaction, this shift also translates into a change in profitability. In particular, base 211 ETH earned in reimbursements on April 7, with arbitrum just behind 170 ETH.
Although Ethereum no longer controls most Dex transactions, it still dominates the total trade volume. Ethereum controls 60% of the $ 3 billion in the daily DEX volume. Base is in second place with 20%, while Arbitrum is in third place, with around 15% of the market.
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