The cryptomarkt in 2025 is confronted with intense turbulence. The capitalization of once hot trends as Meme Coins has plummeted. Capital has flowed from the decentralized finance (Defi) protocols and the total value of Defi locked (TVL) has fallen from $ 120 billion to around $ 87 billion.
Sonic stands out in this context. It has consistently reached New TVLs and reached $ 1 billion in April after almost 40 times since the start of the year. So what makes Sonic a bright spot in the midst of a stormy market?
Investors pour capital in Sonic
Sonic has left his mark with a fast TVL growth rate, which greatly surpasses many well-known block chains. According to Defillama, Sonic reached $ 1 billion in TVL within 66 days. For comparison: Sui lasted 505 days and APTOS needed 709.
Race to $ 1 billion in TVL. Source: Decentralized
This performance reflects a strong capital inflow in the sonic ecosystem despite the broader Defi trend of the withdrawal of capital. Data from Artemis support this and rank Sonic as the second highest Netflow protocol this year-Alleen based on base, a blockchain supported by Coinbase.
Top 20 net flows. Source: Artemis
The growth goes beyond TVL figures. The Sonic ecosystem attracts various projects, including derivative exchanges such as Aark Digital and Shadow Exchange and protocols such as snake finance, Equalizer0x and beets. These projects still have small TVLs, but they have the potential to attract new users and capital, so that the momentum of Sonic is fueled.
However, the question remains: can this capital inflow remain sustainable while the market is fluctuating?
Andre Cronje about the potential and strengths of Sonic
Andre Cronje, the developer behind Sonic, shared his ambition in an interview to push this blockchain further than his competitors.
“Sonic has Sub-200 milliseconde finality, faster than human responsiveness,” said Andre Cronje.
According to Cronje, Sonic is not just about speed. The platform also focuses on improving both user and developer experience. He explained that 90% of the transaction costs go to Dapp, not to Validators, creating developers to convert for developers.
Unlike other block chains, such as Ethereum, which are limited by long block times, Sonic uses an improved virtual machine that theoretically processes up to 400,000 transactions per second. Cronje, however, acknowledges that the current question should not push the network at full capacity. Nevertheless, these technical benefits of Sonic make a compelling option for developers looking for more user -friendly Dapps.
He also revealed new functions on Sonic that have the potential to attract users.
“If your first contact point with a user is to download this wallet and then buy this token at a fair, you have lost 99.9% of your users. They will go Google off-email password, fingerprint, face, what it is, to get access to the Dapp and communicate with it, and they never have to know about Sonic or Tokenje.
Risks and challenges forward
Despite reaching impressive milestones, Sonic is not immune to risk. The price of his token, s, has fallen considerably from his peak. According to Beincrypto, it has fallen by around 20% in the past month – from $ 0.60 to $ 0.47 – the volatility of the wider market.
Sonic (s) Price performance. Source: Beincrypto
In addition, Grayscale Sonic recently removed from the April Asset consideration list. This decision reflects a shift in the expectations of the fund and calls for concern about the ability of Sonic to maintain his TVL as an investor sentiment.
Sonic is also confronted with fierce competition from other powerful chains such as Solana and Base. Although Sonic has a clear advantage in speed, the long-term acceptance will depend on whether the ecosystem can deliver its real value, not only high TVL figures.
