0/ The Ethereum Torch is now lit. The Torch is an NFT honoring the people and values that have shaped Ethereum’s first decade and will help build its future. It will be symbolically passed from wallet to wallet in the 10 days leading up to Ethereum’s 10 year anniversary.

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9/ What started as an idea is now powering millions of transactions, across dozens of protocols and use cases. Finance is evolving: instant, global, and always on. DeFi on Ethereum is the open, trusted foundation for the next decade.

8/ @Superfluid_HQ and @SablierHQ enable real time programmable payments, changing how people and DAOs send salaries, pay for services, and manage funds on Ethereum.

7/ Projects like @yearnfi and @GMX_IO are making DeFi more accessible. Yearn pioneered yield aggregation, automating strategies across protocols, while GMX brings leveraged trading onchain.

6/ DeFi enables privacy and control. @RAILGUN_Project and @0xbowio enable fully private DeFi and shielded transfers. @CoWSwap and @1inch support MEV protection through offchain auctions and aggregators helping people get better prices.

5/ In TradFi, interest rate swaps are a trillion-dollar market. @pendle_fi brings that onchain, letting users trade yield directly. It now has $5B+ in TVL.

4/ @MorphoLabs quietly powers savings products for @coinbase and @lemonapp_ar. New products, like Kraken through @aave on Ink, are positioned to expand these offerings. A sign of DeFi’s scalability and seamless integration.

3/ DeFi protocols on Ethereum are moving billions:. @Uniswap: ~$1B daily swaps.@aave: $50B+ in net deposits.@1inch: $700B+ traded.@SkyEcosystem: $320M annual revenue.@MorphoLabs: $7B+ deposited.@sparkdotfi: $200M revenue.@eulerfinance: $2.5B supplied. & many, many more.

2/ DeFi isn’t just a vision, it’s live, global, and growing. At their peak, Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) accounted for nearly 30% of global spot trading volume, closing in on centralized exchanges.

1/ DeFi started out as an idea, but today it is real: it has expanded financial access to anyone with an internet connection. The current Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi on Ethereum is ~$81.2B.

0/ 11 years ago, the vision for Ethereum was published in the Ethereum Whitepaper. The initial paper included ideas like savings wallets, financial contracts, and financial derivatives. These concepts anticipated what would become known as DeFi.

@ethereumJoseph @Consensys @SharpLinkGaming @audreyt @ManojKGorle @iitdelhi @FreeAlexeyRoman @rstormsf @alex_pertsev @TornadoCash @newmichwill @CurveFinance 8/ Next is @letispires, founder of @pomodoki_app, which gamifies focus using Ethereum. She joined the ecosystem in 2022 and recently won the ETHGlobal Hackathon in Prague exemplifying the next generation of Ethereum builders.

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4/ What started as a vision is now reality. How will you reimagine money and payments for the future?.

3/ Brands like @Shopify and @stripe use stablecoins for payments. People in Argentina and Nigeria use stablecoins to hedge inflation & send cross-boarder payments. Billions are locked in DeFi protocols daily, powering onchain markets.

2/ Today, stablecoins are used by millions of people daily for payments, savings, and DeFi, especially in places where financial access is limited. Over $147 billion in stablecoins are now hosted on Ethereum.

1/ Stablecoins were initially referred to as “stable-value currencies.”