85% Of DeFi Liquidity Remains Underutilized, Leaving $1.6B In Capital Inefficiently Deployed
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DeFi | ~85% of Concentrated Liquidity on Decentralized Exchanges in H1 2026 Was Idle, Says Study
A Dune Analytics study commissioned by decentralized exchange aggregator, 1inch, has found that roughly 85% of concentrated liquidity deployed across major decentralized exchanges remains idle leaving liquidity providers to miss out on an estimated $150 million in annual trading fees. The research analyzed liquidity positions across seven blockchain networks and found that most capital in concentrated liquidity pools sits outside the active trad…
The Hidden Inefficiency of DeFi: Why Concentrated Liquidity Destroys Passive Retail Capital - The Cryptocurrency Post
The dominant narrative dictates that the technical evolution of automated market makers successfully resolved overall capital efficiency. However, a structural failure persists stubbornly in decentralized finance: most deposited money generates absolutely zero yield for its owners. The absolute efficiency myth dominates current market perspectives. Recent analytical data reveals that eighty-five percent of concentrated liquidity predictably rema…
Dune Study for 1inch Finds 85% of Concentrated Liquidity Idle
An average of 85% of concentrated-liquidity capital sat underutilized across decentralized exchanges in the first half of 2026, according to onchain research by Dune, the analytics platform, produced for the DEX aggregator 1inch. The study found 29.5% of that capital was fully outside the active... Read the full story at The Defiant
85% Of DeFi Liquidity Remains Underutilized, Leaving $1.6B In Capital Inefficiently Deployed
A new study by on-chain analytics platform Dune, commissioned by the DeFi ecosystem 1inch, has found that a significant portion of concentrated liquidity on decentralized exchanges remains unused. The research indicates that approximately 85% of tracked liquidity, representing around $1.6 billion of the $1.84 billion analyzed, is underutilized at any given time. This includes an estimated $542 million that remains completely idle and outside act…
According to ChainCatcher, citing The Block, a study commissioned by 1inch and conducted by Dune found that approximately 85% of centralized liquidity on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) such as Uniswap v3, Uniswap v4, PancakeSwap v3, and Aerodrome Slipstream is not being effectively utilized. The study analyzed the performance of nearly 200 active liquidity pools across seven chains over 26 weekly snapshots, tracking an average of approximately $…
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