The layer one (L1) blockchain Sonic has skilled substantial progress, with metrics revealing a 2,951% enhance within the mission’s whole worth locked (TVL) for the reason that starting of the 12 months.
L1 Blockchain Sonic’s TVL Climbs 2,951% Since January
On March 27, Sonic’s official social media account introduced on X that the blockchain had crossed the $1 billion TVL milestone. Rising from its roots within the Fantom Opera Community, Sonic positions itself as a high-performance L1 blockchain.
The mission claims to supply sub-second transaction finality, with completion instances reaching as little as 720 milliseconds, alongside a processing capability of as much as 2,000 transactions per second (TPS), establishing it as one of many swiftest EVM-compatible chains obtainable.

Defillama.com stats on March 27, 2025.
Information from defillama.com locations Sonic’s whole worth locked (TVL) simply shy of the $1 billion threshold at $973.46 million, however nonetheless reflecting a big 2,951% climb from its Jan. 1, 2025, determine of $31.91 million. At the moment, the 5 main protocols on Sonic account for the majority of its TVL, with Aave holding the highest place at $265.98 million.
Following intently behind are Silo Finance with $253.61 million, Beets at $236.89 million, Veda with $133.61 million, and Avon Labs rounding out the record at $93.88 million. Earlier this week, Sonic introduced its integration with LBTC and Napier Finance. The mission’s native token, often known as S, stays in “preview” mode on cryptocurrency market cap aggregation websites, indicating it has but to obtain an official itemizing.
At the moment, the “preview” worth of S stands at $0.612 per coin on March 27, giving it an estimated market capitalization of roughly $1.92 billion. Notably, fantom (FTM) tokens may be upgraded to S on a one-to-one foundation. As of press time, S ranks because the 54th largest mission by market cap.

