Ethereum has recovered lost land in Decentralized Financial Markets (DEFI), a segment that has witnessed advances in other faster, more economical networks such as BSC, Solana and Tron since 2021.
Between the end of April and early 2025, the control of the network created by Vitalik Buterin in Defi fell to 50%.
However, at this point Ethereum’s control (blue-painted area) exceeds 56%as seen on the next Defirion chart.
This rebound coincides with the PEIN activation completed on May 7th. This is a package of 11 proposals designed to improve user interaction, optimize the validation factor experience, and improve the scalability of Layer 2 (L2) solutions.
It’s still too early to talk about solid trends, but this rebound reflects, at least for now, “Ethereum Murderer” (Ethereum Murderer in Spanish). They are not following the story of replacing this ecosystem.
As Cryptonoticias reports, the term “Ethereum Killer” refers to projects such as Solana, Tron and Cardano, among others, and has gained notoriety for its promise to provide more scalability, speed and lower costs than Ethereum.
However, despite offering these technical advantages, they were unable to move to Ethereum as the leader of defi. This is because Ethereum has a more integrated community of developers, greater liquidity, more robust protocols, and a network of users who continue to trust their own safety and trajectory.
