The total amount of funds bridged to zkSync reached $115 million within 10 days of the public mainnet launch as users rushed to farm the airdrop of the Ethereum rollup’s expected native token, according to L2BEAT data.

The zkSync era mainnet was launched one day after the March 24 Arbitrum airdrop. The median airdrop for eligible wallets was 1,250 ARB, earning its owners around $1,500 in free money. As users rushed to farm the next airdrop, zkSync has emerged as one of the most popular airdrop plays for the market.

The new zero-knowledge proof (ZK) based layer-2 is also giving an opportunity for developers to establish an economic moat within the fresh ecosystem by gaining a first-mover advantage. Moreover, these projects also become eligible for an expected airdrop of the platform’s native token, similar to Arbitrum.

DeFi liquidity on zkSync skyrockets

The total value locked in DeFi applications surged to $50 million on April 4 led by deposits across decentralized exchanges and derivatives trading platforms.

More than 43% of zkSync deposits of $115 million have been added as liquidity across DeFi platforms on the blockchain.

The top four DEX commands 95% of the total DeFi TVL on zkSynch Era.

SyncSwap is the top decentralized exchange with $25 million total liquidity locked (TVL), representing 50% of the total value in DeFi protocols. The next three largest DeFi protocols on there are also decentralized exchanges, including Mute with a TVL of $12.4 million, SpaceFi with $5.8 million and GemSwap with $4.4 million.

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