This post is a follow-up to Yield Is the New Meta, written by Plume Co-Founder & CEO Chris Yin. In that piece, Chris outlined why yield is the dominant theme of this crypto cycle and how liquidity, utility, and value capture work together to make it possible.
If liquidity is the first pillar, then this is where we show it in action.
This post takes a closer look at the real-world traction behind Plume’s growth and why we measure success not just by TVL, but by how productively that capital moves through the ecosystem.
Two months since mainnet.
In that short time, Plume has become the #1 RWA blockchain by asset holders, with more than 182,000 asset holders and 200+ apps and protocols building on the platform. And with all this momentum, TVL is at $350M+ and climbing.
Those numbers speak for themselves.
Plume is outpacing platforms that have been around for years, and we’re (quite literally) just getting started.
So, why do RWA holders matter so much to Plume? It’s simple. And it comes back to the framework Chris Yin shared in Yield Is the New Meta: liquidity, utility, and value capture are the three drivers of durable yield.
Liquidity brings capital in, utility makes it productive, and value capture funnels it back to users.
This post is about proof. Proof that our liquidity strategy is working, proof that assets on Plume aren’t just “locked,” and proof that our ecosystem is delivering real utility.
We want people to actually put their assets to work. On Plume, those nearly 200K RWA holders can use assets as collateral, trade them instantly, loop them for enhanced returns, or use them to access new, native opportunities.
Other platforms may point to TVL as their primary growth signal, but “money locked” is just step one. Trust and adoption matter, but what matters most is what that capital can do.
Too many ecosystems hyper-focus on a single TVL number while their assets just sit there, collecting dust.
That’s not the game we’re playing.
We don’t just measure capital, we make it productive. Because active capital compounds growth far faster than idle capital.
The vision is simple: keep the flywheel spinning.
More liquidity brings better yields. Better yields bring more liquidity.
And with the DeFi machinery on Plume, we’ve built the strongest engine to keep it turning with lending markets, swaps, loops, structured products, and more.
If this is what month three looks like, just imagine month twelve.
