According to the Daily Planet, DefiLlama data shows that the total locked value (TVL) of the Ethereum re-pledge protocol EigenLayer reached US$8.16 billion, with a 7-day increase of 12.51% and a monthly increase of 327%. Previously, EigenLayer announced the completion of US$100 million in financing, with a16z participating in the investment. Founded by Sreeram Kannan, EigenLayer allows tokens to be deposited or "remortgaged" into the network to support verification of transactions on the blockchain, helping new projects built on Ethereum to use the security of the blockchain to protect their own network.