DeFi Cash Flow

Users paid $314.2mn across the five protocols over 30 days. The protocols kept $105.3mn, while $91.2mn was recorded as reaching token holders.

This page follows money through five large DeFi businesses. It keeps user fees, protocol income and token-holder income separate, then tests valuation and dependence on the leader.

USERS100
PROTOCOLKEEPS A SHARE
TOKENMAY RECEIVE LESS
one payment, three different readings
User payments · 30 days$314.2mnFees paid to use the five protocols
Protocol income · 30 days$105.3mnAmount the protocols kept
Recorded for token holders$91.2mnReported holder revenue
Protocol share of fees33.5%Income divided by user payments
Holder share of income86.5%Reported holder revenue divided by income
Yearly income pace$1.3bnThirty-day income repeated for a year
Combined token value$28.5bnCurrent market value of the five tokens
Token value / income22.22×Combined value divided by yearly income pace
Fee growth positive0 of 5Latest 30 days versus the prior 30
Largest income sourceHyperliquid69.9% of the five-protocol total
Income without leader$31.8mnLargest protocol removed
Lowest value / incomeSky11.03×

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Who earns, and who receives it?

User fees, protocol income and token-holder income are three different steps.

ProtocolUser feesProtocol incomeRecorded for holdersShare keptFee changeToken valueValue / income
Hyperliquid$90.8mn$73.6mn$73.6mn81.0%Not available$19.0bn21.23×
Sky$27.3mn$13.5mn$5.6mn49.4%Not available$1.8bn11.03×
Uniswap$147.9mn$11.8mn$11.8mn8.0%Not available$4.7bn33.02×
Aave$38.2mn$5.0mn$0.0013.0%Not available$2.6bn43.62×
Maple$10.0mn$1.5mn$150.2k15.0%Not available$275.0mn15.04×

Users paid $314.2mn across the five protocols over 30 days. The protocols kept $105.3mn, while $91.2mn was recorded as reaching token holders.

Does one protocol carry the result?

The largest income source is removed before the group is valued again.

All five protocols$105.3mn
Without Hyperliquid$31.8mn
Hyperliquid$73.6mn

Token value is not equity value. Holders have no automatic claim on protocol income.

Research by for Charlie Quant Lab · Updated