Cash flow

Protocol Revenue, ranked

Fees the protocol actually collects, in dollars, judged against the size of the asset rather than in isolation.

One of the 25 variables in the framework. 251 tokens rated. Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026.

Median
3/10
mean 3.43
Scoring 9 or 10
4
of 251 rated
Composite link
0.82
correlation with total score
Market link
0.25
rank correlation with market cap, n=236
01

What this variable measures

Fees the protocol actually collects, in dollars, judged against the size of the asset rather than in isolation.

A 10 means hundreds of millions a year in verifiable fees. A 1 means the protocol collects nothing a third party can measure.

Revenue is the only input on the framework that cannot be manufactured by a marketing budget. It is the first filter.

02

What the universe says

Across 251 rated tokens the median score on Protocol Revenue is 3 of 10 and the mean is 3.43. 4 tokens score 9 or 10, and 86 score 2 or below. Hyperliquid leads at 10 of 10.

Protocol Revenue correlates 0.82 with the composite score across the universe, which makes it almost the same measurement as overall standing. Tokens that win here tend to win everywhere, so a high score is confirmation rather than an edge.

Against live market capitalisation for the 236 tokens with a matched market row, Protocol Revenue carries a rank correlation of 0.25. The market leans this way but does not price it consistently, so the ranking below still contains disagreement worth using.

Protocol Revenue and Revenue Trend correlate 0.81, so reading both is close to reading one twice. Treat them as a single position on the same question rather than two independent confirmations.

GEODNET (GEOD) scores 8 of 10 on Protocol Revenue, 5th of 251, on a market capitalisation under $500M. That gap between rank on this variable and rank by size is the whole reason to read the table rather than the top ten.

03

Distribution across the universe

31
1
55
2
68
3
38
4
23
5
16
6
11
7
5
8
3
9
1
10

Tokens at each score from 1 to 10. The shape matters: a variable where almost everything clusters at 3 is telling you the whole category fails it, not that one token is unusual.

04

All 251 tokens ranked

Sorted by score on this variable alone, so a token can lead here and rank poorly overall. That disagreement is the useful part: it is where a single-variable screen finds something the composite averages away.

251 crypto tokens ranked by Protocol Revenue, scored 1 to 10
#TokenProtocol RevenueCompositeMarket capVerdict
1HYPEHyperliquid3 ETFs live (THYP, BHYP, HYPG, about $253M combined AUM). About $600M annualised revenue after four straight quarterly declines, with builder fees now taking 18% of gross before buybacks. about 32% to 37% DEX perps share, down from roughly 70% in 2025. But closed-source, FCA warning, 22% circ.10/10193$19.71BHOLD CORE
2ETHEthereumInstitutional settlement layer. Commodity classification. Burn collapsed but moat intact.9/10187$313.17BHOLD CORE
3WSTETHWrapped Lido Staked ETHLido's wrapped staked ETH, the DeFi collateral standard with about $17.7B TVL and native yield; dominant LST by every metric9/10185$11.76BHOLD CORE
4MKRMaker / Sky$124M Q1 revenue. 2.7x gross P/S (~6.7x net). Buyback allocation cut from 75% to 7.5% of surplus in Mar 2026 to fund a $150M Solvency Reserve. Sky rebrand: about 81% of MKR already upgraded to SKY.9/10177not publishedHOLD CORE
5GEODGEODNETRevenue not declining: Q2 2026 $2.59M (+48% QoQ). ARR $7.3-9.5M. 80% burn Foundation-controlled (governance, not smart contract). ATH $0.3746 not $0.43. 20K+ stations, 150+ countries. P/S 9.9-14.4x (expensive vs Helium 3.1x). Deflationary crossover approaching post-Jun 2026 halving.8/10169$137.0MHOLD
6AEROAerodrome FinanceBase's dominant DEX capturing ~60% of chain volume with real fee revenue and veAERO flywheel locking supply8/10157$794.7MHOLD
7SKYSky (formerly Maker)Validated: DeFi revenue leader ($246M net, P/S 5.4x) but headline '$435M' is gross before $165M SSR payouts. Buybacks slashed 87% until ~Nov 2026. Net inflationary 4.4%/yr. TVL declining $7.5B→$6.0B. S&P B-. #3 stablecoin ($12.9B). Revenue real but token value accrual IMPAIRED.8/10141$1.86BCAUTIOUS HOLD
8CRVCurve Finance44% of ETH DEX fee revenue is extraordinary. veCRV/Convex lock-in. ATH -96% (not -99.6%, illiquid spike).8/10140$552.7MHOLD
9TRXTRONUSDT settlement network with massive stablecoin volume. Real revenue but Justin Sun legal issues and centralized governance are persistent overhangs.8/10125$31.81BCAUTIOUS HOLD
10SOLSolanaHigh-throughput L1 with dominant DEX volume and meme coin launchpad traction. Network reliability improved significantly post-2023.7/10170$68.57BHOLD
11SYRUPMaple Finance7/10168$268.1MHOLD
12COWCoW Protocol7/10167$82.3MHOLD
13ETHFIEther.fi7/10162$680.1MHOLD
14AAVEAave7/10156$2.65BHOLD
15LDOLido DAO7/10146$353.8MHOLD
16OKBOKB7/10145$2.75BHOLD
17BNBBNB7/10144$102.38BHOLD
18DRIFTDrift Protocol7/10142$14.3MHOLD
19BANANABanana Gun7/10135$15.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
20LITLighter7/10125$876.5MWATCH
21LINKChainlink6/10165$10.01BHOLD
22PENDLEPendle Finance6/10160$391.5MHOLD
23CBETHCoinbase Wrapped Staked ETH6/10158$484.5MHOLD
24VIRTUALVirtuals Protocol6/10151$502.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
25JUPJupiter6/10151$1.04BHOLD
26FLUIDFluid (Instadapp)6/10145$158.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
27KMNOKamino Finance6/10138$214.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
28ENSEthereum Name Service6/10137$269.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
29ACXAcross Protocol6/10137$30.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
30BGBBitget Token6/10135$1.37BCAUTIOUS HOLD
31JTOJito6/10134$263.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
32RAYRaydium6/10129$670.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
33LEOUNUS SED LEO6/10126$8.19BCAUTIOUS HOLD
34CAKEPancakeSwap6/10123$698.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
35ENAEthena6/10120$3.06BCAUTIOUS HOLD
36KCSKuCoin Token6/10119not publishedWATCH
37BTCBitcoin5/10183$1.67THOLD CORE
38MORPHOMorpho5/10157$1.75BHOLD
39GMXGMX5/10143$84.3MHOLD
40ARArweave5/10140$274.9MHOLD
41INJInjective5/10139$727.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
42AKTAkash Network5/10129$210.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
43GNOGnosis5/10128$316.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
44LPTLivepeer5/10123$82.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
45GTGateToken5/10123not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
46ORCAOrca5/10123$167.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
47GRTThe Graph5/10121$297.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
48VELOVelodrome Finance5/10121$46.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
49MAVMaverick Protocol5/10121$13.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
50VRTXVertex Protocol5/10121not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
51WOOWOO Network5/10118$23.6MWATCH
52STGStargate Finance5/10117$20.1MWATCH
53JOETrader Joe5/10117$17.4MWATCH
54YFIYearn Finance5/10111$86.4MWATCH
55DYDXdYdX5/10109$113.2MWATCH
56RUNETHORChain5/10106$234.5MPASS
57ZROLayerZero5/10106$850.4MWATCH
58RPLRocket Pool5/10104$40.8MWATCH
59HTHuobi Token5/1098$16.3MPASS
60UNIUniswap4/10167$4.91BHOLD
61RETHRocket Pool ETH4/10159$946.8MHOLD
62LQTYLiquity4/10151$23.3MHOLD
63PAXGPAX Gold4/10141$1.79BHOLD
64SAFESafe (formerly Gnosis Safe)4/10132$84.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
65SNXSynthetix4/10130$137.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
66OLASOlas (Autonolas)4/10129$13.4MCAUTIOUS HOLD
67RENDERRender Network4/10127$1.05BCAUTIOUS HOLD
68BERABerachain4/10127$76.8MCAUTIOUS HOLD
69POLPolygon system Token4/10123$1.08BCAUTIOUS HOLD
70CHZChiliz4/10120$165.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
71PRIMEEchelon Prime4/10119$14.8MWATCH
72MNDEMarinade4/10119$15.6MWATCH
73IMXImmutable X4/10117$156.3MWATCH
74APTAptos4/10116$652.3MWATCH
75GNSGains Network4/10116$9.5MWATCH
76SSonic (prev. Fantom)4/10115$154.2MWATCH
77CFGCentrifuge4/10115not publishedWATCH
78TNSRTensor4/10112$27.8MWATCH
79GRASSGrass4/10111$457.9MWATCH
80MATICPolygon (Legacy)4/10110$1.08BWATCH
81KNCKyber Network4/10110$28.1MWATCH
82IOio.net4/10108$63.1MWATCH
83PERPPerpetual Protocol4/10108$2.8MWATCH
84STORJStorj4/10108$12.3MWATCH
85ALCXAlchemix4/10108$6.6MWATCH
86VELAVela Exchange4/10107not publishedWATCH
87SLNDSolend4/10106not publishedWATCH
88FXSFrax Share4/10105$28.3MWATCH
89QUICKQuickSwap4/10105$7.0MWATCH
90RDNTRadiant Capital4/10104$1.0MWATCH
91CVXConvex Finance4/10103$193.9MWATCH
92FILFilecoin4/10101$867.2MWATCH
93ATHAethir4/10101$132.9MWATCH
94USUALUsual Protocol4/1099$23.6MPASS
95ATOMCosmos4/1096$899.5MPASS
96ALPACAAlpaca Finance4/1095$138.7KPASS
97MXMEXC Token4/1094not publishedPASS
98CETUSCetus Protocol3/10147$25.0MHOLD
99SUISui3/10146$4.63BHOLD
100NEARNEAR Protocol3/10135$6.64BCAUTIOUS HOLD
101ARBArbitrum3/10134$1.25BCAUTIOUS HOLD
102TAOBittensor3/10128$3.29BCAUTIOUS HOLD
103OPOptimism3/10123$273.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
104HNTHelium3/10122$97.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
105XRPXRP3/10121$90.31BCAUTIOUS HOLD
106TIACelestia3/10120$432.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
107COMPCompound3/10119$234.1MWATCH
108STXStacks3/10118$697.8MWATCH
109XMRMonero3/10117$10.41BWATCH
110QNTQuant3/10116$3.53BWATCH
111ADACardano3/10113$9.57BWATCH
112HBARHedera3/10112$4.09BWATCH
113FTMFantom3/10111not publishedWATCH
114BICOBiconomy3/10109$20.1MWATCH
115OMMANTRA3/10108$29.1MWATCH
116XLMStellar3/10108$7.01BWATCH
117EIGENEigenLayer3/10107$226.1MWATCH
118PYTHPyth Network3/10107$557.2MWATCH
119GELGelato3/10107$498.0KWATCH
120SSVSSV Network3/10106$42.1MWATCH
121THETATheta Network3/10105$214.2MWATCH
122RONRonin3/10104$49.1MWATCH
123MLNEnzyme (Melon)3/10104not publishedWATCH
124RSRReserve Rights3/10104$100.3MWATCH
125DOTPolkadot3/10103$1.88BWATCH
126KLAYKlaytn3/10103not publishedWATCH
127SHDWShadow Token3/10103$5.3MWATCH
128SCROLLScroll3/10102$4.7MWATCH
129ICPInternet Computer3/10102$1.75BWATCH
130CROCronos3/10102$3.12BWATCH
131TRUTrueFi3/10102$1.1MWATCH
132APEApeCoin3/10102$146.9MWATCH
133ZECZcash3/10101$22.59BWATCH
134VETVeChain3/10101$692.4MWATCH
135MCMerit Circle (Beam)3/10101not publishedWATCH
136DASHDash3/10101$683.9MWATCH
137GMTSTEPN3/10101$25.0MWATCH
138SEISei3/10100$457.3MWATCH
139CORECore3/10100$29.2MWATCH
140BADGERBadgerDAO3/10100$6.4MWATCH
141API3API33/1099$45.0MPASS
142NMRNumeraire3/1098$105.4MPASS
143ACHAlchemy Pay3/1097not publishedPASS
144REQRequest3/1097$42.8MPASS
145ANKRAnkr Network3/1096$46.1MPASS
146FLUXFlux3/1096$191.3KPASS
147ZKZKsync3/1095$129.1MPASS
148BALBalancer3/1095$9.1MPASS
149INVInverse Finance3/1095$6.9MPASS
1501INCH1inch Network3/1093$138.1MPASS
151OSMOOsmosis3/1093$26.6MPASS
152PROPPropy3/1093$35.2MPASS
153FARMHarvest Finance3/1093$5.1MPASS
154WWormhole3/1092$93.6MPASS
155MBOXMOBOX3/1092$298.5KPASS
156ALPHAAlpha Venture DAO3/1091$483.2KPASS
157TRBTellor3/1090$56.4MPASS
158CELRCeler Network3/1090$22.9MPASS
159DENTDent3/1088$6.2MPASS
160NOSNosana3/1086$52.5MPASS
161BLURBlur3/1084$55.8MPASS
162AXSAxie Infinity3/1076$207.3MPASS
163SUSHISushiSwap3/1074$66.7MPASS
164RBNRibbon Finance3/1068$1.7MPASS
165SPELLSpell Token3/1063$16.0MPASS
166AVAXAvalanche2/10138$4.93BCAUTIOUS HOLD
167ONDOOndo Finance2/10115$2.27BWATCH
168KASKaspa2/10114$1.11BWATCH
169GTCGitcoin2/10106$15.9MWATCH
170KSMKusama2/10103$90.6MWATCH
171LTCLitecoin2/10102$5.15BWATCH
172ILVIlluvium2/10101$31.5MWATCH
173AUDIOAudius2/10101$22.7MWATCH
174FLRFlare2/1099$609.8MPASS
175CFXConflux2/1098$265.8MPASS
176MINAMina Protocol2/1098$121.4MPASS
177IOTXIoTeX2/1098$34.2MPASS
178ALGOAlgorand2/1097$1.05BPASS
179COTICOTI2/1097$39.1MPASS
180SKLSKALE2/1097$26.6MPASS
181RADRadicle2/1097$19.5MPASS
182POOLPoolTogether2/1096$176.3KPASS
183CTSICartesi2/1096$27.7MPASS
184YGGYield Guild Games2/1095$22.5MPASS
185POLYXPolymesh2/1095$52.9MPASS
186CELOCelo2/1094$57.3MPASS
187GLMRMoonbeam2/1094$13.9MPASS
188RLCiExec2/1094$61.1MPASS
189CKBNervos Network2/1093$61.4MPASS
190STRKStarknet2/1093$366.4MPASS
191MOBILEHelium Mobile2/1092$6.0MPASS
192HOPRHOPR2/1092$8.7MPASS
193PONDMarlin2/1091$14.2MPASS
194ETCEthereum Classic2/1090$1.32BPASS
195ALICEMy Neighbor Alice2/1089$16.9MPASS
196XTZTezos2/1088$336.3MPASS
197PEAQpeaq2/1088$102.2MPASS
198HIGHHighstreet2/1088not publishedPASS
199SXPSolar2/1088$2.5MPASS
200BLASTBlast2/1087$4.9MPASS
201LEVERLeverFi2/1087not publishedPASS
202GOGGuild of Guardians2/1086$960.1KPASS
203CANTOCanto2/1086$2.0MPASS
204EGLDMultiversX (prev. Elrond)2/1085$123.2MPASS
205ROSEOasis Network2/1084$62.0MPASS
206FORTHAmpleforth Governance2/1084$3.0MPASS
207MASKMask Network2/1082$45.8MPASS
208BONDBarnBridge2/1082$93.5KPASS
209WAXPWAX2/1081$26.9MPASS
210KAVAKava2/1080$71.7MPASS
211PRCLParcl2/1080$5.5MPASS
212FLOWFlow2/1078$53.4MPASS
213LRCLoopring2/1078$13.2MPASS
214IDEXIDEX2/1077$838.1KPASS
215BTTBitTorrent2/1076$357.4MPASS
216MCBMCDEX2/1076$8.9MPASS
217BANDBand Protocol2/1073$40.8MPASS
218NEONeo2/1068$166.5MPASS
219MANADecentraland2/1066$197.1MPASS
220GALAGala Games2/1053$114.2MPASS
221TONToncoin1/10110$4.02BWATCH
222FETFetch.ai (ASI Alliance)1/10109$522.8MWATCH
223PENGUPudgy Penguins1/10104$535.4MWATCH
224ORDIORDI1/1096$88.5MPASS
225BONKBonk1/1093$300.8MPASS
226PEPEPepe1/1092$1.70BPASS
227SNTStatus1/1092$38.1MPASS
228NANONano1/1090$46.6MPASS
229WLDWorldcoin1/1089$1.96BPASS
230DOGEDogecoin1/1089$13.83BPASS
231FLOKIFLOKI1/1088$257.5MPASS
232WIFdogwifhat1/1088$227.9MPASS
233AGLDAdventure Gold1/1086$18.0MPASS
234IOTAIOTA1/1078$248.2MPASS
235MANTAManta Network1/1076$31.1MPASS
236RVNRavencoin1/1074$36.1MPASS
237NOTNotcoin1/1073$45.0MPASS
238POPCATPopcat1/1073$46.9MPASS
239MODEMode Network1/1072$666.9KPASS
240SHIBShiba Inu1/1071$3.17BPASS
241SUPERSuperVerse1/1067$144.5MPASS
242MOVEMovement1/1067$40.6MPASS
243JASMYJasmyCoin1/1067$243.3MPASS
244ZILZilliqa1/1063$64.9MPASS
245DOGSDOGS1/1062$22.6MPASS
246QTUMQtum1/1061$97.7MPASS
247SANDThe Sandbox1/1058$219.2MPASS
248MEMEMemecoin1/1057$36.6MPASS
249NEIRONEIRO1/1056$35.3MPASS
250KDAKadena1/1050$3.0MPASS
251ONEHarmony1/1048$32.9MPASS

Scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026 and do not move with price. Market capitalisation is from the live snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026, so the two columns are stamped at different times on purpose.

05

Variables that move with this one

Correlations across all 251 rated tokens. A number near 1 means the two variables are close to the same measurement, which is worth knowing before treating a second high score as independent confirmation of the first.

06

Common questions

Which crypto tokens score highest on protocol revenue?
Hyperliquid (HYPE) at 10, Ethereum (ETH) at 9, Wrapped Lido Staked ETH (WSTETH) at 9, Maker / Sky (MKR) at 9, GEODNET (GEOD) at 8 lead the 251 rated tokens on Protocol Revenue, each scored 1 to 10 against the same definition.
What is a good protocol revenue score?
The median across the universe is 3 of 10 and the mean is 3.43, so anything at 7 or above sits well inside the top of the distribution. Only 4 of 251 tokens reach 9 or 10.
Does protocol revenue affect a token's market cap?
Rank correlation between Protocol Revenue and market capitalisation is 0.25 across 236 tokens with live market data. That is a weak relationship, so the market prices it only partly.

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Research and analysis, not investment advice. Correlations describe the rated universe at one point in time and are not predictions.