Overview
- Users paid $9.7 billion in onchain fees in H1 2025, putting full-year fees near $19.8–$20 billion, according to 1kx.
- DeFi generated 63% of H1 fees at about $6.1 billion, while application-layer revenues rose 126% year over year.
- Wallets, consumer apps and DePIN led growth, with wallets up 260%, consumer apps up 200% and DePIN up 400%.
- Lower transaction costs reshaped market share, with average fees down roughly 86% since 2021 and blockchains’ fee share falling to 22%.
- 1kx flags a widening valuation gap as the top 20 protocols capture about 70% of fees and forecasts $32 billion in fees for 2026.