Bitwise Staking Report: Revenue of Six Major Public Chains Generally Declines, What Supports the Value of Tokens?
Ethereum processes 70% more transactions per second than a year ago, but network revenue has decreased by 51% year-on-year. Currently, 2.84% of the annualized staking yield comes from protocol issuance, while the actual transaction fees paid by users contribute only 0.19 percentage points. This article breaks down the staking yields, network revenues, and on-chain activities of six chains: Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, NEAR, and Tempo, pointing to the same question: With block space becoming cheaper and transaction fee revenues continuously declining, how will public chains and their tokens achieve value capture?