Aark DigitalAARK

Aark Digital generated $6.8M in gross revenue from Nov 2024 to Jul 2026 (610 days), with $6.8M retained as net revenue. Its primary token utilities include Staking Rewards, Staking Access, Fee Discounts, and Standard 1:1.

This averages $$11.2K in daily gross revenue across the tracked period.

AARK accrues value through 2 mechanisms: Buyback & Burn and Direct Revenue Share.

• Buyback & Burn: Aark Digital pioneered a token buyback-and-burn mechanism as one of the first perpetual DEXs to implement this strategy, using trading fees and protocol revenue to buy AARK from the market and burn them. Additionally, 50% of unclaimed tokens from the Advance Claim option are burned.
• Direct Revenue Share: 50% of trading fees are distributed directly to liquidity providers through fee earnings on their LP positions, and stakers receive reward distributions including a portion of unclaimed token allocations.

Yes, Aark Digital burns AARK tokens via Buyback & Burn.

AARK serves 4 primary functions within the Aark Digital ecosystem: Staking Rewards, Staking Access, Fee Discounts, and Standard 1:1. The protocol generates fees from user activity. Value flows back to token holders through Buyback & Burn and Direct Revenue Share. Aark Digital's fee revenue currently exceeds its token emissions, indicating a self-sustaining economic model.

Token utilities:

• Staking Rewards: Stakers earn AARK, esAARK emissions, and Multiplier Points as staking rewards, with documented APY rates of approximately 22.8% and daily distributions from the token mining reserve of 280,000 AARK per epoch.
• Staking Access: Staking AARK unlocks fee discounts on trading activity and enables access to boosted reward tiers (e.g., 50% staking boost at TGE, 25% boost for linear unlock amounts), with highest-tier stakers receiving up to 40% of trading fees.
• Fee Discounts: Staking AARK enables traders to reduce their trading costs, with fee discount structures tied to staking levels and VIP rewards programs providing additional fee reductions for high-volume traders.
• Standard 1:1: AARK is described as the governance and utility token, with holders entitled to participate in protocol decision-making. The specific mechanism details are not fully documented, but standard holder voting rights are indicated.

Value accrual mechanisms:

• Buyback & Burn: Aark Digital pioneered a token buyback-and-burn mechanism as one of the first perpetual DEXs to implement this strategy, using trading fees and protocol revenue to buy AARK from the market and burn them. Additionally, 50% of unclaimed tokens from the Advance Claim option are burned.
• Direct Revenue Share: 50% of trading fees are distributed directly to liquidity providers through fee earnings on their LP positions, and stakers receive reward distributions including a portion of unclaimed token allocations.

In 2026, Aark Digital generated $1.3M in gross revenue. Of that, $1.3M was retained as protocol revenue (treasury).

Year-by-year revenue breakdown:

• 2026: $1.3M gross revenue — $1.3M to protocol
• 2025: $4.6M gross revenue — $4.6M to protocol
• 2024: $953.6K gross revenue — $953.6K to protocol

Aark Digital's gross revenue has decreased by 53% over the past 90 days compared to the prior 90-day period, from $853.9K to $401.5K.

• Recent 90d daily average: $4.5K/day
• Prior 90d daily average: $9.5K/day