AptosAPT

Aptos generated $5.6M in gross revenue from Oct 2022 to Aug 2026 (1403 days), with $5.6M retained as net revenue. $527.4K accrued to APT token holders. Its primary token utilities include Network Security, Staking Rewards, Staking Access, Gas Token, Delegated, and Other.

This averages $$4.0K in daily gross revenue across the tracked period.

APT accrues value through 1 mechanism: Direct Token Burn.

• Direct Token Burn: All gas fees (execution, IO, and storage costs) paid in APT are permanently burned at the protocol level, directly removing tokens from circulation without a market buyback step.

Yes, Aptos burns or redistributes APT tokens via Direct Token Burn. In 2026, approximately $527.4K worth of value was returned to token holders through these mechanisms.

APT serves 6 primary functions within the Aptos ecosystem: Network Security, Staking Rewards, Staking Access, Gas Token, Delegated, and Other. The protocol generates fees from user activity, with a portion distributed back to APT holders. Value flows back to token holders through Direct Token Burn.

Token utilities:

• Network Security: Validators must stake a minimum of 1 million APT to join the active validator set, with voting power proportional to staked amount, directly securing the Aptos PoS consensus mechanism.
• Staking Rewards: Stakers earn rewards distributed every epoch (~2 hours) based on the rewards_rate parameter (approximately 7% APY), with auto-compounding where rewards are added to staked principal.
• Staking Access: Staking is required to participate in on-chain governance — both creating proposals and voting require tokens to be staked with sufficient lockup duration, not merely held.
• Gas Token: APT is the native gas token for all transactions on the Aptos L1, with fees comprising execution/IO costs and storage fees, both denominated and paid in APT.
• Delegated: Aptos governance supports delegated voting where token holders can assign their voting power to representatives who vote on their behalf, with the ability to reclaim delegated votes at any time.
• Other: Aptos uses stake-weighted governance where voting power is proportional to the amount of staked APT in the backing stake pool, with lockup duration requirements. This is neither standard 1:1 nor vote-escrow (no time multiplier), but a stake-proportional model requiring active staking.

Value accrual mechanisms:

• Direct Token Burn: All gas fees (execution, IO, and storage costs) paid in APT are permanently burned at the protocol level, directly removing tokens from circulation without a market buyback step.

In 2026, Aptos generated $806.9K in gross revenue. Of that, $527.4K was distributed to token holders, $279.5K was retained as protocol revenue (treasury).

Year-by-year revenue breakdown:

• 2026: $806.9K gross revenue — $527.4K to holders, $279.5K to protocol
• 2025: $1.4M gross revenue — $1.4M to protocol
• 2024: $1.7M gross revenue — $1.7M to protocol

Aptos's gross revenue has increased by 5% over the past 90 days compared to the prior 90-day period, from $374.0K to $392.6K.

• Recent 90d daily average: $4.4K/day
• Prior 90d daily average: $4.2K/day