ColonyCLY

Colony generated $2.9M in gross revenue from Jun 2024 to Jan 2026 (607 days), with $1.2M retained as net revenue. $654.9K accrued to CLY token holders. Its primary token utilities include Staking Rewards, Staking Access, and Standard 1:1.

This averages $$4.8K in daily gross revenue across the tracked period.

CLY accrues value through 2 mechanisms: Buyback & Redistribute and Direct Revenue Share.

• Buyback & Redistribute: Colony's Liquidity Provider Program uses protocol profits to buy CLY from the market, creating recurring buying pressure, and redistributes the purchased tokens to active community members rather than burning them.
• Direct Revenue Share: All staking/unstaking fees in CLY are redistributed proportionally to existing stakers. AVAX validator rewards (70%), 50% of CAI fees, 8% of ceToken allocations (airdrops), and DeFi yield are distributed directly to CLY stakers. Over $1.3M in airdrops across 166 distributions have been made.

Yes, Colony burns or redistributes CLY tokens via Buyback & Redistribute. In 2026, approximately $31.3K worth of value was returned to token holders through these mechanisms.

Yearly token holder distributions:

• 2026: $31.3K
• 2025: $533.8K
• 2024: $89.8K

CLY serves 3 primary functions within the Colony ecosystem: Staking Rewards, Staking Access, and Standard 1:1. The protocol generates fees from user activity, with a portion distributed back to CLY holders. Value flows back to token holders through Buyback & Redistribute and Direct Revenue Share.

Token utilities:

• Staking Rewards: CLY stakers earn ~8.2% APY from multiple revenue sources including AVAX from the Validator Program, platform staking/unstaking fees in CLY, airdrops from portfolio projects, CAI index fees, and DeFi liquidity position yields.
• Staking Access: Staking CLY is explicitly required to access Colony's platform features, interact with NESTs (seed/private sales), receive rewards, and become a member of the investment DAO. Staking generates ANT tokens (1 CLY = 100 ANT) used to commit to fundraising rounds.
• Standard 1:1: CLY holders vote on capital deployment across the Avalanche ecosystem, including liquidity provision programs, early-stage investments, staking program parameters, and Colony Avalanche Index composition.

Value accrual mechanisms:

• Buyback & Redistribute: Colony's Liquidity Provider Program uses protocol profits to buy CLY from the market, creating recurring buying pressure, and redistributes the purchased tokens to active community members rather than burning them.
• Direct Revenue Share: All staking/unstaking fees in CLY are redistributed proportionally to existing stakers. AVAX validator rewards (70%), 50% of CAI fees, 8% of ceToken allocations (airdrops), and DeFi yield are distributed directly to CLY stakers. Over $1.3M in airdrops across 166 distributions have been made.

In 2026, Colony generated $208.0K in gross revenue. Of that, $31.3K was distributed to token holders, $41.0K was retained as protocol revenue (treasury), $135.7K went to supply-side participants (e.g. liquidity providers).

Year-by-year revenue breakdown:

• 2026: $208.0K gross revenue — $31.3K to holders, $41.0K to protocol, $135.7K to supply-side
• 2025: $2.5M gross revenue — $533.8K to holders, $456.3K to protocol, $1.5M to supply-side
• 2024: $244.7K gross revenue — $89.8K to holders, $33.7K to protocol, $121.2K to supply-side