deBridge

deBridge generated $26.5M in gross revenue from Apr 2023 to Apr 2026 (1110 days), with $26.5M retained as net revenue. $7.5M accrued to DBR token holders. Its primary token utilities include Network Security, Staking Rewards, Staking Access, and Other.

This averages $$23.9K in daily gross revenue across the tracked period.

DBR accrues value through 1 mechanism: Buyback & Hold.

• Buyback & Hold: 100% of protocol fee revenue is funneled into the deBridge Reserve Fund, which executes open-market purchases of DBR tokens and holds them in treasury rather than burning or redistributing. The fund had acquired approximately 1.3% of total supply by mid-2025.

Yes, deBridge burns or redistributes DBR tokens via Buyback & Hold. In 2026, approximately $1.6M worth of value was returned to token holders through these mechanisms.

Yearly token holder distributions:

• 2026: $1.6M
• 2025: $5.9M

DBR serves 4 primary functions within the deBridge ecosystem: Network Security, Staking Rewards, Staking Access, and Other. The protocol generates fees from user activity, with a portion distributed back to DBR holders. Value flows back to token holders through Buyback & Hold.

Token utilities:

• Network Security: Staked/restaked DBR provides crypto-economic security guarantees in the form of slashable collateral delegated to active validators of the deBridge messaging protocol.
• Staking Rewards: Active stakes generate deBridge points in real-time, which convert to DBR token allocations during seasonal distribution events, rewarding long-term staking commitment.
• Staking Access: DBR must be staked to participate in governance voting; governance also contemplates requiring solvers to maintain a minimum amount of DBR voting power (via staking) to access order flow.
• Other: Staking-based governance requiring DBR to be staked (with 14-day cooldown) to gain voting power; voting power equals staked + restaked DBR, with conflict-of-interest deductions for slashing votes on validators the user has restaked to.

Value accrual mechanisms:

• Buyback & Hold: 100% of protocol fee revenue is funneled into the deBridge Reserve Fund, which executes open-market purchases of DBR tokens and holds them in treasury rather than burning or redistributing. The fund had acquired approximately 1.3% of total supply by mid-2025.

Read our deep dive: deBridge tokenomics analysis.

In 2026, deBridge generated $2.0M in gross revenue. Of that, $1.6M was distributed to token holders, $321.5K was retained as protocol revenue (treasury).

Year-by-year revenue breakdown:

• 2026: $2.0M gross revenue — $1.6M to holders, $321.5K to protocol
• 2025: $11.6M gross revenue — $5.9M to holders, $5.7M to protocol
• 2024: $12.7M gross revenue — $12.7M to protocol

deBridge's gross revenue has decreased by 20.9% over the past 90 days compared to the prior 90-day period, from $2.0M to $1.6M.

• Recent 90d daily average: $18.2K/day
• Prior 90d daily average: $22.3K/day