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Weekly fundamentals #18

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Weekly fundamentals #18

A week-over-week momentum overview of the top blockchains & dapps across our key metrics.

Key highlights:

🌟 New post in our research series: The state of Lido Finance

🆕 Alchemist now listed on Token Terminal

Charts of the week

💰Total value locked (TVL)

Which projects currently have the most assets deposited into their smart contracts?

Top projects by latest TVL

Bar chart of the top 15 projects by latest TVL, led by Curve at $17.8b, MakerDAO and Lido Financehttps://tokenterminal.com/explorer/metrics/tvl

This week’s top gainers by TVL

Table of the week's top 5 TVL gainers: Thorchain, Cap, Ribbon Finance, Idle Finance and 1inch, led by Thorchain at +15.9%Latest total value locked (TVL) and the week-over-week increase.

Daily TVL for this week’s top movers in the past 180 days

Stacked area chart of daily TVL for Thorchain, Ribbon Finance, Idle Finance, 1inch and Cap, September 2021 to March 2022Custom chart created with Token Terminal Pro.

📈Total revenue (fees paid)

Which projects have generated the most fees/yield?

Top projects by cumulative total revenue in the past 7 days

Bar chart of the top 15 projects by total revenue in the past 7 days, led by Ethereum at $55.3m, OpenSea and dYdXhttps://tokenterminal.com/explorer/metrics/revenue

This week’s top gainers by total revenue

Table of the week's top 5 total revenue gainers: Dogecoin, dYdX, NEAR Protocol, Liquity and ArweaveTotal revenue during the past 7 days and the week-over-week increase.

Daily total revenue for this week’s top gainers in the past 180 days

Stacked area chart of daily total revenue for dYdX, NEAR Protocol, Dogecoin, Liquity and Arweave, September 2021 to March 2022Custom chart created with Token Terminal Pro.

📉Price to sales (P/S) ratio

How are projects priced relative to total fees/yield generated?

Top projects by latest P/S ratio

Bar chart of 15 projects by latest P/S ratio, from Fantom at 43.3x down to Compound at 7.5xhttps://tokenterminal.com/explorer/metrics/ps-fully-diluted

This week’s top movers by P/S ratio

Table of the week's top 5 P/S ratio movers: Cryptex, Filecoin, Dogecoin, Reflexer and Fantom, led by Cryptex at -99.5%Latest price to sales (P/S) ratio and the week-over-week decrease.

Daily P/S ratio for this week’s top movers in the past 180 days

Line chart of daily P/S ratio for Dogecoin, Reflexer and Fantom, September 2021 to March 2022, with Dogecoin dropping sharply in MarchCustom chart created with Token Terminal Pro. We have excluded Cryptex and Filecoin from this chart as their P/S ratios spiked to over 100k in March 2022.

📈Protocol revenue

Protocol revenue is the share of the total revenue that accrues to the benefit of token holders or the company behind the protocol.

Top projects by cumulative protocol revenue in the past 7 days

Bar chart of the top 15 projects by protocol revenue in the past 7 days, led by Ethereum at $34.4m and dYdX at $18.8mhttps://tokenterminal.com/explorer/metrics/revenue

This week’s top gainers by protocol revenue

Table of the week's top 5 protocol revenue gainers: dYdX, NEAR Protocol, Maple Finance, Liquity and Ribbon FinanceProtocol revenue during the past 7 days and the week-over-week increase.

Daily protocol revenue for this week’s top movers in the past 180 days

Stacked area chart of daily protocol revenue for dYdX, Maple Finance, Ribbon Finance, NEAR Protocol and Liquity, September 2021 to March 2022Custom chart created with Token Terminal Pro.

📉Price to earnings (P/E) ratio

The 'E' in the P/E ratio is based on protocol revenue, i.e. the share of the total revenue that accrues to the benefit of token holders or the company behind the protocol.

Top projects by latest P/E ratio

Bar chart of 15 projects by latest P/E ratio, from Curve at 160.2x down to QuickSwap at 25.6xhttps://tokenterminal.com/explorer/metrics/ps-fully-diluted

This week’s top movers by P/E ratio

Table of the week's top 5 P/E ratio movers: Cryptex, Filecoin, Reflexer, Fantom and HurricaneSwapLatest price to earnings (P/E) ratio and the week-over-week decrease.

Daily P/E ratio for this week’s top movers in the past 90 days

Line chart of daily P/E ratio for HurricaneSwap, Reflexer, Fantom and Filecoin, December 2021 to March 2022, with a Filecoin spike in early MarchCustom chart created with Token Terminal Pro. We have excluded Cryptex from this chart as its P/E ratio spiked to over 800k in March 2022.

*Note: We have excluded dapps & blockchains with revenue figures under $10k/week.**Note:‘change’ is calculated as a snapshot comparison, whereas ‘trend’ is calculated by comparing the given time interval against its previous time interval.

🆕 New listing(s)

Alchemist is now live on Token Terminal!

Chart of Alchemist daily circulating market cap and total revenue, September 2021 to March 2022The Alchemist suite of products includes a DEX aggregator, an arbitrage service, a fundraising platform, and a non-custodial wallet built on Ethereum.

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