📊A very critical turning point is happening:


In Q1 2026, on-chain business has generated a total revenue of $587.9 million 💰
Note, this is not a surge caused by hype, but real fee income.

💡What does this mean?
🚀Positive side:
👉The crypto ecosystem is shifting from "making money through price increases" to "making money through usage"
👉More and more protocols are beginning to have capabilities similar to "cash flow"
This step is actually moving towards traditional business models—
From narrative → monetization capability
⚠️ But the problems are also very real:
👉Revenue is still concentrated in a few top projects
👉Most projects still rely on sentiment and liquidity-driven factors
In other words, the entire industry is not fully mature, but "a small part is starting to make money."

💡Core point:
👉The crypto market is splitting into two types of assets:
One is "income-generating protocols," and the other is "story-driven tokens."
The future valuation logic is likely to favor the former more and more.

One sentence summary:
The market is starting to speak with "profitability" rather than just stories 📈🧠
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