Hyperliquid has revenues of $106 million per employee at $106 million, surpassing traditional tech giant and former record holder Tether Limited.
Indicators of revenue per employer place high lipids well ahead of established technology companies. data High lipids collected by France It placed Tether in second place with $93 million per employee, with fans only ranked third with $37.6 million.
As confirmed by CEO and co-founder Jeff Yan, decentralized derivative exchanges work with just 11 core contributors. Recent interviews.
This minimal workforce generates $1.167 billion in annual revenue based on Defillama Estimates as of August 20th. Traditional tech giants are far behind, with Nvidia at $3.6 million, Apple at $2.4 million and Meta at $2.2 million per employee.
Hyperliquid’s revenue generation is attributable to transaction fees collected in decentralized, permanent futures exchanges.
The platform captures the percentage of swap fees directed at Treasury, token holders and token buybacks, creating revenue streams directly from transaction volumes without the need for large operational overhead.
Exchange’s automated market production and derivative trading infrastructure operates with minimal human intervention, allowing small teams to focus on protocol development and optimization rather than daily operational management.
Rapid revenue accumulation
High lipids have been around since December Accumulated $589.11 million Among revenues, it has shown a rapid acceleration of growth over the last few months. The platform’s 30-day revenue performance is positioned as the third-largest revenue generator among crypto protocols, with an additional $95.63 million.
As a result, high lipids only expel Stablecoin publishers, which produced $629.19 million and $203.91 million, respectively, into tethers and circles. This performance places derivative platforms ahead of other known protocols such as Tron, Jupiter, and Pump.Fun.
Comparisons with traditional technology companies highlight the efficiency of decentralized financial protocols.
While Apple employs around 164,000 workers to generate around $383 billion a year, Hyperliquid’s 11-person team generates around $1.2 billion in revenue through automated trading infrastructure.
The success of the platform shows that decentralized exchange protocols can achieve large scale due to reduced employee workforce, challenging traditional assumptions about revenue generation and operational requirements in traditional financial services.
