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Are the Most Profitable Crypto Protocols the Best Investments?

Published onNovember 4, 2026

Are the Most Profitable Crypto Protocols the Best Investments?
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UniswapUNUniswap+5.64%
AaveAAAave+4.24%
HyperliquidHYHyperliquid-0.98%
EthenaENEthena+7.31%
NEAR ProtocolNENEAR Protocol+8.26%

For the past two years, crypto has been talking about revenue, buybacks and fee switches like they're the hot new trend. Yet out of the 35 profitable protocol tokens we looked at, only 8 are up over the past year. So, are the protocols generating the most revenue really the best investments? We sorted them into four categories to find out.


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