Shocking! Hyperliquid's global per capita income surpasses 106 million USD, outpacing Tether, OnlyFans, and tech giants.

The decentralized derivatives trading exchange Hyperliquid has set a new global per capita income record—each core member generates an annual revenue of up to 106 million USD, far exceeding traditional tech giants like Tether Limited, OnlyFans, Apple, and Nvidia. This small team of only 11 core contributors has redefined the ceiling of global corporate revenue efficiency with its highly efficient automated trading infrastructure.

Income efficiency crushes traditional and emerging giants

According to Hyperliquid France data:

Hyperliquid: Average income of $106 million

Tether: 93 million USD

OnlyFans: 37.6 million USD

NVIDIA: 3.6 million dollars

Apple: 2.4 million USD

Meta: 2.2 million USD

CEO and co-founder Jeff Yan confirmed that the core team of the platform consists of only 11 people, yet they generated $1.167 billion in revenue within one year as of August 20.

Efficient Operating Model of Decentralized Exchange

Hyperliquid’s revenue mainly comes from perpetual futures trading fees, and through the protocol mechanism, a portion of the swap fees is allocated to the finance department, token holders, and the token buyback program.

This model allows the platform to operate with almost zero human intervention:

Automated market making: Reducing labor costs

Agreement Optimization: Focus on technological upgrades rather than daily operations

Low operational costs: Achieving maximum returns with a minimal team

The growth rate of income is astonishing

Since December 2024, Hyperliquid’s cumulative revenue has reached 5.89 billion USD, and the growth rate has significantly accelerated in recent months:

30-day新增收入: 9.563 million USD

DeFi income ranking: third in the world, only behind Tether ($629 million) and Circle ($204 million)

Leading the competition: surpassing well-known protocols like Tron, Jupiter, Pump.fun

Impact on Traditional Finance and Technology

Compared to traditional technology companies:

Apple: 164,000 employees, annual revenue of 383 billion USD, per capita 2.4 million USD

Hyperliquid: a team of 11 people, with an annual revenue of nearly 1.2 billion dollars, averaging 106 million dollars per person.

This data shows that decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols far exceed traditional models in terms of yield efficiency, challenging the existing perceptions of “scale and manpower” in the finance and technology industries.

Conclusion

The success case of Hyperliquid demonstrates that a small team + high automation + decentralized architecture can create astonishing income efficiency in the global market. This is not only a milestone in the DeFi field, but also a wake-up call for traditional financial and tech companies – in the new generation of financial infrastructure, efficiency and innovation will be the key factors determining success or failure.