In the past 30 days, some protocols in the crypto ecosystem generated a significant amount of fees. The fees generated by a protocol mirror high adoption and activity, revealing that users are highly interacting with it.
Here are the top 5 protocols that generated the most fees in the past 30 days.
Top 5 Fee-Generating Protocols in the Last 30 Days
1. Tether
One of the most important stablecoins issuers, Tether, has generated the most fees in the past 30 days, over $636 million. In the last seven days, Tether has generated almost $150 million in fees, according to data from DeFi Llama.
August was the month with the highest fees in 2025, and Tether generated over $655 million in fees paid by users last month, based on the data from the same provider.
2. Circle
Circle, another stablecoin issuer, sits in the second position in terms of fees paid by users in the past 30 days. Tether has generated over $212 million in fees in the last 30 days, and over $52.4 million in fees in the past 7 days.
Also, August was the top month in generated fees by Circle this year, with almost $261 million.
The fact that Tether and Circle are at the top of the list of protocols with the most generated fees in the past 30 days shows a high adoption of stablecoins, which represent the gateway to the Web3 ecosystem, showing an optimistic future for digital assets.
3. Uniswap
The Uniswap DEX is one of the most important decentralized crypto platforms, and it sits in third place among protocols that generated the highest fees in the last 30 days.
Uniswap users paid over $161 million in fees in the last 30 days, and over $31 million in the past 7 days, according to the same data from DeFi Llama.
August was the most fruitful month in 2025 regarding generated fees by Uniswap, with over $163 million. May 2021 was the month with the most generated fees ever for the DEX, with over $251 million.
As of September 5, 2025, Uniswap's TVL is over $5.74 billion.
4. Jupiter
Jupiter, one of the largest decentralized crypto trading platforms, is the 4th protocol in terms of the highest fee generation in the past 30 days. Jupiter users paid over $112 million in fees in the past 30 days and more than $25.8 million in fees over the last 7 days.
In August, Jupiter generated fees of more than $114 million. However, in 2025, the month with the most generated fees by Jupiter was February, with over $124 million.
Jupiter's current TVL is over $3.24 billion, DeFi Llama data shows.
Jupiter is known as a leading DEX aggregator on Solana. In Q1 2025, Solana recorded high activity and other top metrics.
5. Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid, another popular DEX, is placed in the fifth position regarding generated fees in the past 30 days, with more than $110.4 million. In the last 7 days, Hyperliquid generated more than $19.2 million in fees.
In 2025, August was the month with the most generated fees by Hyperliquid, surpassing $113 million.
As of September 5, the TVL on the exchange is over $762 million, according to data from DeFi Llama.
Hyperliquid is a popular perpetual futures exchange, and the project recently announced a network upgrade set to cut fees on select trading pairs by 80% which will trigger more activity on the platform.
