Meteora Dominates DeFi in 2025 With $1.25B Fees, Outpacing Uniswap, Jupiter, and Aave

Key Takeaways:Meteora Takes the Lead in DeFi Fee GenerationTop DeFi Protocols by 2025 Fee RevenueWhy Solana-Based DeFi Is Gaining GroundExecution Speed and Capital EfficiencyDEXs Narrow the Gap with Centralized ExchangesInstitutions Quietly Drive DeFi Fee Growth

Even though institutional involvement was less apparent than retail, this trend was increasingly contributing to 2025 DeFi revenues. On-chain lending markets were invested in by asset managers, and DeFi rails were added behind the scenes by fintech companies.

Large exchanges experimented with tokenized assets, stablecoin settlement and blockchain-based credit, directing their operations via DeFi protocols instead of conventional intermediaries. Such flows are typically big, steady, and cost-effective and prefer protocols that have known infrastructure. Consequently, there is an increase in fee growth as a structural adoption and not necessarily due to speculative cycles.

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