DeFi platforms ranked in Ethereum ($ETH) burned over the last seven days until May 25, 2025, with Uniswap leading the pack. Uniswap also generated 62.7 ETH in transaction fee burns, which is worth around $156,400, Phoenix Group data revealed. This demonstrates that it still controls automated decentralized trading volume and the provision of liquidity.
The second largest burn was 30.8 ETH, equating to about $76,800, via MetaMask. Ethereum-based applications’ wallet app is still an important entry point for Ethereum swaps and other in-app decentralized finance (DeFi) features that generate a large amount of network usage.
Network Activity Includes Mid-Tier Projects
Gnosis burned 21.4 $ETH ($53,400), and 1inch followed closely with 19.0 $ETH ($47,400). 1inch provides routing services that gather liquidity across different DEXs, and Gnosis is the underlying on-chain governance and multi-signature wallet infrastructure. Each of the two platforms makes significant contributions to Ethereum’s transactional volume.
Aave burned 9.5 $ETH (around $23,700) in the ranking. Aave is one of the largest lending protocols, and loan issuance and repayments keep on-chain activity steady. After it, Pendle, a DeFi protocol letting traders trade yield on tokens, tipped over with 7.1 $ETH burned, paying out $17,700 in fees.
Smaller Platforms Try to Maintain Fee Affects.
Other projects in the top ten were Kyber Network, Tokenlon, ParaSwap, and Tornado Cash. Kyber Network burned 3.0 $ETH (7,500 dollars) while Tokenlon burned 4.7 $ETH (11,700 dollars). Tornado Cash and ParaSwap each burn under 3 $ETH, but both are regular burners of block space.
$ETH burned over the tracked period totaled 1,614 ETH or $4.03 million. As reflected in these figures, activity throughout DeFi protocols has held steady at high levels, affirming Ethereum’s position as the top smart contract blockchain by utility on the network. Data captured from Ultrasound.money is included in the report and reflects Ethereum fee burning mechanism usage trends to EIP-1559.
