1kx Report: The share of blockchain revenue accounted for by listed companies has risen to 16%
The cryptocurrency investment firm 1kx released a report stating that publicly listed companies contributed 16% of the blockchain industry's revenue in 2026, more than doubling from 7% in 2022. The report compiled data from over 2,600 protocols and the financial reports of 104 publicly listed companies, with data up to the third quarter; revenue remains concentrated among a few enterprises, with the top six publicly listed companies accounting for about 50% to 60% of that group's revenue.
1kx expects the total revenue of the blockchain industry to decline by 28% year-on-year in 2026 to approximately $100 billion, but the share of publicly listed companies continues to expand. Circle's listing in 2025 brought new trading listings, combined with revenue growth from existing companies, driving the share increase; the blockchain-related revenue of the top ten publicly listed companies in the study has doubled over the past three years. In the first half of 2026, Coinbase and Circle together generated approximately $3.3 billion in blockchain-related revenue, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies around $2 billion, and traditional financial institutions such as JPMorgan, BlackRock, CME Group, Visa, and Robinhood collectively about $1.1 billion.
The report also pointed out that revenue from broader economic activities in the third quarter surpassed blockchain infrastructure revenue for the first time, at approximately $5.3 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively. Categories such as tokenized assets, payments, and prediction markets grew by 58% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, with institutional adoption accounting for a total of 33% of the blockchain's total revenue in the third quarter, and an expected annual share of 30%. Data from RWA.xyz shows that the scale of tokenized real-world assets grew by about 51% over the past year, rising from $26.16 billion in October 2025 to $39.54 billion; tokenized stocks grew 471% during the same period to $3.77 billion.