| Dividend Date | Yield | Income on $100K |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | 1.09% | $1,090 |
| January 28, 2026 | 2.23% | $2,230 |
| March 5, 2026 | 0.99% | $990 |
| March 25, 2026 | 0.64% | $640 |
| April 10, 2026 | 0.65% | $650 |
Our income comes from trading fees — not from lending to risky borrowers or betting on the stock market. We hedge our positions to minimize exposure to market swings. The income fluctuates with trading volume, but it's not tied to interest rates, government debt, corporate defaults, or property values.
3.5x the best income fund on Wall Street. Nearly 9x a bank savings account. From a fundamentally different source.
Monday was a clean sweep. Bitcoin is trading at $75,000, while Hyperliquid's native token HYPE surged to $44.99 — its highest level since November 2025, up over 8% in 24 hours. The broader crypto market cap jumped more than 4% on the session. And DeFi Income delivered: $983.59, up +0.20% for the day. That's our best single-day gain in weeks, and it puts us just $6.41 from the next dividend trigger at $990.
The rally isn't random noise — it's being driven by fundamental catalysts that directly power our income engine.
→ Markets rallying, volume surging, and DeFi Income leading the way. This is what the strategy is built to do.
Today, Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan launched priority fees live on mainnet. Here's what that means: traders now pay in HYPE to gain order priority on the exchange. Those fees are permanently burned — removed from circulation forever. Every trade that happens creates demand for HYPE, which gets used and destroyed. The more volume on the exchange, the more HYPE gets consumed.
Analysts are calling this the most structurally bullish upgrade Hyperliquid has launched. One analyst put it plainly: "HYPE is becoming the fuel for speed and priority on the most sophisticated trading chain in crypto." For us, this matters because we earn our income at Hyperliquid. More volume. More fees. More income flowing to DFI shareholders.
→ The exchange where we earn just got structurally upgraded to attract more volume. That's our income growing. We're $6.41 from the next dividend trigger.
The macro picture continues to favor volume-based strategies. US-China tariff negotiations remain fluid — every shift in tone sends traders repositioning across currencies, commodities, equities, and crypto. Global market Fear & Greed sits at 29 (Fear), meaning every day brings fresh repositioning as traders try to anticipate the next headline. Each reposition is a trade. Each trade is a fee. Each fee is our income.
Meanwhile: the S&P is down well over 4% YTD, bonds are under pressure from tariff-driven inflation fears, and traditional income assets are delivering under-inflation returns. DeFi Income: +5.94% YTD. 27 dividends. $5,950 on $100K. ~22% annualized. No stock exposure. No bond exposure. No tariff exposure. Completely uncorrelated — and climbing.
→ The world is chaotic. Chaos is volume. Volume is our income. ~22% annualized and accelerating toward the next dividend.
Think of it like owning a piece of a busy marketplace. Every trade that happens generates a fee — and a portion of that fee flows directly to you as income. We hedge our positions to keep your principal as protected as possible. The tradeoff is that income fluctuates with how busy the marketplace is, rather than arriving in fixed monthly amounts.
27 dividends. ~22% annualized pace. Principal protected.~22% annualized. Uncorrelated to stocks, bonds, and inflation. 27 dividends paid. $5,950 earned on $100K in 2026. New shares at $983.59.
| Date | Yield | Per Share |
|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2023 | 1.88% | $18.83 |
| December 7, 2023 | 4.25% | $41.64 |
| December 14, 2023 | 1.31% | $13.11 |
| December 28, 2023 | 1.71% | $16.75 |
| January 4, 2024 | 1.38% | $13.56 |
| January 11, 2024 | 1.83% | $17.83 |
| February 15, 2024 | 1.63% | $15.97 |
| February 27, 2024 | 2.71% | $26.60 |
| March 7, 2024 | 11.56% | $113.31 |
| March 14, 2024 | 6.24% | $61.14 |
| December 5, 2024 | 6.07% | $59.44 |
| January 9, 2025 | 26.28% | $257.50 |
| May 21, 2025 | 2.06% | $20.58 |
| June 12, 2025 | 1.49% | $14.88 |
| June 27, 2025 | 0.68% | $6.69 |
| July 11, 2025 | 1.71% | $16.71 |
| July 30, 2025 | 2.48% | $24.30 |
| August 8, 2025 | 0.77% | $7.78 |
| August 22, 2025 | 1.18% | $11.61 |
| September 3, 2025 | 0.54% | $5.27 |
| September 18, 2025 | 0.76% | $7.41 |
| September 30, 2025 | 2.30% | $22.50 |
| January 7, 2026 | 1.09% | $10.65 |
| January 28, 2026 | 2.23% | $21.82 |
| March 5, 2026 | 0.99% | $9.73 |
| March 25, 2026 | 0.64% | $6.28 |
| April 10, 2026 | 0.65% | $6.39 |
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DeFi Income utilizes decentralized finance strategies that carry unique risks including but not limited to: smart contract risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk, regulatory risk, and the potential for significant volatility in income distributions. The yield comparisons presented reflect publicly available market data as of the date shown and are provided for illustrative purposes only; each product carries different risk profiles, liquidity terms, and tax treatments.
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