ARK Invest releases DeFi report for Q3 2026, with stock tokenization driving trading recovery

ARK Invest released its Q3 2026 DeFi report, with stock tokenized spot DEX trading volume reaching $50 billion, accounting for 9% of spot DEX trading volume. The overall DEX spot trading volume increased by 13% month on month to $571 billion. Robinhood Chain achieved $65 billion in DEX trading volume and $51 million in network revenue in its first quarter of launch. The total supply of stablecoins decreased to 309 billion US dollars, with adjusted trading volume increasing to 781 billion US dollars, and the average monthly active addresses increasing to 73 million. The value of perpetual contract DEX open interest contracts increased to $24 billion, while quarterly trading volume decreased to $1.4 trillion, with Hyperliquid open interest contracts worth approximately $13 billion.