Monthly index

The exit-friction index

A price is what the last trade happened at. It is not what you would receive. Once a month we take every token we can measure and record the gap between the two.

August 2026 · provisional, month still open

Of the 65 tokens with a live on-chain market on Base or Ethereum, the median lost 15.8% selling $100,000. 26.2% lost more than half.

We track 593 assets. 317 have a contract on a covered chain, and 246 of those returned no on-chain price when we asked — an asset whose real market is a centralised exchange, or a receipt token never meant to trade, is invisible to this measurement rather than illiquid. The index is only ever a statement about the 65 we can see.

15.82% median loss
3.82%–51.94% middle half
26.2% lost more than half
10.8% lost under 1%

Worst measured this month: BABYCLAW at 100%. Every token is priced at the same $100,000 so the months stay comparable — see the method.

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The index measures on-chain routing on the chains named above. It is market information, not financial advice, and it is not a statement about any token’s value.