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11#1 of 40Crypto / Protocol

Clanker

Instant ERC-20 token deployment on Base, earning a cut of LP and swap fees

Clanker (autonomous bot)Clanker team (acquired by Farcaster)Updated 2026-07-24Visit site ↗
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Reported revenue · total$31.2MThird-partycost n/d
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TL;DR

Clanker is an autonomous bot that deploys tokens on Base when tagged. It earned about $31.2M in protocol fees, though volume has since collapsed [1][2].

All-time fees$31.2M[1]
Last 30 days (Jul 2026)$56,681[1]

What does Clanker sell, and to whom?

Instant ERC-20 token deployment on Base, earning a cut of LP and swap fees.

Farcaster users launching memecoins [3].

How was Clanker built?

A Farcaster bot plus smart contracts that create Uniswap pools [3].

FarcasterBaseUniswapSmart contracts

What is the business model?

A share of LP and swap fees [3].

Where does the traffic come from?

Viral Farcaster tagging [2].

What revenue has Clanker reported?

Reported revenue: $31.2M all-time protocol fees (DefiLlama, Jul 2026), per Agent Earnings Ledger (DefiLlama read) (2026-07-24).

  1. 2026-07-24DefiLlama read: $31.2M [1]

What does the agent do, and what does the human do?

Agent
  • Deploying tokens on request
Human
  • Protocol engineering

What does it cost to run?

Not disclosed.

What worked and what didn't?

Worked
  • Zero-friction deploys
Didn't
  • Demand collapsed with the memecoin cycle [1]

How do you replicate Clanker?

  1. Turn a one-step on-chain action into a tag-to-deploy bot

What are the risks and the moat?

Regulation and memecoin cycles.

FAQ

How much has Clanker earned?

$31.2M all-time fees [1].

Sources

  1. [1] Agent Earnings Ledger (DefiLlama read)↗
  2. [2] Cointelegraph: Clanker fees↗
  3. [3] Clanker docs: Farcaster deployments↗
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