Request Finance in Numbers: December 2021

Cumulative payments made: $170m in 2021

A key success indicator at Request is the cumulative value of crypto payments made through the app. 

During 2021, over $170 million of cryptocurrency payments in total have been made through the Request Finance app. Of which, $8.5 million in crypto invoices were paid in December alone. 

The chart below shows the cumulative payments amount (light blue), versus the monthly payments amount (dark blue). 

Newly registered users in December: 895 with  23% avg. monthly growth for 2021

Another important metric is the growth in the number of new accounts created. They represent new companies and freelancers ready to use Request Finance to pay, and get paid in cryptocurrency.

In 2021, the total number of registered users for Request Finance was 7,980 with an average monthly growth of around 23%. 

1,706 invoices issued in December,  with a 65% issued-to-paid ratio 

The number of invoices generated in December 2021 was up by 29% when compared to the previous month.

As illustrated in the graph below, the overall issued-to-paid invoice ratio is 65%. In other words, out of every 10 invoices that have been issued, nearly 7 of them have been paid since the launch of Request Finance. This ratio helps us to measure the user experience on Request Finance, by constantly reducing the barriers to getting paid on time. 

Due to contract terms, it can take more than 20-30 days for invoices to be paid from when they are issued, sometimes longer. That means that some invoices issued in December last year are still pending for payments likely to occur in January this year.

Top cryptocurrencies: 24% in USDC and 19% in SAND

Another data point to keep track of is which cryptocurrencies are most often used on Request Finance. 

Understandably, US-denominated stablecoins are a popular choice by many businesses. $DAI was the leading cryptocurrency used to pay invoices since the launch of the app. But today this is no longer the case. $USDC is now the most used crypto, accounting for 24.2% of the total invoices paid, followed by $SAND and $DAI making up 19.1% and 18.6% of the total invoices paid respectively. 

The rise in the popularity of invoices being paid in $SAND on the Request Finance app reflects the growth in metaverse-related projects, and the need for blockchain gaming companies to easily manage their crypto payments to their teams and community.

$USDT, $OCEAN, $GRT, $AAVE, $REQ, $ETH, and $AKRO also made it to the list of top 10 payment currencies. The rest of the currencies listed as ‘Other’ are: $FTM, $MPH, $cUSD, $CELO, $GNO, $NEAR, $MATIC, $FUSE, and several more included. You can find the full list of currencies supported in the Request Finance app here.

Through this monthly report, we hope to provide an overview of what’s happening with Request Finance, and the data driving our product development decisions. We hope that our commitment to transparency will inspire new users to take their first steps into invoicing and payments with cryptocurrency for their business.

Want to see what's going on with Request on a daily basis? Our community has built the Request Activity Dashboard. You can also visit our Dunes Analytics Dashboard for more exhaustive data on the Request Network.  

Any specific metric you'd like to see covered in the following report? Feel free to get in touch through email or by joining the Discord channel!