Starting from the premise of extracting value from building a network has never worked in history, you need network effects first.
With that said, there is value accrual from L1s that isn’t being measured. C-chain, Primary Network and ICM create value-add services to increase demand for AVAX. This is already happening with Maplestory, for example which via ICM has 3-7k transactions per day on the C-Chain which all burn AVAX.
Multiple that by 1000 and you will burn the equivalent of what most monolithic chains burn per annum.
Even after the 96% drop in fees on the C-Chain (Etna & Octane upgrades), Avalanche just had its best 2-day streak of fee generation since December 2024.