diff --git a/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/migrations/0016_organizationusage.py b/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/migrations/0016_organizationusage.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a194963f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/migrations/0016_organizationusage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("ingest", "0015_merge_notification_and_teams"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="OrganizationUsage",
+            fields=[
+                ("id", models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name="ID")),
+                ("period_start", models.DateField(db_index=True, help_text="First day of the billing period (YYYY-MM-01)")),
+                ("period_end", models.DateField(help_text="Last day of the billing period (inclusive)")),
+                ("request_count", models.PositiveBigIntegerField(default=0, help_text="Total API requests made by this org in the period")),
+                ("storage_bytes", models.PositiveBigIntegerField(default=0, help_text="Total bytes of event payload data stored for this org")),
+                ("egress_bytes", models.PositiveBigIntegerField(default=0, help_text="Total bytes served to this org via API responses")),
+                ("updated_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                (
+                    "team",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        help_text="Organization this usage record belongs to",
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="usage_records",
+                        to="ingest.team",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["-period_start"],
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.AddIndex(
+            model_name="organizationusage",
+            index=models.Index(fields=["team", "period_start"], name="ingest_orgusage_team_period_idx"),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterUniqueTogether(
+            name="organizationusage",
+            unique_together={("team", "period_start")},
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/services/billing.py b/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/services/billing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcd0c2a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django-backend/soroscan/ingest/services/billing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""
+Billing service: compute cost attribution per organization (issue #538).
+
+Pricing constants (USD per unit) — override via Django settings if needed.
+"""
+import json
+from datetime import date
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db.models import Sum
+
+from ..models import ContractEvent, OrganizationUsage, Team
+
+# --- Pricing rates (USD) ---
+PRICE_PER_REQUEST = Decimal(getattr(settings, "BILLING_PRICE_PER_REQUEST", "0.000010"))   # $0.01 / 1000 requests
+PRICE_PER_GB_STORAGE = Decimal(getattr(settings, "BILLING_PRICE_PER_GB_STORAGE", "0.023"))  # $0.023 / GB-month
+PRICE_PER_GB_EGRESS = Decimal(getattr(settings, "BILLING_PRICE_PER_GB_EGRESS", "0.090"))   # $0.09 / GB
+
+_GB = 1_073_741_824  # bytes in 1 GiB
+
+
+def compute_costs(usage: OrganizationUsage) -> dict:
+    """Return a dict of itemised and total costs (USD) for a usage record."""
+    request_cost = PRICE_PER_REQUEST * usage.request_count
+    storage_cost = PRICE_PER_GB_STORAGE * Decimal(usage.storage_bytes) / _GB
+    egress_cost = PRICE_PER_GB_EGRESS * Decimal(usage.egress_bytes) / _GB
+    total = request_cost + storage_cost + egress_cost
+    return {
+        "request_cost_usd": float(request_cost.quantize(Decimal("0.000001"))),
+        "storage_cost_usd": float(storage_cost.quantize(Decimal("0.000001"))),
+        "egress_cost_usd": float(egress_cost.quantize(Decimal("0.000001"))),
+        "total_cost_usd": float(total.quantize(Decimal("0.000001"))),
+    }
+
+
+def snapshot_usage_for_team(team: Team, period_start: date, period_end: date) -> OrganizationUsage:
+    """
+    Compute and upsert an OrganizationUsage record for the given team and period.
+
+    - request_count: number of ContractEvents in the period (proxy for API-driven ingestion)
+    - storage_bytes: sum of JSON-serialised payload sizes for events in the period
+    - egress_bytes:  same as storage_bytes (conservative estimate; real egress tracked via middleware)
+    """
+    qs = ContractEvent.objects.filter(
+        contract__team=team,
+        timestamp__date__gte=period_start,
+        timestamp__date__lte=period_end,
+    )
+
+    request_count = qs.count()
+
+    # Estimate storage as sum of serialised payload lengths
+    storage_bytes = sum(
+        len(json.dumps(e.payload).encode()) for e in qs.only("payload").iterator(chunk_size=500)
+    )
+
+    usage, _ = OrganizationUsage.objects.update_or_create(
+        team=team,
+        period_start=period_start,
+        defaults={
+            "period_end": period_end,
+            "request_count": request_count,
+            "storage_bytes": storage_bytes,
+            "egress_bytes": storage_bytes,  # conservative default
+        },
+    )
+    return usage
diff --git a/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.module.css b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..081b485cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+.statsGrid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.statCard {
+  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 212, 255, 0.2);
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(13, 21, 34, 0.95), rgba(7, 12, 20, 0.95));
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 255, 156, 0.05), 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+  padding: 1rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 0.3rem;
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent, #00d4ff);
+  transition: box-shadow 0.18s ease;
+}
+
+.statCard:hover {
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 255, 156, 0.12), 0 6px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+}
+
+.statIcon {
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  color: var(--accent, #00d4ff);
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+
+.statValue {
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: #d6f7ff;
+  font-family: "JetBrains Mono", "Fira Code", monospace;
+  line-height: 1.1;
+}
+
+.statLabel {
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  color: #7ba8b5;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06rem;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 700px) {
+  .statsGrid {
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 400px) {
+  .statsGrid {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.tsx b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaadce234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/ContractStatsCards.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useMemo } from "react";
+import type { EventRecord } from "@/components/ingest/types";
+import styles from "./ContractStatsCards.module.css";
+
+interface Props {
+  events: EventRecord[];
+  totalCount: number;
+  loading: boolean;
+}
+
+export function ContractStatsCards({ events, totalCount, loading }: Props) {
+  const stats = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!events.length) {
+      return { eventsPerHour: 0, latestEventTime: null, eventTypesCount: 0 };
+    }
+
+    // Events per hour: count events in the last 60 minutes
+    const oneHourAgo = Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000;
+    const eventsPerHour = events.filter(
+      (e) => new Date(e.timestamp).getTime() >= oneHourAgo
+    ).length;
+
+    // Latest event time
+    const sorted = [...events].sort(
+      (a, b) => new Date(b.timestamp).getTime() - new Date(a.timestamp).getTime()
+    );
+    const latestEventTime = sorted[0]?.timestamp ?? null;
+
+    // Unique event types
+    const eventTypesCount = new Set(events.map((e) => e.eventType)).size;
+
+    return { eventsPerHour, latestEventTime, eventTypesCount };
+  }, [events]);
+
+  const cards = [
+    {
+      label: "Total Events",
+      value: loading ? "—" : totalCount.toLocaleString(),
+      icon: "◈",
+      accent: "#00ff9c",
+    },
+    {
+      label: "Events / Hour",
+      value: loading ? "—" : stats.eventsPerHour.toLocaleString(),
+      icon: "⏱",
+      accent: "#00d4ff",
+    },
+    {
+      label: "Latest Event",
+      value: loading
+        ? "—"
+        : stats.latestEventTime
+        ? new Date(stats.latestEventTime).toLocaleTimeString()
+        : "N/A",
+      icon: "◉",
+      accent: "#a78bfa",
+    },
+    {
+      label: "Event Types",
+      value: loading ? "—" : stats.eventTypesCount.toLocaleString(),
+      icon: "⬡",
+      accent: "#f59e0b",
+    },
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.statsGrid} aria-label="Contract statistics">
+      {cards.map((card) => (
+        <div key={card.label} className={styles.statCard} style={{ "--accent": card.accent } as React.CSSProperties}>
+          <span className={styles.statIcon} aria-hidden="true">{card.icon}</span>
+          <span className={styles.statValue}>{card.value}</span>
+          <span className={styles.statLabel}>{card.label}</span>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/EventExplorerDashboard.tsx b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/EventExplorerDashboard.tsx
index 434004d21..c62595c30 100644
--- a/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/EventExplorerDashboard.tsx
+++ b/soroscan-frontend/app/dashboard/components/EventExplorerDashboard.tsx
@@ -467,6 +467,12 @@ export function EventExplorerDashboard() {
           initialQuery={filters.searchQuery}
         />
 
+        <ContractStatsCards
+          events={filteredEvents}
+          totalCount={totalCount}
+          loading={loading}
+        />
+
         <section className={styles.timelinePanel} aria-label="Events table">
           <div className={styles.panelHead}>
             <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "1rem" }}>