Ethereum Daily Transaction Count Hits Record High While Fees Stay Flat

Ethereum is currently processing record-setting transaction volumes while gas fees remain stubbornly close to zero. Ethereum Processes Record Daily Transactions and Welcomes New Wallets at Scale Network activity on Ethereum is accelerating fast, and January 2026 is shaping up to be the most intense stretch the chain has ever seen. Transaction counts are rising sharply … Read more

Ethereum’s Onchain Activity Hits Historic Levels Heading Into 2026

As 2025 wrapped up, Ethereum rewrote its own history book, posting the highest single-day transaction count ever on Dec. 29, 2025, when 2.23 million transfers cleared the chain. The pace didn’t cool off either, with Dec. 31, Dec. 30, and even figures logged on Jan. 2, 2026, all brushing up against record-setting daily transfer levels. … Read more

Developer Flags Major Risks in Proposed Bitcoin Reduced Data Soft Fork

Mempool.space developer and analyst Mononaut has published a detailed critique warning that the proposed “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork” could disable legitimate transaction types across the network. Review of Transaction Data Shows RDTS Could Block Key Bitcoin Use Cases A new soft fork proposal designed to curb excessive data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain is drawing … Read more

August Sees 92% Jump in Stablecoin Transaction Volume, Reaching $3 Trillion 

While crypto markets were quite volatile in August and bitcoin lost 6.49% during the month, the stablecoin economy grew by more than $17 billion. Stablecoins Soar by $17B in August Despite Crypto Market Chaos As of Sept. 2, 2025, defillama.com data shows the fiat-pegged, U.S. dollar-driven crypto economy holds a value of $284.558 billion. On … Read more

2025 YTD: Fewer Bitcoin Transfers, Far Lower Fee Share Versus 2024

Bitcoin’s daily transaction pace has cooled in 2025 after a blistering run last year. Data covering Jan. 1, 2017, through Aug. 23, 2025, shows that 2025’s year-to-date throughput trails 2024’s full-year average by roughly one-quarter, and miners’ fee share of rewards is hovering near the low end of the nine-year span. Bitcoin’s Busiest Days Cluster … Read more

Twelve-Year-Old Bitcoin Wallets From 2011 Spark a $23 Million Wake-up on Monday

On March 3, 2025, while bitcoin (BTC) traded between $92,809 to $93,206 per coin, six distinct addresses initially generated in 2011 transferred about 250 BTC—valued at roughly $23 million—for the first time in 12 years. Old-School BTC Holders Resurface, Move 350 Coins to New Addresses and Exchanges Around 250 BTC departed six legacy P2PKH (Pay-to-Pubkey-Hash) … Read more