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🚀 Dormant Wallet Converts USDC to WBTC After Two-Month Inactivity

According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, a previously inactive wallet has resumed activity after two months. The wallet exchanged 5.18 million USDC for 53.87 WBTC at an average price of $96,160.

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🚀 Tron Network Sees Record Activity Amid Rising Retail Adoption

According to Cointelegraph, the Tron network is experiencing unprecedented levels of activity, with blockchain data indicating a surge in transactions and active addresses. On Tuesday, the number of daily active addresses on Tron reached a record 5.7 million, surpassing the previous day's record of 5.4 million. Additionally, over 12.6 million transactions were recorded, marking the highest daily transaction count since June 2023, as reported by TRONSCAN.

Blockchain analytics platform Nansen highlighted the significant increase in activity, noting a 69% rise in daily active Tron addresses over the past week, reaching nearly 11.1 million. This growth represents the largest week-on-week change among major blockchains. Despite Tron’s decentralized finance ecosystem not being as prominent as Ethereum’s, it facilitates between 15-20 million Tether (USDT) stablecoin transfers weekly, making it a popular choice for token and chain payments in the crypto space.

Tron’s network is widely utilized in regions such as Africa, Asia, and South America, where high-speed, low-cost US dollar-pegged token transfers offer significant benefits. This is particularly advantageous in areas where access to real US dollars is limited. Tether recently celebrated its 500 millionth USDT user on October 21, with CEO Paolo Ardoino describing it as a major milestone in financial inclusion.

The World Bank Group estimates that approximately 1.4 billion adults globally lack access to a bank account, highlighting the potential of cryptocurrencies to address this issue. With a smartphone, individuals can download a crypto wallet to receive and store funds securely, offering a viable solution to financial exclusion.

USDT remains the largest stablecoin, boasting a market cap of $183.2 billion and a 58.8% market share, according to CoinGecko. Circle’s USDC follows with a market cap of $76.2 billion. Ethereum hosts the majority of USDT in circulation, totaling $83.4 billion, while Tron ranks second with $78.7 million, as per DefiLlama data.


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🚀 Ethereum's Gas Fees Remain Low Amid Rising Blockchain Activity

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum's blockchain activity is on the rise, yet gas fees on the network remain at historically low levels. This development suggests a more mature and scalable infrastructure capable of supporting advanced real-world applications. Currently, Ethereum transaction fees are at a mere 0.16 gwei, approximately $0.01 per transaction. For token swaps, the fees are slightly higher at $0.15, and for non-fungible token (NFT) sales, they stand at $0.27, as reported by blockchain data aggregator Milkroad. These low costs contrast sharply with previous periods of high network activity, where demand often drove fees to unsustainable levels, a major criticism of Ethereum in past cycles.

The network's daily transactions have surged to 1.6 million, marking a near one-month high, a level last observed at the beginning of October before a significant $19 billion liquidation event. Active addresses have also increased, reaching a monthly peak of 695,872, according to data from the crypto intelligence platform Nansen. The persistently low gas fees follow the implementation of the Dencun and Pectra upgrades, both aimed at reducing transaction costs and enhancing throughput. The Pectra upgrade, deployed in May, has notably doubled the blob capacity of layer-2 (L2) networks, effectively reducing transaction fees on L2s by approximately 50%. This upgrade has also facilitated the offloading of more transactions from the mainnet, further decreasing costs.

Ethereum's previous significant upgrade, Dencun, has also contributed to reducing L2 transaction fees and offloading more transactions from the L1. As a result, average Ethereum transaction fees have become 95% cheaper a year after its deployment on March 13, 2024, as reported by Cointelegraph. This series of upgrades underscores Ethereum's commitment to addressing past criticisms and enhancing its network's efficiency and scalability, paving the way for broader adoption and more complex use cases in the blockchain ecosystem.


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