Analysts Can’t Agree on What Prompted Big Spike in New Bitcoin Addresses

Bitcoin is getting more popular each day. As Bitcoin (BTC) hit a three-year high on Nov. 18, more people around the world have started moving into the world’s largest cryptocurrency, according to Glassnode data.Glassnode, a major provider of cryptocurrency analytics data, recorded a major spike in the number of new Bitcoin addresses on Nov. 18.According to Glassnode, the number of new BTC addresses registered per hour hit nearly 25,000 addresses for the first time since January 2018 — the month following Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,000. The spike in new Bitcoin addresses is still quite....

A snapshot for the Spark airdrop may have caused a record spike in Ethereum address creation. Ethereum address creation hit a 35-month high on December 14 when 177,000 new addresses were added to the network according to analysts from Santiment.The analytics provider reported that its network growth metric showed Ethereum adding 177,500 addresses in a single-day on Saturday, Dec. 12. The amount of new #Ethereum addresses hit a single-day, 35-month high Saturday. Our network growth metric picked up $ETH reaching 177.5k addresses created. Notably more addresses interacting on an asset's....

The sudden dramatic spike in active addresses on the network has left many guessing about the cause. On-chain metrics firm Santiment says it is still investigating the cause of a sudden surge of Ether (ETH) active addresses, which have eclipsed the previous all-time high (ATH) by a whopping 48%On Wednesday, the analytics firm tweeted that the number of daily active addresses on Ethereum had suddenly spiked to 1.06 million, shattering the previous high of 718,000 set back in 2018.An active address is one that has made a transaction in the past 24 hours. The number of active addresses can....

The Ethereum Merge upgrade is expected to haul in more new users on the network which happens to be true with the surge of new active wallet addresses on the platform.  Ethereum’s new active wallet addresses climb to a new ATH of 3,001.804  ETH seen to spike in terms of social media engagements and mentions  ETH price up by 0.46% as of press time According to a Twitter post by Glassnode shared on October 2, the number of new active wallet addresses on the Ethereum network recently climbed to a new ATH of 3,001.804. While it’s true that this screams a boost in investor interest in the alt,....

XRP price rallied 91% in the past month and data shows these three fundamental factors may be behind the break above the current multi-year range. In the past month, the price of XRP rallied 91% as the digital asset at last found some spark and is now playing catch up with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).  The likely catalysts for the XRP rally are the rise in unique addresses, buybacks from Ripple, and the possibility of a new product realease.XRP/USD weekly chart. Source: TradingView.comUnique XRP addresses increaseOn-chain data can be useful for depicting the overall sentiment around a....