Ethereum just hit a quiet but massive record.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-28 15:47
Ethereum just hit a quiet but massive record.
175.5 million wallets now hold a non-zero $ETH balance — the highest number ever.
Since the start of 2026 alone, that’s +5.16 million wallets. A clean +3.03% in just a few weeks. No fireworks, no hype cycle — just steady expansion.
I love these kinds of stats. They don’t scream. They don’t trend on X for five minutes. But they tell the real story. More wallets means more people inside the system, even while prices chop and narratives fight each other.
What’s important here is the timing. This growth is happening without euphoria. No NFT mania, no DeFi summer, no retail frenzy. Just slow onboarding, developers building, users sticking around. That’s healthy. That’s durable.
We spend too much time staring at candles. Meanwhile, the base layer keeps widening. And once a network reaches this scale, it doesn’t disappear — it compounds. Doucement.
This is what long-term adoption actually looks like.
#Ethereum #ETH #onchain #adoption #crypto #networkeffects #CryptoFriture
175.5 million wallets now hold a non-zero $ETH balance — the highest number ever.
Since the start of 2026 alone, that’s +5.16 million wallets. A clean +3.03% in just a few weeks. No fireworks, no hype cycle — just steady expansion.
I love these kinds of stats. They don’t scream. They don’t trend on X for five minutes. But they tell the real story. More wallets means more people inside the system, even while prices chop and narratives fight each other.
What’s important here is the timing. This growth is happening without euphoria. No NFT mania, no DeFi summer, no retail frenzy. Just slow onboarding, developers building, users sticking around. That’s healthy. That’s durable.
We spend too much time staring at candles. Meanwhile, the base layer keeps widening. And once a network reaches this scale, it doesn’t disappear — it compounds. Doucement.
This is what long-term adoption actually looks like.
#Ethereum #ETH #onchain #adoption #crypto #networkeffects #CryptoFriture
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