ETH price stays near $3,000, highlighting a gap between network growth and market valuation.
Ethereum reached an important milestone recently. ETH’s network is handling the most activity it has ever seen since the 2021 bullish rally. On December 31, 2025, the seven-day moving average of daily transactions reached around 1.87 million. This number passed the earlier record of 1.61 million transactions seen on May 10, 2021, when NFTs and DeFi activity were at their peak.
This growth shows that people are using the Ethereum network more again. Many apps like decentralized exchanges, games, NFTs, and token platforms now generate steady traffic. Unlike 2021, the current rise does not come only from hype. It comes from regular use across many different types of applications.
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