While the market watches the price of crypto, another indicator emerges. Ethereum recorded a record 8.7 million smart contracts deployed in the fourth quarter, according to Token Terminal. This peak ...

What Is Driving Record Activity on Ethereum? Ethereum closed the fourth quarter with a sharp surge in developer activity, even as Ether’s price lagged broader crypto momentum. Data from Token Terminal ...

The current 8.7 million record high happens one year after Ethereum’s worst quarter in newly deployed contracts: only 528,100 in Q4 2024.Analyst Joseph Young explained, “This is organic growth” of a ...

Onchain development activity on Ethereum has rebounded sharply, driven by tokenized assets, stablecoins and infrastructure, according to Token Terminal. Despite sluggish Ether (ETH) price action, ...

Contract deployments on Ethereum reached an all-time high of 8.7 million in Q4 2025. The approval of ETFs and the introduction of layer 2 solutions have attracted the largest amount of developer ...

Token Terminal data revealed that smart contracts deployed on the Ethereum network hit an all-time high of 8.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2025. The surge was driven by ETF approvals, which ...

Ethereum is unique among cryptocurrencies in that it is as much a commodity to be converted from ETH to USD as it is a global software platform that operates on blockchain technology. The ecosystem ...

Ethereum smart contracts are no longer an abstract concept limited to developers and crypto-native users. By 2025, they have become foundational infrastructure powering real-world applications across ...

A new malware implant called EtherRAT, deployed in a recent React2Shell attack, runs five separate Linux persistence mechanisms and leverages Ethereum smart contracts for communication with the ...