Ethereum Active Addresses Surge 147% Amid Market Shifts
Token valuations rose on every chain with a reported market-cap figure (Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and Tron) between 3 and 9 August 2026. Decentralized-exchange volume fell on every chain. . .
Token valuations rose on every chain with a reported market-cap figure (Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and Tron) between 3 and 9 August 2026. Decentralized-exchange volume fell on every chain with a reported figure, from Solana’s 30. 7% decline to Base’s 60. 8% decline. Two figures moved against the broader pattern: Tron’s perpetual-futures volume rose 57. 4%, and Ethereum’s active-address count rose 147% in a single day, from 377,381 on 8 August to 932,847 on 9 August. Token valuations rose across every chain, with a market-cap figure (Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and Tron) between 3 and 9 August 2026, while decentralized-exchange volume fell across every chain for which the figure was tracked. Several figures moved differently from that pattern this week: Ethereum’s active-address count, Tron’s perpetual-futures volume, Base’s transaction and address counts, and Bitcoin’s fee-to-transaction relationship. Ethereum: Active Addresses Jump 147% as DEX Volume FallsWithin a single day this week,Ethereum‘s active-address count rose from 377,381 on 8 August to 932,847 on 9 August, a 147% one-day increase and the largest single-day percentage increase in active addresses. Across the full week, total value locked rose 2. 1%, from $40. 893 billion to $41. 771 billion, and token market cap rose 1. 8%, to $231. 152 billion; stablecoin market cap was roughly flat, up 0. 2% to $147. 68 billion, the largest stablecoin base among the six chains. Trading activity moved in the opposite direction: decentralized-exchange volume fell 44. 7% to $406. 45 million, and perpetual-futures volume fell 52. 4% to $639. 96 million. BNB Smart Chain: Valuation Gains Alongside Cooling ActivityBNB Smart Chain‘s token market cap and total value locked both climbed over the week, with market cap up 2. 3% to $79. 967 billion and TVL up 2. 2% to $4. 964 billion. Decentralized-exchange volume fell 46. 9%, from $1. 401 billion to $744. 58 million, active addresses fell 15. 1% to 1. 85 million, and transactions fell 8. 7% to 14. 90 million. Solana: Market Cap Rises 3. 5% as DEX Volume FallsAmong the five chains with a market-cap figure,Solanaposted the largest weekly gain: token market cap rose 3. 5%, from $42. 713 billion to $44. 227 billion. Its perpetual-futures volume swung sharply within the week: $1. 283 billion on 7 August, $236. 34 million on 8 August, and $651. 7 million by 9 August. Solana also 86. 29 million transactions on 9 August, the highest single-day transaction count, even as decentralized-exchange volume fell 30. 7% for the week overall, to $1. 119 billion. Tron: Perps Volume Jumps 57. 4%At $91. 749 billion,Tron‘s stablecoin market cap held essentially flat over the week, about 62% the size of Ethereum’s $147. 68 billion, and still the second-largest among the five chains with a reported stablecoin figure. Perpetual-futures volume rose 57. 4%, from $85. 03 million to $133. 88 million, the only reported weekly increase in perps volume among the six chains. Decentralized-exchange volume fell 52. 4% to $20. 26 million, and transactions fell 19. 5% to 10. 05 million. Base: Two Single-Day Spikes Against a Steep Volume DeclineBaserecorded two notable single-day spikes this week: transactions reached 11. 07 million on 6 August, compared with roughly 7 million on the days immediately before and after, and active addresses reached 410,216 on 7 August before falling to 196,449 by 9 August. The two occurred on different dates and involve different metrics. Decentralized-exchange volume fell 60. 8% over the week, from $748. 08 million to $293. 27 million, the steepest DEX-volume decline. Total value locked and stablecoin market cap both rose modestly, up 2. 7% to $4. 676 billion and 1. 0% to $4. 879 billion. Bitcoin: Market Cap Rises as Fees FallAt $1. 303 trillion,Bitcoin‘s token market cap ended the week up 2. 4% from $1. 273 trillion, roughly 5. 6 times Ethereum’s $231. 152 billion, the next-largest market cap, and the largest absolute figure among the five chains with a market-cap figure. On-chain fees fell 44. 7% to $139,032 even as transaction count rose 9. 6% to 740,534. Active addresses fell 29. 9%, from 741,819 to 520,129. DEX Volume Falls Across Major ChainsDEX volume, 9 August 2026, chains with a reported figure:ChainDEX VolumeWeekly ChangeSolana$1. 119B-30. 7%BNB Smart Chain$744. 58M-46. 9%Ethereum$406. 45M-44. 7%Base$293. 27M-60. 8%Tron$20. 26M-52. 4%Solana led DEX volume at $1. 119 billion, followed by BNB Smart Chain at $744. 58 million and Ethereum at $406. 45 million. Trading activity declined across all tracked chains, with Base posting the steepest weekly drop at 60. 8%, while Tron fell 52. 4%. The data presented in this report is sourced fromDeFiLlama, a leading DeFi analytics platform that tracks real-time metrics such as total value locked (TVL), DEX trading volumes, stablecoin activity, and other on-chain data across hundreds of blockchain networks and protocols.