{"id":64455,"date":"2025-12-19T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64455"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:46:35","slug":"ethereum-beats-xrp-bitcoin-in-wallet-growth-but-heres-why-thats-probably-irrelevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64455","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Beats XRP, Bitcoin In Wallet Growth, But Here&#8217;s Why That&#8217;s (Probably) Irrelevant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On-chain data shows <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) remains the blockchain with the fastest wallet growth, followed by <strong>XRP<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"XRP\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XRP-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>) and <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethereum Leads Adoption While Bitcoin Ranks Second<\/h3>\n<p>According to data <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/2001681726502850779\">shared<\/a> by Santiment, Ethereum ranks first among cryptocurrency networks with 167.96 million non-empty wallets, giving it a wide lead in address activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin follows in second place with 57.62 million wallets, reflecting a more concentrated holding structure.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum&#8217;s dominance in wallet counts reflects its role as the primary settlement layer for decentralized finance, stablecoins, NFTs, and smart contract applications.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ethereum addresses hold small balances tied to protocols, bots, and applications, which significantly boosts wallet totals.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s lower wallet count points to a different usage pattern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than transactional density, Bitcoin&#8217;s on-chain profile aligns more closely with its role as a store of value, where balances tend to be more concentrated and held for longer periods.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XRP Wallet Growth Continues &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49514280\/ethereum-beats-xrp-bitcoin-in-wallet-growth-but-heres-why-thats-probably-irrelevant?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Ethereum\" beats xrp bitcoin in wallet growth but here why that irrelevant>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-chain data shows Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) remains the blockchain with the fastest wallet growth, followed by XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Ethereum Leads Adoption While Bitcoin Ranks Second According to data shared by Santiment, Ethereum ranks first among cryptocurrency networks with 167.96 million non-empty wallets, giving it a wide lead in address activity.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-64455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}