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Bitcoin’s on‑chain data is flashing a strange mix of softer retail‑style activity and still‑robust throughput, fees and capital flows that look more like consolidation than exhaustion. Summary Active Bitcoin addresses have dropped to roughly 660,000 on a seven‑day basis, a 12‑month low that coincides with more batching, consolidation and custodial use. The network still processes around 400,000–450,000 transactions per day, with average fees in a $2.50–$4.00 band that signals steady economic activity rather than a ghost chain. Research on Ordinals finds inscriptions contributed about 22% of fees between 2023 and early 2024, with each 1‑point blockspace share increase driving roughly 3.2% higher regular‑tx fees. Bitcoin’s (BTC) on‑chain data is flashing a strange combination: softer retail‑style activity, but still‑elevated throughput, fees and capital flows that look more like consolidation than exhaustion. Activity and addresses: weak surface, noisy signal Metrics that usually stand in for “user activity” have rolled over. By December 2025, the seven‑day average number of active Bitcoin addresses had fallen to roughly 660,000, a one‑year low and well below the levels seen during the Ordinals craze at the end of 2024. On‑chain analysts at BecauseBitcoin and MEXC note that this drop coincides with more wallet batching, UTXO consolidation and the growth of custodial solutions, all of which can depress address counts without necessarily reflecting a collapse in real economic usage. Transactions, volume and fees: consolidation, not coma Under the hood, the network is still busy. A February 2026 review of on‑chain data finds Bitcoin processing around 400,000–450,000 transactions per day, with relatively stable throughput even as prices chop. That same analysis highlights “robust institutional‑scale flows” visible in large transactions and cluster behaviour, describing current traffic as “genuine economic activity rather than speculative trading alone.” Fees are sitting in an awkward middle zone that suits miners better than traders. Average…

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