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 <li>New Bitcoin wallets plunge to 6-year low, signaling caution</li>
 <li>Miner revenue tumbles as network activity slumps</li>
 <li>Bitcoin price holds steady despite declining network activity</li>
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New data reveals a sharp decline in the creation of new Bitcoin wallets on the network. The daily average number of new addresses added has <a href="https://www.theblock.co/data/on-chain-metrics/bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reached a six-year low</a>, with only 275,000 created over the past week. This marks a steep drop from the 2018 high of 625,000.
In 2018, anticipation surrounding Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), the halving event, and major ecosystem developments like Ordinals fueled a surge in new wallet creation. That year, the network even surpassed its December 2017 peak in new addresses.
The past month has seen only around 6 million new wallet addresses added – a far cry from the trend over the past year, where every month except May exceeded 10 million.
Echoing this slowdown, miner revenue on the Bitcoin network has also plummeted to historic lows. The average daily miner revenue currently sits below $30 million, compared to an average exceeding a staggering $60 million in previous months. The monthly average miner revenue mirrored this trend, dropping fr…
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