Catenaa, Friday, January 09, 2026-Ethereum and Solana reported major growth in 2025, highlighting rising adoption, revenue gains, and blockchain activity as both networks aim to expand their roles for consumers and institutions.
The Ethereum Foundation said 2025 solidified the network as a foundation for digital infrastructure, with institutional adoption and interoperability among its top development priorities.
Ethereum’s decentralized finance ecosystem ended the year with over $99 billion in total value locked, more than nine times the next-largest Layer 1 network.
Prediction markets on Ethereum recorded roughly $20 billion in volume across the base layer and Layer 2 solutions.
Solana also saw record metrics. The Solana Foundation reported $2.39 billion in application revenue, up 46% year-over-year, with seven apps earning over $100 million.
DEX aggregators recorded $922 billion in combined trading volume, and launchpads doubled revenues to $762 million.
Unique active wallets grew 50% year-over-year to an average of 3.2 million per day, while total network REV, a measure of value recorded from user activity, reached $1.4 billion.
Both networks also focused on lowering costs. Solana reduced average transaction fees to $0.017, while Ethereum’s base layer and Layer 2 solutions maintained sub-cent fees.
Ethereum implemented two major upgrades, Pectra and Fusaka, enhancing throughput, data availability, and mobile-native usability. The foundation said Fusaka prepares the network for consumer-friendly applications.
Transaction-per-second metrics differ due to architectural differences: Ethereum rollups averaged 5,600 TPS, while Solana reported roughly 1,054 TPS.
Both networks emphasized that growth and efficiency improvements aim to broaden institutional and retail participation.
