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Ethereum usage is hitting all-time highs while ETH price has dropped 50%. We break down the economic forces behind this paradox and why CryptoQuant warns ETH could fall to $1,500 by late 2026.
MEV (miner extractable value) was supposed to be Ethereum's problem. But with Ordinals, inscriptions, and Bitcoin Layer 2s, complex transaction ordering is coming to Bitcoin — and not everyone's ready.
While crypto debated L2 airdrops, Lightning Network quietly processed $1.17 billion in real payments. No tokens. No yield. Just money moving.
Dencun slashed L2 fees by 98%. L2s are thriving. But Ethereum L1 earned $6,000 in blob fees one week in March 2025. The scaling solution created a revenue crisis.
Lightning Network hit record capacity in late 2025. Meanwhile, Bitcoin DeFi TVL is shrinking, fragmented across dozens of competing L2s with no clear winner. Here's what's really happening in the Bitcoin scaling race.