🟦The Bitcoin network set a new activity record in Q1 2025, with transaction volume reaching $5.5 trillion—the second-highest in its history, just behind the $5.7 trillion recorded in Q4 2024. This figure is nearly three times higher than in Q3 2023, when volume totaled $2 trillion.
🟦Experts attribute this growth to a surge in institutional adoption, increased international settlements, and rising interest in BTC as a store of value amid global geopolitical instability.
🟦Second-layer technologies and Inscriptions have also played a role, boosting network efficiency.
🟦Amid falling altcoin prices and global economic uncertainty, Bitcoin is increasingly establishing itself as a universal settlement asset.