Ethereum developer activity hits record as smart contract deployments surge in late 2025

The activities of developers on Ethereum, which are measured by the number of smart contract wallets, increased exponentially in the last quarter of 2025, reaching new records just as the Ethereum ecosystem proved itself the best layer for stablecoins, hosting up to 54% of the global stablecoin supply on ETH. Token Terminal’s data has reveale d Et hereum had about 8.7 million smart contracts deployed in the last quarter of 2025, making it the highest quarter witnessed ever, surpassing its previous record from 2021 when it reported 6 million deployments. ETH developers set a new record in 2025 According to Leon Waidmann, Head of Research at Onchain Foundation, 2025 was a year of divergence for Ethereum as builders were more focused on shipping products that scale rather than speculating. “That divergence matters heading into 2026!” Waidman claimed , before he declared that Ethereum is making the strongest case as the...

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