Ethereum Hits All-Time High in Quarterly Network Activity

Ethereum recorded a major on-chain milestone in the first quarter of 2026 across its base layer activity. Data from Artemis shows the network processed over 200 million transactions, its highest quarterly total on record. On a quarterly basis, this represents a 43% increase from 145 million transactions in the previous quarter ending late 2025. Quarterly activity previously bottomed near 90 million in 2023 before sta…