Onchain data shows activity holding up on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and Avalanche even as fee revenue declines across the crypto sector. Several of the biggest blockchain networks handled more transactions in December even as user fees fell, a sign that recent scaling upgrades are increasing capacity and easing competition for block space, according to data compiled by Nansen. Data from Nansen showed that Bitcoin, Tron, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche and The Open Network (TON) recorded month-over-month increases in transactions, while fee revenue declined sharply across the same period. Ethereum transactions increased by 16% despite a 57% decline in fee revenue. Polygon showed a similar divergence, with transaction counts jumping 82% while fees dropped 47%. Arbitrum and Avalanche also showed a very notable transactions-up, fees-down pattern. Read more
Household and company deposits with banks went up by 5.6% in November 2025 against the same month of 2024, reaching a total amount of almost RON650 billion as lei deposits rose by 1.4% and foreign currency ones, expressed in lei, advanced by 16%, in line with central bank data.
Bitcoin failed to flip $90,000 to support at the start of the last week of 2025, but Bitfinex whale long positions built on their highest levels in nearly two years. Bitcoin (BTC) heads into year-end 2025 stuck around $90,000 as stocks and precious metals roar higher. Bitcoin sees only a modest uptick after its last weekly close of the year, as liquidity analysis warns of a fresh dip. Traders’ cost bases form the backbone of support reclaim targets heading into 2026. Read more
The annual growth pace of Romania private lending slowed down to 6.8% in November to a total amount of RON446.7 billion, after RON-denominated loans rose by 4.6% and foreign currency ones by 12.2%, in line with central bank data.
Romania managers for the December 2025-February 2026 period forecast a moderate decrease in economic activity, rising prices in retail and constructions and a headcount decline in the processing industry and constructions, in line with data published by the country’s statistics board INS.