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Ethereum posts record on chain activity as research points to possible spam-driven growth: Asia Morning Briefing

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Data suggests much of the recent spike in Ethereum transactions is tied to address poisoning, a scam that relies on cheap “dust” transfers to contaminate transaction histories rather than organic user demand.

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The recent outbreak of activity on Ethereum could be less a sign of euphoria than a malicious background noise. A security researcher, Andrey Sergeenkov, estimates that a part of this rise looks like a poisoning address campaign, a variant of dusting that benefits from transaction fees that have become very low since December. The retention of activity would have almost doubled in a month, around 8 million addresses, while daily transactions rea…

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Coin Edition broke the news in on Monday, January 19, 2026.
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