
{"id":40898,"date":"2025-02-01T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=40898"},"modified":"2025-02-01T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:03:02","slug":"tezos-sees-rising-revenue-but-declining-activity-as-users-shift-to-layer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=40898","title":{"rendered":"Tezos Sees Rising Revenue but Declining Activity as Users Shift to Layer 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tezos Layer 1 saw a 30.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) rise in transaction fee revenue, reaching 11,100 XTZ in Q4 2024. Meanwhile, Etherlink, Tezos\u2019 first EVM-compatible smart roll-up, grew even faster, with a 44% quarterly increase, hitting 6,669 XTZ.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the overall network activity on Tezos dropped by 5% during the same period, with monthly transactions and contract calls averaging 3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to Messari\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/messari.io\/report\/state-of-tezos-q4-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, this decline is consistent with the ongoing shift toward Layer 2 solutions like Etherlink, which offers faster, lower-cost transactions to support Tezos\u2019 scaling strategy. While total transactions were less, the daily active addresses (DAA), however, rose by 37% from the previous quarter, averaging 1,800 unique addresses per day.<\/p>\n<p>This increase in unique wallets suggests that while transaction volume decreased, the network\u2019s user base continues to grow, reflecting a broader adoption trend.<\/p>\n<h2>Web 3 And NFT on Tezos<\/h2>\n<p>Q4 2024 saw a major boost in Web3 gaming and NFT activity on Tezos, driven by Etherlink, an EVM Layer 2 offering fast transaction finality and low fees. The gaming sector thrived with key integrations, such as Rarible\u2019s launch of the BattleRise Founder Pass, the first gaming NFT on Etherlink.<\/p>\n<p>This pass granted in-game perks, staking rewards, and rental opportunities. Sugarverse further expanded the gaming scene with Sugar Match, a match-3 puzzle game featuring tradable NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Etherlink saw successful NFT drops like MDCL and Chapter 00, both selling out quickly. Etherlink\u2019s gaming-friendly infrastructure enables developers to deploy Ethereum-based smart contracts seamlessly on Tezos. With high throughput and cost efficiency, the ecosystem continues to attract new projects.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, over 100 projects are developing on Etherlink, solidifying its position as a prime destination for Web3 gaming, NFT marketplaces, and blockchain-powered digital experiences.<\/p>\n<h2>DeFi on Tezos Expands<\/h2>\n<p>The total value locked (TVL) in USD rose by 6% QoQ in Q4 2024, closing at $53 million. However, this growth stemmed from XTZ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/tezos-xtz-soars-by-35-daily-is-there-more-room-for-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rising<\/a> price, as TVL in XTZ terms actually fell by 37% compared to last quarter. At the same time, Etherlink\u2019s TVL surged past $1.5 million, nearly doubling from Q3 levels. This suggests that liquidity is migrating from Tezos to Etherlink amidst a growing adoption of Layer 2 solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Youves, a decentralized synthetic assets application, topped in terms of TVL among Tezos protocols and holds over $32 million, which marked a 28% growth from Q3. Sirius, an XTZ\/tzBTC liquidity-baking protocol, ranked second with $9.8 million, followed by Kord.Fi, another liquidity-baking platform, with $5.91 million in TVL.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/tezos-sees-rising-revenue-but-declining-activity-as-users-shift-to-layer-2\/\">Tezos Sees Rising Revenue but Declining Activity as Users Shift to Layer 2<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tezos Layer 1 saw a 30.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) rise in transaction fee revenue, reaching 11,100 XTZ in Q4 2024. Meanwhile, Etherlink, Tezos\u2019 first EVM-compatible smart roll-up, grew even faster, with a 44% quarterly increase, hitting 6,669 XTZ. Despite this, the overall network activity on Tezos dropped by 5% during the same period, with monthly transactions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":40899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}