The popularity of bitcoin (BTC) was not shaken in 2022, but ethereum (ETH) surpassed the total number of transactions

Bitcoin, Ethereum and meme networks continued to dominate the crypto-currency market in 2022. According to Google’s statistical analysis of search trends, the number of global monthly searches on Bitcoin reached 28.4 million, while Ethereum came in fourth with about 3.8 million. In between are Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, with a total of about 5.8 million and 4.4 million respectively. However, ETH has surpassed bitcoin in the number of daily transactions in the blockchain.

According to aggregated data from bitinfocharts.com, the number of transactions in a blockchain per day on ETH averaged about 1.2 million. On the other hand, the number of transactions in a blockchain per day on the Bitcoin network averaged about 200k in 2022.

In percentage points, there were about 338% more transactions in Ether than in Bitcoin in 2022.

The Ethereum network benefited significantly from the merger event, which resulted in more on-chain activity in Layer 2 protocols. In addition, Ether’s proof-of-stake (PoS) – introduced by the beacon chain – has significantly opened up Ethereum’s overall throughput.

On the social media corridors, Twitter, for example, Bitcoin has surpassed Ethereum in terms of tweets per day. Bitcoin recorded between 100,000 and 300,000 tweets per day, while Ethereum posted less than 100,000 tweets per day.

When it comes to monthly Google searches in the U.S., bitcoin came out on top with about 4.57 million searches, while Ethereum recorded about 611,000 monthly searches. The other top 10 digital assets ranked by Google Trends in 2022 include Avalanche, Litecoin (LTC), Cardano (ADA), XRP, Safemoon and Nexus.

In-depth look at Bitcoin, Ethereum and the overall crypto-currency market outlook

The crypto-currency market has been in a bear market for over twelve months. This has led to liquidations of over $2.2 trillion in 2022. According to our latest crypto-currency price oracles, the price of bitcoin traded around $16,713 on Tuesday, with a market capitalization of about $321 billion. Ethereum’s price, meanwhile, traded around $1,214 on Tuesday, with a market capitalization of about $146 billion. As a result, Bitcoin and Ethereum enjoyed a market dominance of about 38.3% and 17.4%, respectively.

The crypto-currency market is struggling to recover from the FTX and Alameda implosion, which affected millions of users worldwide. For example, Digital Currency Group – the parent company of Grayscale, Genesis Trading, CoinDesk, TradeBlock, LunoGlobal, and FoundryServices – has announced significant exposure to the FTX and FTT market.

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While the SBF case is active in the U.S. courts, more attention has been given to Ripple’s lawsuit against the SEC. In addition, Hinman’s emails, which will likely be revealed to the public, are expected to have profound implications for most deFi tokens in the industry.