Data: The proportion of transactions below 0.01 BTC on CryptoQuant has risen to 80%, reaching a new high in recent years

CryptoQuant's research director Julio Moreno stated that transactions below 0.01 BTC currently account for about 80% of the total daily transaction volume on the Bitcoin network, significantly higher than approximately 44% in 2023.

Moreno pointed out that this growth is mainly driven by on-chain data protocols based on OP_RETURN, such as Runes, Ordinals, BRC-20, and data timestamp services. These protocols generate a large number of small transactions, with some transaction sizes even as low as 546 satoshis (about $0.35), thereby continuously increasing the number of low-value transfers. In addition, the Bitcoin network activity index has been steadily rising since January of this year and has now reached its highest level since the end of 2024.