Core reaches record DEX volume as trading competition sparks $45M surge
Core Blockchain Overview - November 6, 2025
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The Core blockchain by the numbers
Network’s daily transactions: 196.3K (+11.34%)
Total unique addresses: 68.76M (+0.67%)
ERC-20 daily tokens transferred: 22.3K (+21.2%)
Total CORE delegated: 242.5M (+0.79%)
Total BTC staked: 4,238 (-0.14%)
These metrics are accurate at the time of publication. The percentage change is over a 14-day period.
Inside the network
🔸What happened: DEX volume on Core reached an all-time high of $45 million on October 26.
🔸Why it matters: This surge was almost entirely powered by Molten’s $50,000 trading competition. The top three finishers accounted for a massive chunk of the action: first place racked up nearly $21 million, second place hit $17.2 million, and third place notched almost $16 million.
On a typical day, Core’s DEXs sport steady flows, but October 26’s $45 million peak signalled deeper liquidity pools forming around bitcoin assets and wrapped tokens. The trading competition acted as a turbocharger for adoption, blending gamification with potential economic upside.
The top traders’ massive hauls showcased how Core can handle high-throughput without gas wars or delays. This milestone also showcases how recent upgrades like Rev+ optimize transaction efficiency, ensuring the network scaled effortlessly under the load.
🔸The bigger picture: Looking ahead, with Molten’s ongoing trading competition and token airdrops, Core could see an increase in both capital and number of users on the network.
As builders leverage this liquidity for Core’s BTCfi ecosystem, the network can show off its decentralized hub, where bitcoin holders can trade and farm yield.
Ecosystem highlights
Check out Core’s new governance proposal to adjust the Dual Staking CORE-to-BTC ratios across all boosted yield tiers
ASX Capital provided an update on its FJC Apartment NFTs on Core, which have seen a 400% increase to 100 CORE tokens since launching in August
User activity rose throughout the week, with unique active wallets increasing 2.85% to 472.26K, and dApp transactions increasing 22% to 867.67K
Check out the Core blog for more updates.
Delve into the Core community
Nawa, a Shariah-compliant DeFi protocol for bitcoin yield on Core, expanded to ZIG chain
Learn how bitcoin dual-staking can give back more yields than restaking
Watch this X stream featuring the winners of the Core Connect Buildathon: Corepilot, Liquid Sat, Bitmax, and Orange Terminal
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