Arbitrum active addresses reach 571,767 before retreating

Arbitrum One just had its busiest day in three months, at least by one measure. Daily active addresses on the Ethereum layer-2 network climbed to 571,767 before activity eased after October 22, The Defiant reported. The numbers behind the spike Data from growthepie, updated October 22, 2026, puts daily active addresses at 571.8K. That marks a 90-day high and a 408.2% week-over-week jump. Transactions told a calmer story. They reached roughly 1.7 million, up 25.7% from the prior week. That volume was still enough to rank Arbitrum One fifth among the chains growthepie tracks. Revenue moved in the opposite direction. Chain revenue came in at $19.3K, down 2.4% week-over-week. DefiLlama’s numbers broadly agree on the headcount. The analytics platform reported 570,079 active addresses as of October 22, 2026, alongside total value locked (TVL) of $1.45B. Where the activity came from No single trigger stands out. The research points to broadly heavier network usage rather than one identifiable catalyst. The biggest contributors to transaction volume were plain native ETH transfers and stablecoin transactions involving USDC. Stablecoin figures depend on which dashboard you open. Growthepie ...