Bitcoin's 'Mempool' Nearly Empty as Prices Trade Near Lifetime Highs

Bitcoin’s ‘Mempool’ Nearly Empty as Prices Trade Near Lifetime Highs


The Bitcoin blockchain lacks meaningful on-chain activity, even as its native token, bitcoin

BTC$108,901.53

, trades near a record per-unit price. That’s according to mempool – a holding area for unconfirmed blockchain transactions waiting to be included in a block by miners.

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On Satuday, the mempool had just 5,000 odd transactions awaiting inclusion, with the tally rising to 15,000 at press time, still a far cry from 150,000 when BTC’s price first rose above $100,000 in late 2024, according to data source Blockchain.com.

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