Bitcoin And XRP Are Seeing A Surge In Adoption, Here Are The Numbers

On-chain data from Santiment shows crypto adoption rising despite muted price trends. Bitcoin’s non-empty wallet count is about 59.08 million, approaching the 60 million milestone, while XRP has grown to roughly 7.8 million holders. Ethereum dominates with about 189.5 million non-empty wallets — ~3.2x Bitcoin’s count. The timing of Bitcoin’s wallet growth coincides with renewed institutional interest: Spot BTC ETFs posted positive flows in March and April after approximately $4 billion of net outflows from late November 2025 through February 2026. The piece frames these holder metrics as evidence of expanding user adoption across the market, noting XRP’s consistent on-chain growth even without matching price gains.