Despite a slow Ether price, Ethereum sees record contract deployments in Q4 2025, hitting 8.7 million contracts. This increase is attributed to RWA tokenization, stablecoin activity, and core infrastructure development. Ether briefly hit $5,000 before dropping to $3,000. Ethereum remains a central player in the crypto ecosystem, dominating RWA tokenization and stablecoin market with over $307 billion in circulation.

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