Messari releases Filecoin Q3 report: Utilization rises to 36%, capacity shrinks to 3.0 EiB

ChainCatcher News, according to the Filecoin 2025 Q3 Status Report released by Messari, Filecoin's network utilization in the third quarter rose to 36%, while total capacity decreased to 3.0 EiB. Network fees increased by 14% quarter-on-quarter to approximately $793,000, with penalties accounting for about 99.5% of the total. The v27 "Golden Week" upgrade removed the old sector methods, making both base and batch fees nearly zero. Active storage volume slightly decreased by 1% to 1,110 PiB, and the average daily new transaction volume dropped by 19%. The number of real datasets launched increased to 2,491, of which 925 exceeded 1,000 TiB. FVM token activity, measured in FIL, remained basically stable; DeFi TVL fell by 8.4% to about $27 million; USDFC circulation dropped by 8.5% to about $275,000. The Filecoin Foundation and GSR Foundation are advancing cooperation in cultural and scientific data storage.

In addition, according to an official Filecoin announcement, Filecoin Onchain Cloud will be officially launched at 0:00 on November 19 (UTC+8), with a live broadcast on YouTube. The platform aims to build a decentralized, developer-owned cloud infrastructure covering modules such as storage, computing, retrieval, and access control, serving the new era of data, AI, and applications.