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We're somewhat at a maximum in terms of daily transaction throughout with current level of Segwit adoption, so it's not going to be more rosy than this. It's really waiting for Schnorr to finally make it into a main release so it frees up blockspace that will allow more transaction throughput. This will be the most bullish upgrade ever in my opinion.

The only increase in economical activity I have seen is massive (very likely OTC related) transactions, and it has been in an uptrend for over a year now.