Crypto analytics platform Santiment reports that MetaMask USD ($mUSD) has surged to the top of the industry’s development leaderboard, outpacing long-established projects such as Chainlink ($LINK) and Internet Computer ($ICP) over the past 30 days.
According to Santiment’s latest data, MetaMask recorded a remarkable 1.34K notable GitHub commits in the last month, more than triple Chainlink’s 403 and almost four times ICP’s 369. The rise places the Ethereum-based stablecoin project ahead of all other tracked crypto assets for October, signaling intensified developer focus on wallet-integrated stablecoin functionality.
Rising Competition Among Active Layer-1 and Data Networks
Following the top three, Radworks ($RAD) and Hedera ($HBAR) secured fourth and fifth positions, highlighting growing efforts in decentralized governance and real-world asset tokenization, respectively.
🧑💻 Here are crypto's top overall coins by notable development activity the past 30 days. Directional indicators represent each project's rank rise or fall since last month:
📈 1) @metamask $mUSD 🥇
➡️ 2) @chainlink $LINK 🥈
📉 3) @dfinity $ICP 🥉
📈 4) @radworks_ $RAD
📈 5)… pic.twitter.com/QlqieAJfwW— Santiment (@santimentfeed) October 22, 2025
Sui ($SUI) and DeepBook ($DEEP) continued to strengthen their positions in on-chain trading infrastructure, while Aptos ($APT), Avalanche ($AVAX), and Optimism ($OP) rounded out the top ten, underscoring that Layer-1 and Layer-2 ecosystems remain highly active despite recent market pullbacks.
Santiment’s rankings, which weigh verified GitHub contributions, provide insight into which networks are pushing technical progress regardless of short-term price movements. Despite development growth, many listed tokens saw price declines over the week LINK fell 6.3%, ICP 8.2%, and HBAR 5.6%, reflecting broader market consolidation.
MetaMask Expands Its Footprint
MetaMask’s rise reflects parent company Consensys’s intensified development around multi-chain interoperability and payment integrations, including the rollout of MetaMask Snaps and its embedded stablecoin modules. Analysts suggest this uptick may signal a shift from wallet-only functions to full-scale financial services built directly into decentralized interfaces.
As innovation accelerates, Santiment’s data reveals a clear trend: open-source development remains one of crypto’s strongest health indicators, separating enduring ecosystems from fleeting speculative trends.