Alternative Ethereum Virtual Machine chains including Avalanche, Celo, Fantom, Polygon, and BNB Chain have seen transaction counts spike starting in mid-November, according to The Block's Data Dashboard. 

Fantom had the highest increase at 1,321%, with transactions rising from 239,920 on Nov. 17 to 3.41 million on Nov. 26. Celo saw a 1,277% rise in just four days from 277,500 transactions on Nov. 22 to 3.82 million on Nov. 26. 

Polygon saw a 155% increase from Nov. 14 to Nov. 26, with Avalanche seeing an 857% increase from 321,900 transactions on Nov. 18 to 3.08 million of such on Nov. 26. BNB Chain experienced a 55% increase from 3.59 million transactions on Nov. 16 to 5.58 million on Nov. 21, before seeing a decrease in transactions down to 3.48 million on Nov. 26. 

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