Messari reported that Filecoin’s data storage usage increased significantly in the first quarter of 2023. Active storage transaction volume increased by 75% year-on-year. Although storage capacity fell by 13% during the same period, utilization increased by 105%. At the same time, new storage transactions increased 14% year-on-year, driving Filecoin revenue up 5% in the first quarter. The newly released FVM with smart contract functionality has brought Filecoin more than 440 smart contracts to be deployed and generated nearly 44,000 transactions. With the launch of FVM, Filecoin, the leader of decentralized storage, has received a lot of attention. From the report, it can be seen that the launch of smart contract deployment has brought a lot of dividends to Filecoin, as well as imagination for future development. #filecoin