Ethereum is split in the digital world because its burn rate dropped to a record low. Its economic future is being discussed.The price of Ethereum has slowly gone up, just like the price of Bitcoin. It’s gone up by 0.2% in the past 24 hours. But small changes in gas prices are slowly changing how the funding works.
In the past few weeks, gas fees have dropped sharply and are now around 10 gwei. These fees are a big part of Ethereum’s burn rate. This changes the rate at which ETH is burned in a big way.The amount of ETH burned daily dropped sharply yesterday, from 2,500 to 3,000 earlier this year. This shows that ETH is being used less.
Ethereum Network Evolution Enhances Layer 2 Solutions
The burn rate has decreased because of bigger Ethereum network changes. Layer 2 options, which make transfers faster and cheaper, are being used by more people.
With the most recent update to Ethereum, Dencun, which added new features like blob transactions, prices on these intermediate levels have dropped even more. Because of this, they now work better with zkSync, Optimism, and Arbitrum options.
That being said, these changes lower transaction fees but also make it harder to use Ethereum’s deflationary features. With the Dencun update, a fee system is now where the base fee is burned.
The base fee is a part of every transaction fee. There might be less ETH in circulation after this. However, the expected deflationary pressure from burning has lessened since processing fees have gone down. Short-term, this means that prices will go up rather than down.
Ultrasoundmoney says Ethereum’s supply trends have changed to show a growth rate of 0.498% and some inflation. This trend might not stay the same if the network gets busier and fees and burn rates increase.
ETH market price still hasn’t reached its old highs above $3,500, even with these changes to the network. It is currently around $3,085. Price changes show how the market reacts to changes in its networks and economic factors outside of it, like challenges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and uncertainty in the world economy.
While Ethereum deals with these problems, people who have invested in the altcoin need to stay alert and watch things that could change its future in the next few months.