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$122,210.00
3.59%$3,030.15
2.32%$2.92
4.10%$697.49
1.05%$166.16
2.60%$0.999845
-0.01%$0.205853
3.52%$0.302832
0.88%$3,028.08
2.21%$0.75188
1.12%$49.19
3.07%$121,834.00
3.41%$0.478319
8.60%$3.88
13.30%$3,660.14
2.40%$16.03
4.69%$0.246342
10.88%$512.57
1.12%$21.69
2.40%$9.03
-0.42%$3,246.84
2.25%$0.00001375
3.79%$3,029.92
2.18%$3.02
0.66%$96.64
2.39%$0.999861
0.00%$46.46
0.88%$344.81
2.53%$0.998923
-0.14%$4.12
3.30%$122,228.00
3.58%$9.16
7.59%$0.0000128
3.73%$1.001
-0.03%$4.46
1.40%$320.89
5.77%$424.34
8.49%$0.469502
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6.83%$5.14
3.83%$2.64
4.76%$1.18
0.07%$5.60
3.39%$49.15
0.25%$0.933321
4.81%$201.90
2.52%$18.93
3.50%$1.00
0.00%$0.284582
21.55%$0.69934
5.94%$0.088356
2.85%$1.059
0.01%$0.348063
5.83%$1.001
0.06%$4.76
2.05%$0.02523082
3.67%$0.237948
3.03%$0.420214
2.06%$0.00002673
8.07%$3.83
4.38%$9.77
0.97%$0.743049
4.01%$4.48
-0.02%$16.01
0.70%$0.341993
4.75%$1.086
4.12%$3,024.44
2.00%$0.02884712
25.33%$2.64
2.67%$121,760.00
3.39%$118.28
3.54%$0.078829
1.22%$176.52
2.42%$4.79
1.58%$0.519469
7.41%$1.58
5.67%$11.45
0.66%$0.997731
-0.11%$1.00
0.05%$3,176.40
2.32%$3,454.34
2.28%$1.97
4.03%$1.37
11.02%$1.00
-0.01%$4.58
5.18%$0.080999
12.80%$1.30
2.28%$0.833071
9.04%$12.65
0.54%$0.01765054
5.04%$0.679378
3.59%$0.36842
3.37%$1.77
3.61%$3,248.48
2.46%$3,183.52
2.26%$122,062.00
3.68%$1.00
-0.01%$1.066
9.70%$0.547691
4.12%$3,191.52
2.24%$0.102744
4.29%$0.998997
-0.11%$121,932.00
3.55%$0.00009916
2.31%$0.685801
8.72%$3,352.99
0.03%$1.11
-0.03%$2.45
3.27%$0.158317
0.93%$11.55
0.79%$697.14
1.00%$3,274.73
2.22%$118,497.00
-0.29%$0.568952
-1.67%$0.228872
14.11%$0.561751
5.52%$0.99935
-0.01%$186.34
2.46%$217.05
2.53%$0.828438
2.65%$3,354.99
0.06%$0.01785379
4.80%$0.01656286
9.28%$0.323296
10.08%$0.870342
5.62%$2.86
6.29%$22.88
4.77%$0.00000189
10.06%$10.74
0.00%$0.853691
9.96%$111.77
0.00%$0.122693
1.63%$43.43
1.71%$0.653362
3.37%$0.00000069
2.04%$1.97
2.44%$3,029.09
2.26%$0.998262
0.03%$0.256301
-0.01%$4.04
2.96%$3,255.10
2.79%$49.03
2.72%$120,784.00
4.17%$3,196.33
4.41%$121,761.00
3.39%$1.093
0.19%$0.396586
3.06%$0.325922
3.91%$1.94
14.24%$3,029.25
2.15%$0.01790687
7.62%$0.999495
0.01%$0.00877362
-0.23%$3.16
2.73%$0.997942
0.02%$0.422953
5.64%$0.05827
6.31%$122,019.00
3.41%$0.56832
4.85%$1.57
4.47%$48.97
2.62%$0.675972
2.79%$0.49851
2.05%$26.88
2.01%$0.103823
1.03%$0.205714
3.18%$1.00
-0.00%$0.999617
-0.00%$3,030.97
2.21%$0.143421
3.15%$0.00541334
19.90%$0.999142
-0.02%$0.48023
-6.40%$0.00827096
5.12%$0.440631
3.01%$3,222.67
2.45%$0.18851
13.19%$49.80
5.92%$0.224037
0.37%$7.10
10.10%$0.616478
1.47%$6.53
3.81%$0.00459144
2.46%$15.99
2.51%$0.383225
5.69%$0.063451
-0.66%$0.999805
-0.01%$1.19
3.61%$0.00000045
-0.43%$3,344.02
2.26%$0.00002182
3.53%$0.310086
-8.72%$7.55
-0.94%$1.37
2.72%$2.56
2.57%$121,848.00
3.36%$0.057064
3.53%$1.094
0.00%$0.04152863
2.86%$0.994498
-0.57%$3,319.33
2.37%$0.558536
4.98%$0.152059
0.26%$1.002
0.37%$3,022.10
2.20%$0.082482
5.49%$0.391289
8.27%$1.59
2.53%$3,029.62
2.20%$0.00547009
29.54%$0.827149
8.41%$0.923692
9.97%$0.999714
-0.03%$0.370346
4.14%$1.34
-0.96%$121,704.00
3.34%$3,025.62
2.14%$0.00695434
2.06%$0.0365768
0.38%$0.01877873
0.26%$181.56
2.67%$0.999933
0.01%$0.00006417
2.24%$0.530523
1.98%$11.75
3.11%$0.237396
2.89%$130.36
1.90%$20.99
-0.72%$1.17
4.35%$3,657.17
2.31%$26.36
2.36%$0.733821
8.70%$0.00384589
3.08%$0.770262
2.19%$21.68
2.32%$0.02971175
2.47%$3.84
19.52%$0.999435
0.02%$0.999134
-0.17%$0.999246
-0.00%$0.506714
6.47%$122,137.00
3.67%$0.303387
7.32%$2,452.58
3.51%$1.00
0.04%$3,176.60
2.63%$0.00341699
6.53%$0.292812
7.37%Reading
About $2 billion worth of Ethereum (603,452 ETH) has now been burned by the Ethereum network, fueling the furnace that’s driven the cryptocurrency to its latest all-time high.
Ethereum started burning ETH after EIP-1559 was introduced on August 5. The mechanism removes about $30 million ETH from circulation each day by sending it to a defunct address. This replaces the previous method of paying ETH to miners for validating transactions.
EIP-1559 was designed to hasten a long-anticipated upgrade called Ethereum 2.0. The upgrade verifies Ethereum transactions with proof of stake, an energy-efficient algorithm that replaces the computationally heavy proof of work mechanism.
While Ethereum is expected to “merge” with the proof-of-stake Ethereum 2.0 blockchain by early 2022, it will still take a few years before Ethereum 2.0 has the same smart contract capabilities that Ethereum has today.
One of the popular misconceptions around EIP-1559 was that it would reduce gas fees—it still costs $38.69 to swap a token on Uniswap, for instance, and several hundred dollars to mint an NFT. Rather, EIP-1559 was designed to make Ethereum transaction fees more predictable. Proof of work miners were unhappy about EIP-1559 because they had spent a lot of money on graphic cards for mining Ethereum.
By decreasing Ethereum’s supply, EIP-1559 has helped to drive up the price of Ethereum. This week, the coin hit $4,366, an all-time high. But Ethereum’s rise to the top rode on the coattails of a new Bitcoin futures ETF, which the SEC suddenly approved last week. Who could have predicted that?
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