Ether fees nearly double as 24-hour trading volume tops $50B
The average transaction cost on the Ethereum network almost doubled amid a trading volume surge. Ethereum network fees continue to climb with the average value topping out at $17.43 per transaction according to data from YCharts. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, average fees were at about $10.20 earlier on Monday.The $17.43 per transaction constitutes an all-time high in average Ether fees beating the previous record of $12.54 back in September during the height of the DeFi mania. As of press time, ETH transaction fees have declined significantly, with a median fee of $1.63 based....
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In the long run, suppressing volatility and speculation will be positive for the bitcoin market. Bitcoin trading volume has been plummeting across all major Chinese exchanges. That is not entirely unexpected, considering these platforms have removed most of their margin trading options. Moreover, trading fees have been reinstated across Chinese exchanges, which will heavily impact trading activities. For the time being, this has not impacted the Bitcoin price all that much, though. The one-hour trading volumes across most major Chinese bitcoin exchanges took a big hit. Earlier tonight,....
The world’s largest bitcoin market saw a steep fall in trading volumes on the day in which exchanges began charging trading fees at a flat 0.2 percent from midday (Beijing time). In a 1-hour trading period after bitcoin exchanges introduced trading fees, trading volume at BTC China fell over 80%. Huobi and OkCoin, the two other exchanges that were investigated and saw discussions held with the People’s Bank of China saw declines of over 90 percent and 80 percent respectively. The drop in trading volume can be attributed to the lack of automated bitcoin trading, previously making up for a....
A combination of volume, derivatives action and infrastructure improvements led bitcoin’s price to go where it hasn’t gone before. Ether is looking supremely bullish, too.
Classic ether (ETC) trading volume has now fallen more than 99% from its peak over the summer. The digital currency, which powers the alternative ethereum blockchain, ethereum classic, came into existence in July amid a stream of enthusiasm. However, data suggests these high hopes have now fallen off. CoinMarketCap data reveals 24-hour trading volume repeatedly fall below $600,000 today, a figure that represented less than one-half of 1% of its all-time high of $155m reached on 3rd August. Yet, the tepid trading volume represents a mere glimpse of the low transaction activity ethereum....
While bitcoin has long dominated the digital currency space, ether has been grabbing headlines – and trading volume – this week as global market participants rally around the digital currency. The price of ether – the digital currency used by the Ethereum platform – surged by upwards of 50% in the seven days through 20th May, according to figures from US-based digital currency exchange Poloniex. Bitcoin prices, alternatively, fluctuated less than 5% during the aforementioned time frame. Ether had an opening value of $10 at 12:00 UTC on 13th May, additional Poloniex data reveals. The....