The supply of the second-largest crypto asset Ethereum (ETH) is deflating, thanks to the success of a major upgrade known as EIP-1559.
New numbers from Ultrasound.Money show 50,317 ETH worth $77.5 million has burned since the upgrade went into effect in August of last year.
The overall supply of ETH began to reverse in January, and has remained locked in a steep dive ever since.
Source: Ultrasound.Money
After Ethereum’s EIP-1559 upgrade went live, each time an ETH transaction is sent, a percentage of the transaction fee is permanently removed from Ethereum’s circulating supply.
This means the more interest, adoption and trading volume the Ethereum network sees, the more scarce the asset can become.
The end result in 2023 is that the overall supply of ETH
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