7 October 2022
Ethereum (ETH) Price Is Expected To Rise In Coming July
Recently, a Twitter user CryptoGucci” released data behind the major reduction in ETH issuance, estimating that Ethereum’s inflation is down nearly 70% since 1559 went live.
For a week, the ETH inflation rate fell even below the BTC rates.
“In other words, ETH has entered a phase of deflation, and the burning of the token is making the numbers scarce. It is the opposite of inflation, so common with fiat currencies.”
According to user assumption, once the merge is completed in July, Ethereum issuance or mining will drop to 90%. It will be one of the biggest bullish moves in the history of Ethereum.
Currently, ETH is in a deflationary phase. In simple words, more ETH is being decimated than created in the last week. Since the introduction of EIP-1559 in August 2021, around 1.5M Ethereum are being destroyed. That means, more than $5 Billion worth of ETH has been demolished in less than six months. Additionally, for the first time, Ethereum’s issuance rate dropped below Bitcoin’s rate.
In July, Ethereum will go for a Merge upgrade for Ethereum 2.0 roadmap. This upgrade will reduce the issuance of ETH to a mere trickle and will also usher in the Proof-of-Stake consensus, ending block rewards for Proof-of-Work miners.
According to Ethereum data aggregator ‘Watch the Burn’, around 5,910 ETH were destroyed compared to the produced coins in the past week.
Also, Ultrasound Money data shows, ETH was being destroyed at the rate of 10 ETH every minute which means 100,300 ETH were destroyed over the past week. OpenSea was the biggest destroyer, which accounts for destroying 17,625 ETH, followed by ETH transfers with 9,599 ETH, and Uniswap v3 with 6,249 ETH.
Since EIP-1559 went live, an average of 6.47 ETH have been burned every minute.
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