Five days ago, Coinbase announced plans to remove wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) from its platform on Dec. 19, 2024. In the days following the announcement, the WBTC supply has contracted. Wrapped Bitcoin’s Supply Drops by 5,844 Coins in 8 Days On Nov. 16, the WBTC supply on Ethereum was recorded at 146,734 coins. Fast forward to […]
Ethereum has shed a significant part of its supply since the London upgrade, applied in August 2021. According to ultrasound.money, a portal that records several statistics associated with the ETH burn, over 4 million ether (3.2%) have been removed from the network since the adoption of EIP-1559, which changed how fees are calculated. EIP-1559 Burns […]
Drawing upon recent data, the Ethereum network has incinerated close to 3.46 million ether, translating to a staggering $ 6.68 billion in value burned since the London hard fork’s implementation on August 5, 2023. Taking into account the 710-day period that followed, the Ethereum network maintained a relentless burn rate, burning an average of …