by - Ethereum Gas Fees Rise Due to Binance’s Proof of Reserve Efforts
- Activity on the network increased, however, sentiment against Ethereum decreased
Over the past few days, there has been a massive spike in Ethereum [ETH] gas costs and gas spent. This massive spike was caused by Binance moving large amounts of Ethereum for its proof-of-reserve efforts.
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Ethereum propels forward
As seen in the image below, Ethereum gas fees have reached new highs, reaching 222 gwei. According to Wu Blockchain, this happened because:
“Binance has consolidated funds from countless deposit addresses to the Binance14 hot wallet in preparation for the next stage of POR verification.”
This led to Binance generating 889 ETH gas fees and transferring over 437,000 ETH in order to validate its Proof-of-reserves and maintain the trust of its customers.
Ethereum Gas fees once spiked to 222 Gwei, as binance consolidated funds from countless deposit addresses to the Binance14 hot wallet in preparation for the next stage of POR verification. Binance has completed its BTC reserve and is starting an ETH verification. https://t.co/Tan4AEjNMn pic.twitter.com/ylgUZ40pYa
– Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) December 10, 2022
However, this spike in gas fees could have had a negative impact, as high gas fees could impact retail investors and affect overall sentiment against Ethereum.
From the chart provided below, it can be observed that the weighted sentiment against Ethereum was negative. However, despite this, large addresses continued to accumulate ETH.
As evidenced by the chart below, the percentage of Ethereum held by large addresses increased significantly after November 16. This support for major addresses could help sustain Ethereumit is growth.
Source: Santiment
Another bright spot for Ethereum would be the spike in network activity.
The number of active addresses on the Ethereum network has increased significantly over the past two weeks and stood at 33.3,000 addresses at the time of writing.
Coupled with the aforementioned information, the number of addresses holding more than 0.01 ETH also hit a four-month high of 22,000 addresses, according to glass knot.
📈 #Ethereum $ETH The number of addresses containing more than 0.01 coins just hit a 4-month high of 22,444,478
View metric: https://t.co/XXb0u19ouH pic.twitter.com/H4UvSmgU16
— glassnode alerts (@glassnodealerts) December 10, 2022
Are investors “short-sighted”?
Despite support from major addresses and strong activity on the Ethereum network, traders were not confident in Ethereum’s growth.
The image below revealed that Ethereum’s funding rate has decreased. Thus, traders who took short positions against Ethereum had risen and were willing to pay long-term traders.
Source: CryptoQuant
It remains to be seen whether these short sellers will be able to make a profit.
At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $1,272.6. Its price has increased by 0.62% in the last 24 hours.
