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Ethereum Deflation Accelerates to New Record Six Months Post Merge

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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In Brief

  • Ethereum has hit a record high in supply deflation following The Merge.
  • The supply has dropped by nearly 63,000 ETH since the event.
  • Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade is expected next month and will allow the unstaking of ETH.
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Deflation on the Ethereum network is rising, with the value hitting a record high in the six months following The Merge. The ETH supply has dropped by nearly 63,000 ETH.

Deflation on the Ethereum network is ramping up as the supply has dropped to a record low six months after The Merge. Since the milestone event happened just under six months ago, the ETH supply has dropped by nearly 63,000. The current supply stands at about 120.45 million ETH.

Ethereum Supply Dropping Post The Merge: Ultrasound.money
Ethereum Supply Dropping Post The Merge: Ultrasound.money

The currency burn rate of the market’s second-biggest token is 1,233K ETH over the last 30 days. Supply growth, meanwhile, is at -0.45% over 30 days.

At these rates, the Ethereum supply is projected as 118.1 million by the year 2025. Issuance rewards for stakers will stand at around 4% per year, trumping the burn rate for non-stakers, which is 1.8% per year. The supply should also have a pearl of 120.6 million ETH at current levels over the next two years.

Ethereum Projected Supply: Ultrasound.money
Ethereum Projected Supply: Ultrasound.money

Most of the burns come from ETH transfers, though DeFi giants also contribute greatly.

With respect to the latter, Uniswap, Tether, and Blur top the board.

It’s a positive sign for Ethereum, which has undergone some major changes over the past few years. The token’s switch to Proof-of-Stake has accelerated its goals to becoming the major smart contract network on the market, and no other project comes close in terms of success.

More Than 17.5M ETH Staked

The amount of staked ETH has steadily grown over the months, crossing $28 million in mid-February. At that point, Ethereum’s supply had already shrunk by about $40 million since The Merge.

Staked Ethereum: beaconcha.in
Staked Ethereum: beaconcha.in

A large portion of the staked ETH comes from liquid staking solutions. Lido Finance and Coinbase are at the top of this list, with the former serving as a go-to service for many. Lido accounts for about 31.3% of beacon chain depositors and Coinbase 11.7%.

Ethereum Gains Momentum for Shanghai Upgrade

The interest in Ethereum is only increasing as the Shanghai upgrade is expected to arrive soon. The upgrade will allow stakers to unlock their staked Ether, which is a major feature. Shanghai should arrive in the first half of 2023 and may even happen in April.

The network will also experience a fork through Capella, which upgrades the network’s Beacon Chain consensus layer. It introduced features related to validator withdrawals.

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Rahul Nambiampurath's cryptocurrency journey first began in 2014 when he stumbled upon Satoshi's Bitcoin whitepaper. With a bachelor's degree in Commerce and an MBA in Finance from Sikkim Manipal University, he was among the few that first recognized the sheer untapped potential of decentralized technologies. Since then, he has helped DeFi platforms like Balancer and Sidus Heroes — a web3 metaverse — as well as CEXs like Bitso (Mexico's biggest) and Overbit to reach new heights with his...
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