Meme coins have ballooned to new prices since the beginning of March, boosting blockchain activity in the process. This recent frenzy has seen Ethereum gas fees surging to two-year highs this week.
IntoTheBlock, a leading on-chain analytics provider, announced this new milestone in a recent post on social media platform X. Data from ITB indicates that Ethereum mainnet’s revenue from network fees reached $193 million this week, pushing the annualized rate to the highest point since early 2022.
Ethereum’s $190M+ in weekly fees puts it at an annualized rate of over $10B for the first time since early 2022.
Due to Ethereum’s fee-burn mechanism, this also has an impact on the supply, decreasing it by 33k ETH (~$125M) this week. pic.twitter.com/iAibEvzh4j— IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) March 8, 2024
Ethereum Gas Fee Surges Due To Meme Coin Activity
Recent market dynamics have seen crypto investors flocking to Ethereum-based meme coins like Shiba Inu, Pepe, and Floki. According to ITB data, PEPE has performed the best in the recent meme coin rally, leading with more than a 600% return in February.
PEPE’s gain has been brought forward into the new month, and the crypto is now up by 800% in a 30-day time frame. Floki is also up by 800% in the same time frame.
Shiba Inu is currently up by 275% in the past 30 days, reaching as high as $0.00004456 on March 5. This surge in the price of Shiba Inu was mostly fueled by a 2,000% surge in new addresses from the February average, peaking at 21,000 new addresses on March 5.
Now, Shiba Inu is less than $4 billion be
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