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Crypto Daybook Americas: Trump Trade Tease Lifts Market While Movement's Fees Evaporate
8.5.2025
Your day-ahead look for May 8, 2025
Bitcoin and Ethereum Fees Collapse: Transaction Costs Plunge Over 90% Year-on-Year
19.4.2025
Operational expenses for executing transactions on the two leading layer one (L1) blockchain protocols have diminished notably relative to the same period in 2024, reflecting a striking recalibration. Cheaper Than Ever: Blockchain Users Reap Benefits of Fee Freefall Reflecting on last April,...
Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia
17.4.2025
The Converge chain is set to have fast blocktimes, let users pay gas fees in Ethena's tokens and support both permissionless and permissioned apps, the teams said
Ethereum fees drop to a 5-year low as transaction volumes lull
17.4.2025
Transaction costs on the Ethereum network have dropped to the lowest level in five years as the amount of activity on the blockchain is in a lull, according to the onchain analytics platform Santiment.Ethereum network fees are now around $0.168 per transaction and the reduction in fees coincides...
Panama's capital to accept crypto for taxes, municipal fees
17.4.2025
Panama’s capital city will accept cryptocurrency payments for taxes and municipal fees, including bus tickets and permits, Panama City mayor Mayer Mizrachi announced on April 15, joining a growing list of jurisdictions globally that have voted to accept such payments.Panama City will begin...
Bitcoin Mining Profitability Down 7.4% in March as Prices, Transaction Fees Fell: Jefferies
14.4.2025
Mining profitability worsened due to a 11.2% decline in the bitcoin price and a 9.1% slump in transaction fees, the report said
US Senate bill threatens crypto, AI data centers with fees — Report
11.4.2025
Draft legislation in the US Senate threatens to hit data centers serving blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models with fees if they exceed federal emissions targets, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report. Led by Senate Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman,...
US Senate bill threatens crypto, AI data centers with fees — Report
11.4.2025
Draft legislation in the US Senate threatens to hit data centers serving blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models with fees if they exceed federal emissions targets, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report. Led by Senate Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman,...
Panicked Bitcoiner mistakenly pays almost $60K BTC in fees
8.4.2025
Update 1:17 pm UTC: This article has been updated with the corrected US dollar figure that the user paid at the time.One presumably panicked Bitcoin user paid almost 0.75 BTC (worth around $60,000 at the time) in a replace-by-fee (RBF) transaction fee.The transaction in question was sent about...
Panicked Bitcoiner mistakenly pays over $70K of BTC in fees
8.4.2025
One presumably panicked Bitcoin user paid nearly 0.75 BTC ($70,500) in a replace-by-fee (RBF) transaction fee.The transaction in question was sent about 30 minutes after midnight UTC on April 8. It was the second attempt at performing an RBF that changed the transaction's target address, sending...
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Hits Record High, Yet Price and Activity Tell Another Story
3.4.2025
Despite a record-breaking hash rate, low transaction fees and empty blocks raise concerns about bitcoin’s long-term sustainability
Ethereum's weekly blob fees hit 2025 lows
1.4.2025
The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan. In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned only 3.18 Ether (ETH) from blob...
Ethereum's weekly blob fees hit 2025 lows
1.4.2025
The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan. In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned only 3.18 Ether (ETH) from blob...
Bitcoin’s Transaction Drought: Network Fees Hit 1 Satoshi per Transfer as Mempool Clears
1.4.2025
According to current metrics, at around 6 p.m. ET on March 31, the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a curious decline in transactional throughput, with blocks failing to reach optimal capacity. Beginning at block 890,138, a sequence of more than a couple dozen blocks exhibited diminished size...
ETH price to $1.2K? Ethereum's PoS 'deflation' ends with fees at all-time lows
25.3.2025
Ether’s (ETH) price printed a bear flag on the daily chart, a technical chart formation associated with strong downward momentum. Could this bearish setup and decreasing transaction fees signal the start of the second leg of ETH’s drop toward $1,200?Ethereum’s network activity...
ETH price to $1.2K? Ethereum's PoS 'deflation' ends with fees at all-time lows
25.3.2025
Ether’s (ETH) price printed a bear flag on the daily chart, a technical chart formation associated with strong downward momentum. Could this bearish setup and decreasing transaction fees signal the start of the second leg of ETH’s drop toward $1,200?Ethereum’s network activity...
Nillion's NIL Dips 12% After Debut; Analyst Believes Network's 'Blind Computing' Holds Promise for Data Privacy, AI
25.3.2025
The NIL token is the governance cryptocurrency of Nillion, used to pay network fees for blind computation and payments, and is designed to drive demand as usage scales
DYDX Token Jumps 7% After Derivatives Exchange Protocol dYdX Starts Buyback Program
24.3.2025
DYdX is allocating 25% of protocol fees to the program, with active governance discussions on an increase to 100%
OpenAI Considers Lowering ChatGPT Subscription Fees in India
24.3.2025
OpenAI is considering a significant reduction in the subscription cost for ChatGPT in India, with potential prices ranging…
Bitcoin Miners Feel Squeeze as Hashprice Erases Post-Election Gains
20.3.2025
Transaction fees made up just 1.3% of total block rewards in February, marking the lowest share since the last bear market bottom in 2022