Ethereum’s daily net emission slipped into negative territory for the first time on Sept. 3, marking a significant milestone for one of the leading cryptocurrencies.
This means that more Ether coins were being burned than produced by miners over a 24-hour period.
On Sept. 4, however, the supply of Ether once again increased, meaning that the cryptocurrency once again became inflationary.
At press time, 203,266.90 ETH (roughly $795 million at press time) has been permanently removed from circulation.
This comes less than two weeks after the network crossed the 100,000 ETH milestone. The current burn rate is 4.56 ETH per minute.
Ethereum has briefly managed to become deflationary because of the fee-burning EIP-1559 upgrade, which was part of the much-anticipated London hard fork that was implemented on Aug. 5.
Alex DovbnyaThe market is not ignoring Ethereum’s monetary policy shift. The Ether price is now only 10 percent away from reaching its all-time high of $4,356, according to data provided by CoinGecko.
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