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    Home » Crypto News » Average Ethereum Transaction Fees Soar To New ATH as Yield Farming Booms

    Average Ethereum Transaction Fees Soar To New ATH as Yield Farming Booms

    Author: Jordan Lyanchev

    Last Updated Aug 13, 2020 @ 15:24

    Following the massive demand in the YAM token, the Ethereum average fees have reached a new all-time high of about 0.02 ETH per transaction.

    The Ethereum transaction fees reached a new all-time high following the latest DeFi craze YAM. A simple approval operation on some decentralized exchanges like Uniswap costs upwards of $13 on occasions.

    ETH Gas Fees Through The Roof

    The Ethereum blockchain is the underlying technology behind the majority of the DeFi-based projects. Investors wanting to allocate funds into such assets can do so by swapping ETH on platforms like Uniswap.

    The multitude of emerging projects, as well as the increased usage of Ethereum, result in a clogged network. There are about 150,000 pending transactions at the time of this writing. Consequently, users who want their transactions to be prioritized are paying higher gas prices, driving the overall fees higher.

    As per data from Glassnode, ETH fees have been surging continuously for the past several weeks. This resulted in miners receiving over 42% of their revenue from fees, which was another ATH.

    Ethereum Miner Revenue: Source: Glassnode
    Ethereum Miner Revenue: Source: Glassnode

    Furthermore, information from Blockchair shows the rising fees as the average gas spent while transferring ETH tokens has just reached a fresh all-time high of over 0.02 ETH. This amount (worth about $8) has surpassed the previous record registered in December 2016 of 0.017 ETH.

    Ethereum Average Fee. Source: Blockchair
    Ethereum Average Fee. Source: Blockchair

    Is It All Yam?

    The most apparent reason for this particular surge could be attributed to the latest DeFi boom – Yam Finance. Marketed as an innovative experimental protocol with an elastic token (YAM) supply, it offered investors significant yields through a fair farming ecosystem.

    The interest in farming YAM was so high that the total value locked reached over $500 million a day after launching. Moreover, the massive demand drove most prices within the DeFi sector higher yesterday.

    Further data from Glassnode reveals that within the first two days of being live, over 8,600 unique addresses were holding the token.

    YAM Non-zero Addresses. Source: Glassnode
    YAM Non-zero Addresses. Source: Glassnode

    The story of Yam Finance, however, had an unfortunate end. The financial experiment that started on August 11th crashed after an error in its rebasing mechanism that the team failed to address in time. The value of the token also tanked from over $100 yesterday to less than $1 today.

    Although the situation appears gloomy, to say the least, the team has published a Medium post in which they outlined that YAM, despite its failure, has “brought together an immensely special community around YAM.” As such, they “plan to support the launch of YAM 2.0 via migration contract from YAM,” as long as they raise enough funds through a Gitcoin grant.

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    Jordan got into crypto in 2016 by trading and investing. He began writing about blockchain technology in 2017. He has managed numerous crypto-related projects and is passionate about all things blockchain. Contact Jordan: LinkedIn

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