{"id":453684,"date":"2021-01-04T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=453684"},"modified":"2021-01-04T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:03:10","slug":"ethereum-shoots-past-1k-but-high-gas-fees-still-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ethereum\/ethereum-shoots-past-1k-but-high-gas-fees-still-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Shoots Past $1k But High Gas Fees Still a Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ethereum spiked as high as $1.1k<\/a> after a 30% advance on Sunday, a level not seen since February 2018.<\/p>\n The market has since cooled off, back to just below the $1k level at the time of writing. But having breached psychological resistance of $1k, expectations of a continuation are heightened.<\/p>\n Head of Business Development at Luno exchange, Vijay Ayyar<\/a>, attributed the move to Bitcoin’s epic run of form. He said investors are cycling BTC profits back into other tokens, with Ethereum being the primary beneficiary.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is the standard moving of the crypto markets from Bitcoin to the Altcoin market led by Ether. This rotation happens usually when Bitcoin has a large rally and investors rotate profits\u201d into other digital coins.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap has outperformed Bitcoin over the last 12 months. It is up over 600%, versus Bitcoin’s 300% gains over the same period.<\/p>\n However, as Ethereum holders celebrate the price action, the issue of high gas fees<\/a>, which last featured prominence during the summer of DeFi, rears its head once again.<\/p>\n Tushar Jain<\/span><\/a>, the Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, said a Uniswap trade currently costs $100. He went on to say that this situation is leading to “anti-network effects.” All in all, Jain believes the Ethereum network is now incapable of adequately supporting DeFi usage.<\/p>\n “Ethereum<\/span> is suffering from anti-network effects. Each new user makes the system less usable for other users by crowding them out. For example, it currently costs ~$100 in <\/span>gas<\/span> to trade on Uniswap. Simply sending some ETH around costs ~$10. DeFi has outgrown <\/span>Ethereum<\/span>.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSource: ETHUSDT on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Gas Fees Spike on Ethereum<\/h2>\n