Ethereum returned, the share of network fees that accumulate to ether holders (ETH) as a result of tokens burns, fell by around 44% in August, even in the middle of the ETH prices at all times.
Avenues for August totaled more than $ 14.1 million, compared to the $ 25.6 million in July, according to the Token terminal. The drop occurred in the middle of the ETH 240% since April and ETH reaching a summit of $ 4,957 on August 24.
Network fees also dropped approximately 20% per month, from around $ 49.6 million in July to around $ 39.7 million in August.
The monthly costs of the Ethereum network fell in order of magnitude after the Dencun upgrade in March 2024, which considerably reduced transaction costs for layer 2 scaling networks using Ethereum as a basic layer to publish transactions.
The fees and revenues down the network sparked a debate on the viability of Ethereum, the criticisms claiming that the platform of intelligent contract of layer 1 has fundamentals and unsustainable supporters arguing that it is the dorsal thorn of the future financial system.
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Institutional interest of Ethereum courts in 2025
The Ethereum network has had an eventful 2025, while the community presents the blockchain platform for Wall Street companies and ETH public cash companies emerge, which increases the prices of the ETH to the heights of all time.
Ethealalize, a advocacy and public relations company that markets the Ethereum network with listed companies, announced that it had completed a capital increase of $ 40 million in September.
Matt Hougan, the investment director (IOC) of the investment company Bitwise, told Cintelelegraph that institutional and traditional financial investors were attracted to the bearing characteristics of Ether.
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“If you take $ 1 billion dollars of Eth and put it in a company and put it, suddenly, you manage profits. And investors are really used to companies that generate profits,” said Hougan.
These companies explore the staging of Ethereum – locking their ETH tokens to secure the network – winning a return to provide validation services to the Smart Blockchain Layer -1 contract platform.
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