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January 2, 2026
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DeFi Analytics 2nd January 2026

This week's edition of our Crypto DeFi Analytics.

Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Around 24 Dec, fees eased across chains, with Tron’s fees falling from just above ~$1.0M towards the ~$0.7M area, while Solana’s fees drifted into the mid-~$0.4Ms and Ethereum’s fees back to the low-~$0.2Ms. Activity rebounded into the final week with Tron’s fees near ~$1.2M and Solana’s fees ~$0.6M, before easing again into month-end.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Ethereum Gas Market

Hourly Average Gas Fees Burnt per Block

Hourly Average Cost to Transfer ETH (21,000 Gas)

Blob Gas Usage – Usage briefly jumped towards ~0.9M around 18–19 Dec, then stepped down and has since held a lower ~0.5–0.6M range through the festive period, with only short-lived spikes above ~0.65M. Usage is currently around ~0.5–0.55M.

Hourly Average Blob Gas Usage per Ethereum Block

Hourly Average Excess Blob Gas per Ethereum Block

Beacon Chain Balance

Beacon Chain - Over the past week, the balance has drifted slightly lower from around ~36.1M ETH towards ~36.0M ETH.

Beacon Chain Summary

Beacon Chain Balance

Uniswap V3

Uniswap V3 Hourly Volumes  - Arbitrum

Uniswap V3 Hourly Transaction Count  - Arbitrum

Liquidations

Aggregate Liquidations across Aave & Compound 

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Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Around 24 Dec, fees eased across chains, with Tron’s fees falling from just above ~$1.0M towards the ~$0.7M area, while Solana’s fees drifted into the mid-~$0.4Ms and Ethereum’s fees back to the low-~$0.2Ms. Activity rebounded into the final week with Tron’s fees near ~$1.2M and Solana’s fees ~$0.6M, before easing again into month-end.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Ethereum Gas Market

Hourly Average Gas Fees Burnt per Block

Hourly Average Cost to Transfer ETH (21,000 Gas)

Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Around 24 Dec, fees eased across chains, with Tron’s fees falling from just above ~$1.0M towards the ~$0.7M area, while Solana’s fees drifted into the mid-~$0.4Ms and Ethereum’s fees back to the low-~$0.2Ms. Activity rebounded into the final week with Tron’s fees near ~$1.2M and Solana’s fees ~$0.6M, before easing again into month-end.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Ethereum Gas Market

Hourly Average Gas Fees Burnt per Block

Hourly Average Cost to Transfer ETH (21,000 Gas)