Has seen both deposits and withdrawals subside substantially during the last week
Ethereum Gas Market
Ethereum Gas fees burnt from the total supply - 5h bars
No deviation from the downward trend was seen in block utilisation during the last week
Gas prices remains cheap on the network as a result
Average cost to transfer ETH (21,000 Gas)
Ethereum Blob Gas Used - 5h bars
Excess Blob Gas - 5h bars
Borrowing and Lending
Total Stablecoin value locked in Aave and Compound
USDC TVL
USDT TVL
DAI TVL
TUSD TVL
WBTC TVL
WETH TVL
The decline in spot price seen last week has seen the TVLs of both USDT and WBTC
The decrease in WBTCs TVL was more substantial, dropping more than 10% over the last week which was mostly dominated by liquidity providers withdrawing their liquidity
Uniswap V3
Uniswap V3 Hourly Volumes
Activity on Uniswap has seen no significant change during the last week, trading at the lowest levels we've seen during the last week
This week kicked off with a selloff in global bond markets, in part driven by inflationary concerns from the ongoing US-Iran conflict. Government bond yields at multi-decade highs in turn weighed on crypto risk sentiment. BTC briefly fell to $76K, a two-week low, while ETH tested the $2,100 support level. Despite the weakening macro backdrop, BTC has traded with volatility levels close to year-to-date lows, something we see reflected in options positioning too.
After a double-digit rally in April, BTC has continued its ascent, even briefly trading past $82K — its highest level since end-January. As such, Block Scholes’ Risk Appetite Indices for both BTC and ETH have surged past a value of 1 and into a region that has typically marked further bullish price momentum. Since 2021, BTC has rallied by more than 12% on a monthly basis on 17 occasions, 9 of which were followed by a second month of higher spot prices. However, despite a backdrop of easing geopolitical tensions and a major crypto bill in the "red zone", derivatives markets are sending mixed signals.