Staked ETH surpasses 23 million in June — Nansen

The volume of Ether staked keeps reaching new heights since the Shapella upgrade in April, crossing 23 million Ether locked in June.  According to data from analytics firm Nansen, a total of 23.3 million Ether (ETH) was staked as of June 27, amounting to $43.1 billion at the time of writing and representing nearly 20% of the current $220 billion supply of ETH. In comparison, Solana (SOL) currently has a staking ratio of 70.58%. ETH deposits, withdrawals and total locked. Source: Nansen In the Ethereum blockchain network, staking refers to the process of…

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Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen

Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade, according to a June 26 Twitter thread from blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The network had been seeing less than 300,000 transactions per day before the upgrade, but this figure increased to over 550,000 by the middle of June. Since Optimism’s Bedrock upgrade on June 6 Its daily transactions have increased by about 67% to ~500k And gas fees are reduced by about 50% to ~$50k pic.twitter.com/9ACIMMFHbl — Nansen (@nansen_ai) June 26, 2023 Optimism, a layer 2 of…

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