Ethereum’s Broken Promise

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Ethereum finally solved one of the biggest problems in cryptocurrency.

Transactions became cheaper, the network gained significantly more capacity, and millions of users moved onto layer-2 platforms such as Base, Arbitrum and Optimism.

But that success may have created an entirely new problem.

As activity moved away from the main network, transaction fees collapsed, the amount of ETH being burned fell sharply, and one of the asset’s most powerful investment narratives began to weaken.

In today’s Daily Crypto Deep Dive , we investigate whether layer 2s saved Ethereum or accidentally damaged the economic system supporting its native asset.

The technology appears to be succeeding. The ecosystem is processing millions of transactions, major companies are building on top of it, and billions of dollars are secured through secondary networks.

However, technological success does not automatically create investment returns.

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