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 <li><em>Ethereum’s net supply has been shrinking at an annual rate of 0.248%</em></li>
 <li><i>Projections highlighted interesting observations for Ethereum’s supply</i></li>
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<p>More than 307,000 <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/Ethereum" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Ethereum [ETH]</a> coins have exited circulation since the pivotal ‘Merge’ event. In fact, this was the lowest volume of ETH in circulation since the network made a historic shift from the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS).</p>
<h3 id="eth-s-supply-goes-south">ETH’s supply goes south</h3>
<p>According to AMBCrypto’s scrutiny of ultra sound money data, the net supply has been shrinking at an annual rate of 0.248%. This might appear inconsequential to some but fathom this – Had the transition not taken place, ETH’s total supply would have increased by more than 4.71 million with an annual inflation rate of 3.168%.</p>
<div id="attachment_358225" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ethereum-supply.jpg" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-358225" decoding="async" class="wp-image-358225 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ethereum-supply.jpg" alt="" width="569" height="361" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ethereum-supply.jpg 569w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ethereum-supply-300x190.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px"></a>
 <p id="caption-attachment-358225" class="wp-caption-text">Source: ultrasound.money</p>
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<p>Scarcity is critical to the long-term demand of any financial asset. In the case of cryptocurrencies, the fewer tokens in circulation, the greater the likelihood of price increases, provided demand for the asset remains the same.</p>
<p>At the time of writing, Ethereum’s current supply stood at 120.21 million. As per long-term projections, the supply has hit its peak, with the same to gradually start declining from next year. By the end of 2025, the total number of ETH in circulation is predicted to shrink to 117.7 million.</p>
<div id="attachment_358236" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY.jpg" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-358236" decoding="async" class="wp-image-358236 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY.jpg" alt="" width="1165" height="473" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY.jpg 1165w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY-300x122.jpg 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY-1024x416.jpg 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eth-SUPPLY-768x312.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px"></a>
 <p id="caption-attachment-358236" class="wp-caption-text">Source: ultrasound.money</p>
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<h3 id="a-much-needed-respite">A much-needed respite</h3>
<p>This is a welcome development as not too long ago, ETH became inflationary owing to poor participation on the network. For much of September and early October, more coins were getting created than they were burned.</p>
<p>As examined by AMBCrypto using Glassnode’s data, network fees tumbled to yearly lows during the aforementioned period. This suggested that transactions on the network had declined, leading to fewer ETH getting burned.</p>
<p>Note that a part of the fee charged for validating transactions, called base fee, is burned and <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/gas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="external">removed</a> from circulation. Generally, a bull market with high network usage aids deflation and vice versa.</p>
<div id="attachment_358239" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-358239" decoding="async" class="wp-image-358239 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth.png" alt="" width="1800" height="1013" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth.png 1800w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth-300x169.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth-1024x576.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth-768x432.png 768w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/glassnode-studio_ethereum-total-transaction-fees-eth-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px"></a>
 <p id="caption-attachment-358239" class="wp-caption-text">Source: Glassnode</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Read <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/predictions/ethereum-price-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">ETH’s Price Prediction</a>&nbsp;2023-24</p>
<h3 id="market-still-upbeat-despite-pullback">Market still upbeat, despite pullback</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">At press time, the second-largest cryptocurrency was exchanging hands at <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="external">$2.240</a>, having just recorded one of the sharpest corrections since the commencement of the bull rally in October.</p>
<p>Having said that, the market sentiment remains optimistic. Greed remains uniform across the market, with AMBCrypto using Hyblock Capital’s data to highlight the same. This is a key finding since it is generally assumed that greed drives the asset’s value higher.</p>
<div id="attachment_358240" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-358240" decoding="async" class="wp-image-358240 size-full" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01.png" alt="" width="1320" height="543" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01.png 1320w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01-300x123.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01-1024x421.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ETHUSDT_2023-12-11_12-59-01-768x316.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px"></a>
 <p id="caption-attachment-358240" class="wp-caption-text">Source: Hyblock Capital</p>
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