Futures
Access hundreds of perpetual contracts
TradFi
Gold
One platform for global traditional assets
Options
Hot
Trade European-style vanilla options
Unified Account
Maximize your capital efficiency
Demo Trading
Introduction to Futures Trading
Learn the basics of futures trading
Futures Events
Join events to earn rewards
Demo Trading
Use virtual funds to practice risk-free trading
Launch
CandyDrop
Collect candies to earn airdrops
Launchpool
Quick staking, earn potential new tokens
HODLer Airdrop
Hold GT and get massive airdrops for free
Pre-IPOs
Unlock full access to global stock IPOs
Alpha Points
Trade on-chain assets and earn airdrops
Futures Points
Earn futures points and claim airdrop rewards
Promotions
AI
Gate AI
Your all-in-one conversational AI partner
Gate AI Bot
Use Gate AI directly in your social App
GateClaw
Gate Blue Lobster, ready to go
Gate for AI Agent
AI infrastructure, Gate MCP, Skills, and CLI
Gate Skills Hub
10K+ Skills
From office tasks to trading, the all-in-one skill hub makes AI even more useful.
GateRouter
Smartly choose from 30+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
I just reviewed the data and it's interesting what's happening with Ethereum. More than 30% of the total supply is already staked, which is 36.3 million ETH locked. This means that the available Ethereum supply in the open market is significantly reduced, which is an important move that many are not considering.
What catches my attention is that this continues to grow even with all the volatility we've seen. At the beginning of the year, we had 35.99 million in staking, now it's 36.31 million. Compared to a year ago, that's a 6.2% growth. Holders are clearly thinking long-term, regardless of short-term market noise.
Additionally, I noticed that daily transactions on Ethereum reached 2.88 million on January 16th, a record high. And the best part is that fees dropped to 0.054 gwei. So we have more activity with lower costs, which is rare to see. This reflects that Ethereum's supply is under pressure while demand remains active.
The only thing is that the price isn't responding as you'd expect. I suppose macroeconomic factors are weighing more at this moment. But in terms of network health, the numbers look solid. Security increases with more staking, and less Ethereum available in the market could be relevant later on. Definitely something to keep an eye on.