Recent activity involving a Binance exchange wallet has resulted in 140,000 transactions with abnormally high gas fees on the Ethereum network.

Data indicates a distinct surge of over 140,000 token transfers to the ‘Binance 14’ wallet, as labeled by the Etherscan block explorer. Transactions received by this wallet consistently paid fees exceeding 300 gwei, even though the network’s average remained close to 10 gwei. This expenditure, which was nearly 30 times higher than average, led to a significant yet temporary increase in gas fees on the network.

Gas fees represent the computational cost users incur to execute and validate their operations on Ethereum.

Overall the transactions resulted in more than 530 ETH ($840,000) in gas fees today, making it the biggest "gas guzzler"of the …