This Binance Wallet Triggered A Temporary 30X Surge In Ethereum Gas Fees | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap
09/22/2023 07:10
A cryptocurrency wallet associated with the prominent trading platform, Binance, has seen massive activity in the last 24 hours, leading to …
A cryptocurrency wallet associated with the prominent trading platform, Binance, has seen massive activity in the last 24 hours, leading to abnormally high transaction fees on the Ethereum network.
Binance Wallet Incurs Nearly $850,000 Gas Fees In One Day
A crypto wallet labeled “Binance 14” witnessed a significant transaction surge on September 21, rising above 140,000. As a result of this activity surge, transactions of the Binance-owned wallet consistently incurred gas fees of over 300 gwei, even though the network’s average fee was around 10 gwei.
This gas fee jump and significant wallet activity have resulted in around 530 ETH (equivalent to nearly $850,000) in gas used on the Binance 14 address today.
The increase in transactions on the Binance wallet had a broader, albeit …