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January 16, 2026
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DeFi Analytics 16th January 2026

This week's edition of our Crypto DeFi Analytics.

Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Over the past week, fees re-accelerated across chains, led by an unusual Solana’s fees surge: after sitting in the ~$0.75–0.85M band, it jumped once again back above ~$1.0M. Tron’s fees rebounded from ~$0.65M to ~$1.2M, while Ethereum’s fees recovered from ~$0.2–0.25M to ~$0.45–0.5M.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Stablecoin Supply

Stablecoin Supply by Token

Stablecoin Supply by Chain

Ethereum Gas Market

Hourly Average Gas Fees Burnt per Block

Hourly Average Cost to Transfer ETH (21,000 Gas)

Blob Gas Usage – Over the past week, blob gas usage remained low and steady for most of the period, however, it was followed by a significant spike on Jan 14 and almost reached 1.6M, then decreased back to the previous levels of 0.8M-0.6M.

Hourly Average Blob Gas Usage per Ethereum Block

Hourly Average Excess Blob Gas per Ethereum Block

Beacon Chain Balance

Beacon Chain - Over the past week, the balance increased, rising from just under ~36.0M ETH to around ~36.2M ETH.

Beacon Chain Summary

Beacon Chain Balance

Uniswap V3

Uniswap V3 Hourly Volumes  - Arbitrum

Uniswap V3 Hourly Transaction Count  - Arbitrum

Liquidations

Aggregate Liquidations across Aave & Compound 

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Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Over the past week, fees re-accelerated across chains, led by an unusual Solana’s fees surge: after sitting in the ~$0.75–0.85M band, it jumped once again back above ~$1.0M. Tron’s fees rebounded from ~$0.65M to ~$1.2M, while Ethereum’s fees recovered from ~$0.2–0.25M to ~$0.45–0.5M.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Stablecoin Supply

Stablecoin Supply by Token

Stablecoin Supply by Chain

Chain Fee Generation

Daily Fee Generation – Over the past week, fees re-accelerated across chains, led by an unusual Solana’s fees surge: after sitting in the ~$0.75–0.85M band, it jumped once again back above ~$1.0M. Tron’s fees rebounded from ~$0.65M to ~$1.2M, while Ethereum’s fees recovered from ~$0.2–0.25M to ~$0.45–0.5M.

Daily Fees Generated across Ethereum, Solana, Tron & Sui

Stablecoin Supply

Stablecoin Supply by Token

Stablecoin Supply by Chain