Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Lands With Blobs, L2 Fees Crash
The largest upgrade since the Merge introduced EIP-4844 'blob' transactions, immediately collapsing rollup transaction fees by an order of magnitude.
Theo Schmid//Mar 13, 2024//5m
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Layer-2 Fees Collapse as Blob Throughput Finally Clears Demand
Post-Pectra blob expansion has dropped median rollup transaction costs below one cent across the largest L2s.
Priya Sundaram//Jun 12, 2025//5m
Uniswap's Fee Switch Finally Flips, with a 'Token Jar' Twist
After years of debate, the protocol-level fee switch is live — diverting between one-quarter and one-sixth of fees into a contract that UNI holders can burn into.
Riya Mehta//Dec 18, 2025//6m
CoWSwap Fee Redirect Sparks Aave Governance Crisis
Delegates discovered an integration that quietly diverted swap fees away from the DAO treasury, igniting one of the most contentious governance fights in DeFi.
Anya Verma//Dec 22, 2025//6m
Hyperliquid On-Chain Perp DEX Crosses $1B Daily Volume
The order-book derivatives venue has grown into a serious competitor to centralized exchanges, with token holders absorbing fees through a unique buyback mechanism.
Sebastian Cole//Apr 2, 2025//6m
Pump.fun's Revenue Is Still the Anomaly of the Cycle
The Solana launchpad continues to generate hundreds of millions in annualized fees from a single core product — at a fraction of the headcount of any comparable startup.
Theresa Volkov//Mar 14, 2025//5m
Pump.fun-Driven Solana Priority Fees Reach Record
Memecoin trading volume on Solana drove network priority-fee revenue to all-time highs, with implications for validator economics and stake yields.
Alejandro Ruiz//Nov 8, 2024//5m