Ethereum's net increase of 83,550 ETH over the past 30 days, with an annualized supply growth rate of 0.835%. This number is not large, but it means one thing: the deflationary narrative that has lasted nearly two years has officially come to an end.
The ETH burned by EIP-1559 is no longer enough to cover the issuance. The diversion of activity to Layer2 and low Gas fees on the mainnet are the direct causes. More deeply, Ethereum's economic model is regressing from "ultra-sound money" to ordinary assets — the supply is no longer an automatically tightening anchor.
Has the market priced this in