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Recently, I noticed that on-chain activity on Ethereum has hit a new high, but the price of Ethereum hasn't increased much; in fact, it's still falling. I checked the data today, and ETH is quoted at around $2,320, down 2.3% in 24 hours. This contrast is quite interesting.
Active on-chain activity usually indicates that the ecosystem is being used, but Ethereum's price performance has lagged behind. What's more painful is that transaction fees haven't kept up with the growth in activity, which has negatively impacted user experience. Although the market cap still remains above $280 billion, based on the price trend, it seems the market hasn't fully priced in the excitement of this wave of activity.
This phenomenon is actually quite common—on-chain data looks good, but investors' enthusiasm is elsewhere. Whether Ethereum's price can catch up with the on-chain activity heat depends on how market sentiment develops in the future.