Ethereum has recorded 1.8 million transactions per day in the last 24 hours, reaching a record high of 48.22 million monthly transactions. Chain data also shows that ETH monthly transactions have increased by 5.8% over the last 30 days and 51% over the last 12 months.
Digital assets marked the third largest month to date, exceeding the $320 billion trading volume across the mainnet in August. The institutional demand and the influx of exchange trade funds have driven enormous amounts of ETH trading.
Ethereum witnesses price rise
Ethereum hit an all-time high in monthly trading. @@growthepie_eth
TXS has exceeded 48.1m on the main net in the past 30 days! 🔥
The best ever recorded! pic.twitter.com/6hk8uuhxv5
– Leon Waidmann (@LeonWaidmann) September 5, 2025
Ethereum prices surged last month to reach an all-time high of $4,953, experiencing a slight inherent volatility before swapping hands for $4,460 at press. Digital assets prices have risen 24% over the past 30 days and have skyrocketed 86.52% over the past 12 months.
ETH’s DEFI Total Value (TVL) is currently at $922.4 billion, approaching its peak at around $108.8 million from the 2021 Bull Cycle. We also received a total of 64,793 new addresses in the last 24 hours.
On-chain data shows that Ethereum hit its monthly Decentralized Exchange (DEX) trading volume of $139.63 billion last month. It marked the strongest month of digital assets in DEX Activity and solidified its role as a major layer-1 network for on-chain trading.
As of September 5th, Ethereum supply in all exchanges fell to its lowest level in three years. Approximately 17.3 million. Due to increased demand from investment funds and corporate buyers, most of the ETH reserves are emitted in exchange.
Companies adding Ethereum to their holdings had also reached $12 billion by the end of August. Sharplink Games I was led The pack, which holds 797,704 ETH in late August, is worth around $3.5 billion.
Bitmine Immersion follows a circular supply of Ethereum of over 1.5% (approximately $1.86 billion). On Thursday, the company added another $65 million in ETH to the Treasury, as its first batch of the month. On-chain data It was revealed The company has made six transactions via Galaxy Digital to complete the purchase.
“We continue to believe that Ethereum is one of the biggest macro transactions for the next 10-15 years. If Wall Street and AI move to blockchain, it should lead to greater changes in today’s financial system.
–Tom LeeChairman of Bitmine.
Lee also believes that ether will ultimately surpass $60,000 in the long term. He compared institutional interest in digital assets to 1971 New York Stock Market Records for volume and daily profits.
Lee believes ETH staking will attract more adoptions
On-chain data also displays Spot ETH Exchange Trading Funds (ETFs) I was attracted to Since its launch in July 2024, it has had a net inflow of over $132.1 billion. The fund attracted more than $10 billion in net inflows between June and August, seeing $4.86 billion in July alone.
At the time of writing, BlackRock’s Ishares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) leads the holdings of over $13.14 billion. The Fidelity Ethereum Fund continues at 2.5 billion ETH, with the grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF having over 1.42 billion ETH.
Fabian Dori, Sygnum’s chief investment officer, claimed that Ethereum has recently experienced a major boost in recognition of both adoption rates and value propositions. He also considers staking to be the next frontier for ether ETFs, as it has the potential to obtain additional yields within structures traded on regulated exchanges.
Lee also repeatedly said that publicly traded companies should trade with the ETH Treasury Ministry. Currently, ETH is constrained by liquidity requirements, preventing the entire holding from immersing. He argued that Ethereum should add 90% value to companies that own ETH to generate 3% staking rewards. According to him, the initiative means a multiplier of 1.9, and the ETF will not get the appropriate multiplier for staking.