The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan. 

In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned only 3.18 Ether ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price” rel=”” target=”_self” text=”null” title=”https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price”>ETH) from blob fees, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/etherscan/status/1907029498681520375″ rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>according to Etherscan, or approximately $6,000 US dollars as of April 1. 

This figure marks a 73% drop from the prior week and a more than 95% decline from the week ending March 16, when Ethereum’s income from blob fees exceeded 84 ETH, Etherscan data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/etherscan/status/1904126284588007504″ rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>said in an X post. 

The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan. 

In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned only 3.18 Ether ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price” rel=”” target=”_self” text=”null” title=”https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price”>ETH) from blob fees, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/etherscan/status/1907029498681520375″ rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>according to Etherscan, or approximately $6,000 US dollars as of April 1. 

This figure marks a 73% drop from the prior week and a more than 95% decline from the week ending March 16, when Ethereum’s income from blob fees exceeded 84 ETH, Etherscan data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/etherscan/status/1904126284588007504″ rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>said in an X post.