ETH Activity in Q2 Similar to That Before 2017 ICO Market Boom
New research from Xangle suggests on-chain activity may not be the best indicator to assess Ethereum, after the price failed to rally in Q2. Though some on-chain activity for Ethereum is similar to the conditions before the price rallied to its all-time high in 2018, it failed to demonstrate the same bullish behavior in 2020.
According to a July report from Xangle Research on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) in Q2 2020, research analyst Jehn Kim determined that on-chain transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain increased roughly 62%, around a 52-week high on June 23. Transaction fees also rose approximately 688%.
The analyst noted that these on-chain stats “partially resemble the spike seen during the bull run in 2017-2018,” when Ethereum (ETH) reached its all-time high price of $1,396.
“Ethereum’s on-chain indicator activity needs to be reconsidered,” said Kim, noting that ETH had only reached $230 in Q2 despite the similar on-chain activity.
Waiting until Q3 to rally?
Though the on-chain data may have been similar, the conditions of Q2 2020 are markedly different to those before the 2017-2018 bull run. The price of Ether and most altcoins dipped to yearly lows in March following the crypto bloodbath, eventually recovering in late May.
In addition, DeFi tokens and stablecoins are changing the landscape of the blockchain by driving transaction fees to two-year highs, which were more than those of Bitcoin (BTC) for the first time. The number of daily transactions on Ethereum didn’t come close enough in Q2 to its ATH of 1,349,890, only passing 1,000,000 this year in late June.
It wasn’t until Q3 that some of the impact of the addition of DeFi tokens and a rise in the popularity of stablecoins was felt on the blockchain. The Ethereum blockchain overtook Bitcoin’s for the first time in history to become the most used, having settled $508 billion in transactions for 2020 as of July 21. ETH is priced at $323.62 at the time of writing, having surged 37% this week.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 68.4% | 61 | $41 774.92 | -1.51% | -4.69% | $790 978 008 201 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 62.4% | 77 | $3 118.68 | -1.45% | -7.60% | $371 830 760 833 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 93.2% | 1 | $1.000320 | -0.02% | 0% | $78 339 642 559 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 71.6% | 59 | $466.91 | -0.67% | -4.12% | $77 094 686 457 |  |
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| 5 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 92% | 1 | $1.000410 | 0.03% | 0.03% | $45 996 617 886 |  |
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| 6 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 75.2% | 51 | $1.34 | -9.23% | 3.04% | $44 862 610 713 |  |
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| 7 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 62.4% | 82 | $136.01 | -3.30% | -10.60% | $42 727 088 409 |  |
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| 8 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 66.8% | 66 | $0.741075 | -2.05% | -7.24% | $35 321 959 717 |  |
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| 9 |  LUNA |
Terra predictions | 74% | 56 | $80.80 | 0.51% | 0.71% | $28 879 627 990 |  |
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| 10 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 72% | 51 | $24.15 | -4.13% | -11.76% | $23 854 220 686 |  |
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| 11 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 76.8% | 46 | $0.162274 | -2.55% | 1.56% | $21 529 056 131 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 60.8% | 81 | $83.56 | -3.11% | -11.61% | $20 417 555 600 |  |
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| 13 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 71.2% | 61 | $0.000027 | -3.13% | -14.21% | $15 094 146 945 |  |
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| 14 |  MATIC |
Polygon predictions | 70.4% | 59 | $2.05 | -5.04% | -12.70% | $15 023 124 537 |  |
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| 15 |  BUSD |
Binance USD predictions | 91.2% | 1 | $0.999348 | -0.14% | 0% | $14 332 300 070 |  |
