The quarter, reviewed
What staking, fees and funds did to Ethereum, what miners earned and sold, where bitcoin and ether stood against their cost when the quarter closed, and how Aave, Uniswap and Lido fared. Every figure links to its live chart.
Q3 2026
1 Jul – 30 Sept 2026
Ethereum review
The queue to start staking went from 2.91M ETH to 1.58M ETH
- Active stake43.74M ETH+3.56M ETH
- Staking yield at quarter end2.57%−0.14 pts
- Total fees15,696 ETH−36.8%
Hashprice went from $27.73 to $39.91 a day for each petahash
- Hash rate, average918 EH/s−4.0%
- Hashprice$39.91+44.0%
- Miner balances1.77M BTC−5,707 BTC
Ether ended the quarter up 70.8% and bitcoin up 42.8%
- Bitcoin in the third quarter+42.8%
- Ether in the third quarter+70.8%
- Bitcoin ETF net flow+71,370 BTC
Deposits at Aave rose by $8.58B to $25.6B
- Deposits$25.6B+50.4%
- Borrowed$10.2B+40.7%
- AAVE price$159.49+87.3%
Uniswap handled $67.4B of trading volume on Ethereum
- Volume$67.4B−13.1%
- v4 share of volume59.4%−0.99 pts
- UNI price$8.88+219.7%
Lido stake rose by 851,332 ETH to 9.39M ETH
- Lido stake9.39M ETH+851,332 ETH
- Share of active stake21.5%+0.22 pts
- LDO price$0.4578+90.8%
Q2 2026
1 Apr – 30 Jun 2026
Ethereum review