Ethereum Fees Now Below One Cent, Transactional Charts Indicate Strong Price Action Ahead

On Oct. 6, Ethereum transactions reached a daily average of 600,000 as network fees and ETH prices decreased.

A look at ether's transactional history chart indicates falling ETH prices made holders wary about using the digital currency as a medium-of-exchange.

The prices have since stabilized at the $200-$225 range and transactions have gained steam comparable to when ETH was hovering around the $300 mark in early-September.

The increased activity can also be attributed to Ethereum running at just 50 percent of its daily capacity-which, in turn, has caused network fees to fall below one cent even as 600,000 transactions were processed last week.

For ETH traders in cryptocurrency communities, transaction density is observed as a sentiment indicator for deciding mid-term price action, with the two moving in tandem.

The sharp surge in transactional history immediately indicates a price move for ETH may be observed shortly.

The fall in transactions at the beginning of last month caused prices to plunge to $167 on Sept. 12, with the price steadily recovering since.

For the uninitiated, GAS acts as "Fuel" for the Ethereum network and is independent of volatile ETH prices as the latter is traded against hundreds of millions of dollars each day.

Smart contracts consume more GAS than a transfer, which was partly why Ethereum transactions reached ostentatious amounts in December 2017; thousands of ICO tokens at the time ate up much of the network's computational resources upon release.

As more ETH equates to more token usage; the two charts are evident of user behavior.