Robinhood Chain blocks continue despite 14-minute blob gap
Ethereum (ETH)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Robinhood Chain kept blocks flowing even after a 14-minute gap in blobs on Ethereum. The incident highlights the vulnerability of single-sequencer systems under high transaction loads. This raises concerns about future scalability for the network.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ETH, measured when this story was written up on 4 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ETH is trading at $2,507.51 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 42.9% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 38.8%, both below the 24-hour ratio of 57.6%. This indicates that short-term buying pressure is fading relative to the daily average. The 1-hour volume delta is -$2,278,205 and the 4-hour delta is -$26,905,088, showing net selling in the immediate term. However, the 24-hour volume delta is +$130,042,273, meaning net buying has outweighed selling over the full day. CVD at the 24-hour close is -$21,790,412, suggesting a recent shift toward net selling within the day's final hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.0% sits at the 42nd percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 49.6% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ETH, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio is 49.2%, while the latest day shows a ratio 8.4 points higher than that average. Volume is 1.29x the weekly average, indicating significantly higher activity than usual. The price has changed -0.1% over the past 8 days, with a total volume delta of +$14,416,421. This marks an unusual day for the coin, driven by volume and buy ratio figures well above their weekly norms.