# Ignas Says Ethereum Fees Could Help Make Ether Deflationary By Token Post Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/52615 Published: 2026-11-09T22:56:19.000Z Updated: 2026-11-09T22:56:19.000Z Section: Insights & Views > He also cited staking yield, privacy features on Ethereum’s roadmap and ETH’s use as collateral. He said market demand must grow alongside scaling’s lower transaction costs. DeFi researcher Ignas said transaction-fee burns could help make Ether (ETH) deflationary, while arguing Ethereum’s store-of-value case also draws on staking yield, privacy features and collateral use. Ignas said ETH may be more suitable as a store-of-value asset than Bitcoin (BTC) and ZEC. He pointed to native staking yield and privacy features on Ethereum’s roadmap as potential advantages. He said Bitcoin and ZEC holders typically need wrapped assets or must rely on banks or centralized exchanges to use those assets as loan collateral. ETH, by contrast, can be used as collateral and exchanged on Ethereum, Ignas said. Ignas said his support for a store-of-value focus did not reflect a belief that Ethereum’s base layer could never generate enough fees to support ETH deflation. Scaling can lower transaction costs, he said, making growth in market demand and the Ethereum community’s ability to encourage that demand central to the fee-revenue question. The remarks respond to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s call to emphasize Ether’s store-of-value role, following his argument that [Ethereum’s resilience underpins Ether’s store-of-value case](). ## Links in this article - [Ethereum’s resilience underpins Ether’s store-of-value case](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/52400)