Market pulse - Ethereum Pectra upgrade is live!

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What happened?

The Ethereum Pectra upgrade, the largest hard fork in Ethereum's history, went live today. It combined 11 upgrades to boost scalability, user experience, and staking. Key features include smart wallet functionality for gasless transactions, a higher staking cap (32 to 2,048 ETH), and doubled data capacity for Layer-2 scaling. Despite some testnet bugs and delays, the mainnet launch was successful with no major issues reported.

• Pectra enhances Ethereum's DeFi and scaling capabilities
• Smart account wallets are now active
• L2 scaling data storage blobs increased by 2x
• Validator UX improvements are live

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What does it mean for $ETH?

Ethereum is trading above $1,800, slightly higher than yesterday's close. For a more sustainable move higher, we are still expecting some stimulus or dovish tone from Jerome Powell today for a short-term pump.

In the immediate term, the upgrade is unlike to move prices higher, however, we believe it is one of the most important updates that potentially can revive the Ethereum narrative in the mid-to-long term. For now, let's see how today's FED meeting will play out and the effect of Pectra on the Ethereum ecosystem.

Stay tuned for updates!