Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is in its final testnet stages, targeting a mainnet release in June 2026. Following the 2025 rollouts of Pectra and Fusaka, Glamsterdam is Ethereum's most significant technical overhaul since The Merge. The upgrade aims to increase the gas limit from 60 million to 200 million per block, targeting roughly 10,000 TPS — a 5× improvement over current throughput. Key technical features include Block-Level Access Lists (EIP-7928) to enable parallel transaction execution, and Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS, EIP-7732) to move the block-building market on-chain and reduce MEV extraction by third parties. Gas fees are projected to drop by approximately 78.6% post-upgrade — a transformative improvement for DeFi and NFT users who have been priced out by high fees. ETH is currently trading near $2,123, and analysts note historical rallies of 20–35% ahead of major Ethereum upgrades. Institutional momentum is building: Ethereum-focused ETFs saw their highest inflows in three months during the first week of April. Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 4.8 million ETH (3.98% of supply), positioning itself as the world's largest corporate Ethereum treasury. The Hegotá upgrade (H2 2026) is slated to follow, introducing Verkle Trees to reduce node storage requirements by 90%.
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- Current value: $2,123 (+5.7%)
- Category: Analysis
- Published: Apr 6, 2026 08:00 UTC
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