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Ethereum’s (ETH) price revealed escalating disagreement among traders over the future of the market in March. Due to this unpredictability, the price of ETH has been consolidated since 15 February inside a constrained sideways range between $1,600 and $1,700.
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The unpredictability is caused by Ethereum’s long-awaited Shanghai upgrade, which is expected to become operational in March. A short-term sell-off event is expected to follow the update, which will allow stakers to withdraw their vested tokens from Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract.
The Ethereum community seems to be supportive of Coinbase’s recently revealed layer-2 network, Base, which has been called a “watershed moment” and a “huge confidence vote” for the blockchain network.
Base, a layer-2 network driven by Optimism and secured on Ethereum, seeks to eventually develop into a network for creating decentralized applications (dApps) on the blockchain. According to Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, the layer-2 network is now in its testnet phase.
The move is “a massive vote of confidence for Ethereum,” according to Ryan Sean Adams, host of the Bankless Show. This could set a precedent for cryptocurrency businesses and financial institutions to use Ethereum as their preferred settlement layer.
Recently, Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, donated $150,000 in ETH to Syrian and Turkish victims. Additionally, the native coin of the Ethereum blockchain, ETH, experienced a significant price drop after whales sold 350,000 ETH tokens.
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