The Ethereum (ETH) Merge

The success of Goerli, the third and last test of the Ethereum merge, makes it possible to envisage the arrival of Bellatrix on the mainnet on September 15, then of Paris, which will finalize the process.

This is a major event in its history, the objective being to migrate the blockchain from proof of work to proof of stack. This implementation once completed will pave the way for other steps such as scalability (sharding) which will allow ETH to not only reduce the cost of operations but also to process up to 100,000 transactions per second against only 15 to 20 per second currently.

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, said that once the update was complete, the blockchain would only be 55% “complete”.

According to Tim Beiko, Paris is scheduled to trigger once the Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) reaches 58,750,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Following the success of the various mergers of Ethereum on the testnet, its price rose 100% in one month from its low around $989 to its high at $2015. (see below).


Currently the price of ETH is around $1876 supported by the Kijun span (yellow line) and the Tenkan (green line) however the resistance of the cloud persists.

It will therefore have to be punctured in order to target $2335, otherwise the price could reach the first resistance at the Tenkan level at $1503 then to its lowest around $989. (see below).

 

Click here to access our Economic Calendar

Kader Djellouli

Market Analyst

Disclaimer: This material is provided as a general marketing communication for information purposes only and does not constitute an independent investment research. Nothing in this communication contains, or should be considered as containing, an investment advice or an investment recommendation or a solicitation for the purpose of buying or selling of any financial instrument. All information provided is gathered from reputable sources and any information containing an indication of past performance is not a guarantee or reliable indicator of future performance. Users acknowledge that any investment in Leveraged Products is characterized by a certain degree of uncertainty and that any investment of this nature involves a high level of risk for which the users are solely responsible and liable. We assume no liability for any loss arising from any investment made based on the information provided in this communication. This communication must not be reproduced or further distributed without our prior written permission.