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Ethereum has just activated Glamsterdam on the Sepolia testnet. The crypto upgrade was launched on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, at epoch 353,024.
TokenPost's spot-price collection showed Ether at $2,705 15 minutes earlier and down 0.60% over the past hour.
Ethereum price has held near $2,718 on Oct. 6 as positive short-term money flow and bullish analyst views face a five-session withdrawal streak from US spot Ether ETFs.
Ethereum's next big upgrade has been running on the Sepolia test network since Tuesday afternoon. The much-quoted gas limit of 200 million is not in place there yet, and the gap says more about the mainnet date than any price target estimate.
The exchange is investigating delays affecting withdrawals of Ether (ETH) and ERC-20 tokens.
Ethereum's institutional demand is weakening around the same time derivatives positioning shows traders are selling aggressively without yet breaking the broader price structure. US spot ETH exchange-traded funds recorded $50.76 million of net outflows on Oct. 5, extending their losing streak to five consecutive sessions, according to SoSoValue data.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade has gone live on the Sepolia testnet, moving its 2026 scaling package into one of its final public testing stages before a planned mainnet activation.
The upgrade activated at epoch 353,024. Developers will set an activation time for Hoodi before choosing a mainnet launch date.
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Sepolia marks one of the final major rehearsals before the final activation of Glamsterdam, aimed at bringing more efficiency and scalability to the Ethereum mainnet.