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The Volatility Smile charts for September and October show dramatic differences that suggest options traders are expecting Ethereum to drop post Merge.
The Ethereum Foundation wrote that the merge will not reduce Ethereum gas fees because it is a "change of consensus mechanism" and "not an expansion of network capacity."
New ETH and ERC-20 payments will be put on hold until after the merge is completed, and In-process payments will also be paused until after the merge.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a non-profit organization that supports the research, development, and ecosystem growth of the Ethereum protocol and its wider community.
