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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.
Beacon Chain validators holding 66% of the total stake would comply with sanction requests, igniting discussion on Ethereum censorship resistance.
A month ahead of the merge, Ethereum is more centralized than ever and its currency is aggressively resisting deflation.
Celsius' total liabilities surpass its assets by $2.84 billion and its liquidity is expected to drop to negative $33.92 million by October.
Ethereum's price recovery led it to recover its dominance over stablecoins, with its market cap now standing at just over $243 billion.
Ethereum is up 61% against Bitcoin since lows of $877 in June. Could the flippening be on the cards with a $3,750 price target
Buterin has called MakerDAO’s idea of converting its reserve into Ethereum a “risky and terrible idea.”
