Focusing on Key Changes and Current Status
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The Shanghai Upgrade, the largest Ethereum upgrade in nearly half a year since last year's The Merge, successfully went live on 12th April.
The Shanghai Upgrade is significant because it enables ETH withdrawals nearly two years after the launch of Ethereum's staking feature, and given Ethereum's current stature and scale, we expect ETH's liquidity along with withdrawals to have a significant impact on the overall crypto ecosystem.
In this article, we'll take a look at the key changes brought about by the Shanghai upgrade and where we stand a week later.
Read the full research here: https://medium.com/despread-global/ethereums-shanghai-upgrade-and-beyond-79a8eebb622a