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3 reasons why Ethereum price can reach $3K in Q2

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Ethereum on-chain and technical indicators show a long-term bullish argument for ETH price in the near to medium terms. Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), eyes a run-up toward $3,000 in Q2 2023 after wrapping the previous quarter with 55% gains. ETH price nears potential breakout The price of Ether has more that doubled after bottoming out in June 2022 at around $880, weathering a slew of negative events, including the FTX exchange collapse, interest rate increases, and stricter U.S. regulations. In doing so, ETH/USD has painted an ascending triangle, confirmed by its rising trendline support and horizontal level resistance. The pattern suggests aggressive buying as lows get steadily higher while highs stay around the same level, indicative of a higher selling pressure at the given level.  As of April 2, ETH's price is testing its horizontal level resistance range ($1,700-1,820) for a potential breakout move. ETH/USD three-day price chart featuring 'ascending triangle...

Ethereum core developers set April 12 for Shanghai hard fork

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The upgrade will enable staked ETH withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum's transition to a PoS consensus. A target date for the highly anticipated Shanghai hard fork has now been set: April 12. Ethereum core developers approved the target deadline during the All Core Developers Execution Layer #157 call on March 16. Initially estimated for late March, the Shanghai mainnet upgrade Features five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), including EIP-4985, which will enable staked Ether (ETH) withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum's transition from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus. The target date April 12 at 10:27:35 PM UTC, epoch 620,9536, will now be confirmed by developers on GitHub. The fork was initially forecasted for March, but developers later pushed it back to early April. 6209536 4/12/2023, 10:27:35 PM UTC — timbeiko.eth (@TimBeiko) March 16, 2023 Validators will receive rewards payments automatically at periodic ...