Ethereum

With only a few days left till the eagerly anticipated Ethereum Merge, a new functionality has been added.

As search volume reaches an all-time high, Google introduces an Ethereum Merge countdown clock.

Shiba Inu [SHIB] price action delivers a major price move every once in a while. It has been relatively dormant until the end of August. But there was a notable increase in price activity in the first week of September.

When the last shadow fork was finished successfully, it showed that the Ethereum network was ready to switch to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.

Chainalysis says that after Merge, ETH could become independent of other cryptocurrencies because its staking rewards could make it like bonds or commodities.

Since September 6th, Ethereum Classic has decreased by 13%, while Cardano's founder Charles Hoskinson advises miners to switch to Ergo. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, promotes the ETC mining community.

The requirement to update Ethereum clients arises as a result of the Bellatrix upgrade, which will allow the Beacon Chain to perform transactions.

In a battle to the bottom for profitability, the Ethereum Merge could cause many crypto miners to give up and leave their pricey mining rigs.

ENS domains have risen to the top of OpenSea's seven-day trade volume chart ahead of the forthcoming Merge.