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Ethereum is being updated 4/12/23, beginning the unlocking of staked ETH, will this cause people to sell ETH?

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Ethereum is being updated 4/12/23, beginning the unlocking of staked ETH, will this cause people to sell ETH?

Ethereum has confirmed the much anticipated Shanghai Upgrade as 4/12/23. One of the biggest changes that the Shanghai Upgrade allows is the unlocking of 17,982,953 staked ETH.

Staked ETH stats by Dune

There has been a lot of FUD and worries about what will happen to the price of ETH when the Shanghai Upgrade is implemented and staked ETH is about to be withdrawn. Many users have had their ETH staked for over 2 years and are itching to have it unlocked.

Fortunately, the developers behind Ethereum are not stupid and realize that this may happen, so they put some safeguards in place. There are two types of withdrawals that can happen, and they are rate limited.

  • Interest only: maximum withdrawn this way is 1 million ETH
    • The principle remains locked, but ETH interest is withdrawn
  • Interest + Principal
    • 50,400 max ETH per day

These limits mean it will not be a free for all when ETH are withdrawn. The 50,400 ETH is ~1% of the daily trading volume of ETH. Another factor is that 30%+ of ETH are with staking derivatives. This means that it has been possible for users to sell if they have wanted.

https://preview.redd.it/q3xxxe3folqa1.png?1226&format=png&auto=webp&s=25958eb40ff5b21f5c6dea5701181bedabe8618c

There will be some selling of ETH, but a lot of people that staked ETH are not in profit and less likely to sell for a loss.

https://preview.redd.it/uq9t4souqlqa1.png?1642&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a21f6fc79ee8a8c38acf2e598dd1470362204a1

Overall, the Shanghai Upgrade was designed well, and it is a good time in the market to begin the unlocking process.

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