{"id":121274,"date":"2021-04-15T06:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=121274"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:43:15","slug":"eth-nearly-breaks-2500-as-ethereums-berlin-upgrade-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/ethereum\/eth-nearly-breaks-2500-as-ethereums-berlin-upgrade-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"$ETH Nearly Breaks $2500 As Ethereum\u2019s Berlin Upgrade Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Thursday (April 15), the day of Ethereum\u2019s \u201cBerlin\u201d upgrade, on crypto exchange Bitstamp, the Ether (ETH) price hit $2,478 \u2014 setting a new all-time high \u2014 at 03:58 UTC.<\/p>\n
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According to data by Etherscan, at the time of writing (around 04:45 UTC on April 15), we are approximately five hours from Ethereum\u2019s Berlin upgrade going live on the mainnet.<\/p>\n
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The Berlin upgrade introduces the following enhancements to Ethereum:<\/p>\n
To check the status of the Berlin upgrade, you can use Ethernode\u2019s Berlin status page. As of 04:55 UTC, 73.8% of Ethereum clients are ready.<\/p>\n
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