Ethereum Shapella Upgrade Goes Live
- Ethereum
Ethereum's long-awaited Shapella upgrade hit mainnet on April 12, enabling staked ETH withdrawals for the first time. This hard fork, combining Shanghai and Capella updates, unlocked over 18 million ETH for validators. CT went wild debating whether mass unstaking would tank ETH price, but the network held steady. It marked a huge step post-Merge, proving Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake wasn't just talk.