Ethereum has completed one of its most significant milestone with the successful completion of “The Merge”, the migration to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus. Market participants were expecting an aggressive price action during this event, but the results might be disappointing. And we finalized! Happy merge all. This is a big moment for the Ethereum ecosystem. Everyone who helped make the merge happen should feel very proud today. — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) September 15, 2022 Related Reading: Crypto Market Hasn’t Bottomed Yet, Analyst Says – More Pain Ahead? At the time of writing, Ethereum (ETH) trades at $1,480 with a 7% and 8% loss in the last 24 hours and 7 days, respectively. The second cryptocurrency failed to consolidate a rally into the previously lost territory, rather the price action seems to be trending to the downside on lower timeframes. Why “The Merge” Was A No Event For Ethereum Ethereum was able to approach the $1,800 price market but was rejected from those levels due to two critical macroeconomic events. Trading firm QCP Capital recorded a lack of activity from the market in the days previous to “The Merge”. In that sense, the event went from operating as a potential price catalyzer to either direction to a “volatility killer”. The most uncertain after about the migration to PoS, the firm believes, was the ETH forks and the miners attempting to claim a portion of the cryptocurrency’s market share. Howe...
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