$ETH As of October 2, 2026, Ethereum is trading at approximately $2,700–$2,720. CoinGecko reports ETH around $2,704, with a 24-hour range of roughly $2,674–$2,720. ETH remains the #2 cryptocurrency by market capitalization, with a market cap around $330 billion.

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Recent performance has also been positive over the longer short-term windows: one current market snapshot shows ETH up roughly 12% over 30 days and about 46% over 60 days.

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🚀 Glamsterdam: Ethereum's Next Major Upgrade

One of the biggest Ethereum developments right now is Glamsterdam.

The upgrade is currently being tested on Ethereum's Sepolia testnet, with activation scheduled for October 6, 2026. However, the Ethereum Foundation says that a mainnet activation date has not yet been decided.

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Glamsterdam is designed to improve Ethereum's Layer-1 scalability and efficiency. Among its planned changes are:

Enshrined proposer-builder separation

Block-level access lists

Improvements to gas pricing

Better support for parallel execution and data processing

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Ethereum's official roadmap currently lists Glamsterdam for Q4 2026, followed by Hegotá in 2027.

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