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The long-awaited updates for Ethereum Shanghai and Capella were officially launched at 6:30 am Eastern Time yesterday. The smooth progress of the hard fork is the first major upgrade of the agreement since the "merger" on September 15, 2022

For BNB, this is an important week, as it is the cryptocurrency that provides power for the Coin Security smart chain. Due to concerns about the collapse of US banks, asset classes were generally safe haven, and BNB experienced an astonishing rebound after falling to a mid-term two month low of $260 late last week

Highlights of the storyAs the current trading settings continue to flicker with huge bullish signals, Ethereum prices seem to have implanted extreme bullish momentum.Verifiers continue to withdraw their holdings of assets, which may raise concerns about the upcoming rise in ETH prices

Recently, the Ethereum market has performed outstandingly, with its price breaking its recent high on May 5th, reaching $1945.During the same period, although Bitcoin remained volatile at a high point, it did not break a new high and its rise was significantly weaker than Ethereum.As of April 10th, ETH/BTC has risen by about 6.92% so far this month, reaching a maximum of 0.0679BTC, rebounding nearly 8% since March 20th.As of writing, Bitcoin has fallen below $28000, with a price of $27883 and Ethereum at $1830.The main reason why Ethereum has shown a strong upward trend and outperformed Bitcoin is due to the upcoming Shanghai hard fork upgrade on April 12th!Many experts believe that in the long run, hard forking is beneficial for Ethereum. up to now,The Shanghai craze helped Ethereum outperform Bitcoin in AprilCurrently, the positive signals surrounding Ethereum are evident:According to Glassnode data, the total value of ETH2.0 deposit contracts has just reached a 10 month high of $31601215618.82.According to data from the official website mainnet.beconcha. in of Ethereum, the total number of Ethereum pledges has exceeded 18 million ETHs, with a total of 18044134 ETHs pledged. The total number of Ethereum beacon chain validators has exceeded 560000.In addition, the Ethereum Beacon Chain ETH pledge APR (annual return rate) is 4.65%.L2BEAT data shows that as of now, the total lockup volume on Ethereum Layer2 is $9.17 billion, up 0.23% in the past 7 days. Among them, the largest lock-in volume is the expansion plan, ArbitrumOne, which is approximately 6.002 billion US dollars, accounting for 65.88%. The second largest lock-in volume is Optimism, which is 1.954 billion US dollars, accounting for 21.45%.The Ethereum Exchange showed a net transfer out status within 24 hours, with a net transfer out amount of 7.1344 million US dollars; Bitcoin experienced a net transfer phenomenon, with a 24-hour net transfer of $10.1 million.In addition to the good performance of data on the chain, the application scenarios of Ethereum are also constantly expanding, bringing hope for further breakthroughs in the market.Headquartered in Zurich, SwitzerlandFinancial bank IncoreBank announced that it will provide customers with Ethereum pledge servicesThe bank stated that customers using its Ethereum pledge service must fully comply with the "Know Your Customer (KYC)" and anti money laundering (AML) compliance requirements.Mark Dambacher, CEO of IncoreBank, stated that the bank will provide customers with Ethereum pledge services through quarantine wallets and comply with regulatory and tax regulations.However, although the Ethereum market is dominated by bullish sentiment, from today's market trend, the downward correction performance is still very obvious:Ethereum's price dropped as low as $1822 today, a daily decrease of 1.61%, while Bitcoin's price dropped as low as $27790, a daily decrease of 0.46%.Greeks.live macro researcher Adam tweeted that despite the upcoming upgrade in Shanghai, the implied volatility IV of Ethereum options has actually experienced a significant decline, with a drop of up to 8% in the past two days.He believes that the main reason for the decline in IV is the decrease in market liquidity caused by the Easter holiday. However, at the current level of volatility, it is abnormal for monthly IV to fall to the same level as Bitcoin, and a large number of users are adding positions to short the future volatility level.

Ethereum prices have risen above the resistance level of $1850 against the US dollar.ETH prices are currently trading above $1850 and 55 simple moving averages (4 hours)

Reported by Reference News on April 26thAccording to Reuters London on April 24th, Standard Chartered Bank said on the 24th that by the end of 2024, the price of the top cryptocurrency Bitcoin may reach $100000, marking the end of the so-called "cryptowinter".Jeff Kendrick, Director of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, said in an investment briefing that Bitcoin may benefit from several factors, including the recent banking turmoil, the stabilization of risky assets brought about by the Federal Reserve's end to the rate hike cycle, and the increased profitability of cryptocurrency mining

Edited by: Bi LumingData shows that Bitcoin has risen by 40% this year, while Ethereum has risen by more than 30%.

On April 11th, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, Bitcoin, rose above $30000, reaching its highest price since June last year.Bitcoin's trend over the past 24 hours

Bitcoin rose above $30000 again, with a daily increase of nearly 6%. (Sina Finance)

According to cryptocurrency analysts' predictions, due to the "halving" mechanism limiting the supply of new tokens, the rebound in Bitcoin is only the beginning of a new round of upward trend, which will exceed $50000 next year.This largest digital asset has risen 67% since December 31st, partially recovering from the astonishing decline in 2022