Shanghai upgrade that will come in force as of Monday, February 28, is expected to make withdrawals of the staked Ethereum possible but on a test network. Ethereum is trading at 1660.20 at the time of writing versus the previous closing price at 1642.20.
Some altcoins that could rally as a result of a successful test-net upgrade include LDO, RPL, FRX, ANKR and YFI. The crypto market is having the scene set for a massive shift from exciting to boring since mid-February as Bitcoin price hit $25,250.
Until this point, the altcoin season was in full effect. However, after struggling to flip the key hurdle, Bitcoin price is stuck in a state of uncertainty, with almost no direction, causing some or majority of the altcoins to take a body shot.
The most famous cryptocurrency is trading at 23844.00 at the time of writing versus the previous closing price at 23,562 But there is a light at the end of this tunnel. Ethereum developers announced that the Shanghai test-net upgrade would go live on February 28 at epoch 56832. This update will test the withdrawal of staked ETH on the Sepolia testnet.
If the test-net proves successful, it could potentially cause the markets to tank from all the freely available Ethereum and this could be eventually bullish.
