Top Analyst Expects Ethereum Staking Surge After Shanghai De-Risking

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A mainnet deployment date for the eagerly awaited Shanghai upgrade, also known as Shapella, was decided during the network’s All Core Developers Call. Given that it will make it possible for ETH holders to withdraw their tokens that have been staked on Ethereum’s new proof-of-stake (PoS) network, the Shanghai hard split is a much-awaited upgrade.

Chris Burniske, co-founder of Placeholder is a blockchain veteran who offers his perspective on Shanghai’s upgrading. Burniske recently highlighted a different perspective on the Shanghai upgrade. Taking to Twitter, he claimed that the possibility of “unstaking” Ether (ETH) is a de-risking issue. 

“Shanghai de-risks Ethereum staking, expect the % of $ETH staked to 2-4x in the quarters following it. Those are bullish flows, not bearish. Expect volatility, but don’t get faked out,” he wrote. 

The Ethereum staking ecosystem will likely include more enthusiasts with a variety of deposits and the share of Ethereum trapped in staking contracts may increase by 100–300% over the course of a few quarters. Shanghai will therefore be activated, causing volatility but not panic selling. 

Burniske further noted that only 15% of Ether is currently staked, indicating that the Ethereum staking process is still in its infancy. For perspective, this figure is about 70% for “Ethereum killers” Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL). 

On April 12, 2023, at around 10:27 p.m. UTC, Shapella (Shanghai + Capella), the first significant post-Merge Ethereum update, will be launched on the mainnet. Tim Beiko, a core developer for Ethereum, posted this information. More stakers are anticipated to join the Ethereum network as a result of the update, which may eventually increase the value of ETH.