$ETH opens June below $2,000 for the first time since March. The pressure is coming from all sides: ETFs with outflows, BTC in freefall, and now a whale has opened a short position on 21,948 ETH — $44 million at 10x leverage — with a liquidation price at $2,339. The signal is clear: the big traders don't believe in an immediate bounce.
But there's a date that changes everything: Glamsterdam. The biggest upgrade for Ethereum since The Merge is set for June 2026. It promises to reduce gas fees by 78.6%, ramp up throughput to 10,000 TPS, and introduce on-chain block construction via ePBS. The last time an upgrade like this came — Pectra in May 2025 — ETH shot up from $1,800 to $4,946.