Ethereum’s Fusaka Hard Fork Nears November Launch as Glamsterdam Upgrade Hits 100% Adoption

Ethereum's ecosystem braces for its next evolution—while traders pretend to care about tech.

The Fusaka hard fork barrels toward its November deadline, promising to reshape Ethereum's scalability landscape. Meanwhile, the Glamsterdam upgrade achieves near-universal network adoption, clearing the path for smoother transitions.

Key developments:

- Fusaka's finalized timeline puts pressure on competing L1 chains to match Ethereum's relentless upgrade cycle

- Glamsterdam's 100% adoption rate showcases Ethereum's governance muscle—a rare feat in crypto's coordination nightmare

Market watchers eye potential ETH price volatility around the fork, though most institutional players will likely confuse it with a sushi roll. The real test? Whether these upgrades can handle the next NFT bubble without gas fees resembling a hedge fund's management expenses.

Validator support and gas limit adjustments

Moreover, the Ethereum development team resolved to add the Glamsterdam upgrade immediately after Fusaka. Glamsterdam updates are still under completion until early August, with additional features to follow in 2026. Among the suggested improvements, there is a block time reduction to 6 seconds.

Ethereum validators have also significantly promoted a LAYER 1 gas limit of 45 million. This additional amount, which increases the current cap on gas of 37.3 million, is to lower transaction costs and add scalability to the network.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stressed that almost half of the validators in support of this increase is indicative of widespread support for the change.

Although this would lower the cost of transactions and increase throughput, it has also raised the issue of network centralization. The potential rise in the gas limit may also increase the burden on solo validators, who may not be able to cope with the new demands of the blockchain.

ETH price surge

Ethereum has rocketed to a seven-month high at $3,745. The price increased by 27% in the last seven days due to robust investor accumulation. Over 317,000 ETH or more than $1.18 billion worth has been taken off exchanges since the beginning of July, which indicates holding behavior and low supply in the market.

On-chain metrics reveal that Ethereum is approaching an important turning point. The Network Value to Transactions (NUPL) ratio has reached the belief-denial zone. Historically, this indicator has been an indicator that holders start to earn a profit, and this can precede short-term corrections.

Analysts caution that should ETH rise beyond 4,000, it may initiate major sell pressure related to profit-taking.

Dutch market analyst Gert Van Lagen believes ETH is on its fifth wave of a long-term cycle. Van Lagen, in his analysis of market structures, forecasts this wave to take the asset to $10,000.

#Ethereum is poised to complete its 2019–2025 Bull Market with a textbook Expanding Diagonal as Wave v.

Each subwave within this structure is corrective. The current and final wave up is expected to break out of the Wave 3–4 megaphone pattern, completing Wave a, followed by a… pic.twitter.com/wvwAQbwXAy

— Gert van Lagen (@GertvanLagen) July 19, 2025

In the meantime, Ethereum developer Eric Conner disagreed with the arguments that the present rally is almost at its end. He adds that a 30% rise over present levels is not the doomsday. Conner notes that ETH increased 59 times during the past cycle. Assuming the token manages half that level, it may be valued up to $41,000 with the Ethereum market cap entering the trillion-dollar level.

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