Ethereum has fallen below $1,900 as the Ethereum Foundation clears up merger speculation. It was recently rumored that the merger would reduce gas costs, but these claims have been somewhat dismissed.
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Thursday saw Ethereum bearish as the asset extended its slide for a fifth straight day.
Ethereum hit a low of $1,823.53 today as the Ethereum Foundation commented on recent rumors surrounding the Merger, and its potential impact on gas fees.
The Ethereum Foundation has stated that “Gas fees are a product of network demand versus network capacity. Merge deprecates the use of proof-of-work, moving to proof-of-stake for consensus, but does not significantly change parameters that directly influence network capacity or throughput.”
Traders who recently bought into the rumored merge, helping send ETH to a three-month high earlier in the week, now appear to be slowly pulling back.
Ethereum’s relative strength was also down as the RSI broke below a support point of 60.32.
The index seems to be trying to get into this point today, and currently sits at 59.70. ETH is trading slightly higher at a point of $1,854.84 at the time of writing.