Ethereum price prediction: Glamsterdam forks Hoodi on October 26 with a 200 million gas limit, what to watch

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Context: the Ethereum upgrade Glamsterdam forks the Hoodi testnet on October 26 at 17:42:48 UTC, where the gas limit rises to 200 million. A mainnet date is still missing, and that is exactly what decides what the fork is worth for the ETH price at $2,406.Here is what is documented: the activation table in EIP-7773, the meta EIP covering Glamsterdam, lists epoch 132,352 and timestamp 1793036568 for the Hoodi testnet. That is Monday, October 26, 2026, at 17:42:48 UTC. The same epoch raises the gas limit on Hoodi to 200 million. The mainnet row in that same table is empty; it will only be filled once the client teams set a date. Our assessment follows further down: for the price, the fork on Hoodi is an intermediate step and not an event. Ether trades at $2,406.36 on Thursday morning, October 22, which is 1.96 percent below its level 24 hours earlier (CoinGecko, retrieved at 08:43 UTC). The daily high was $2,518.86. Where the price can point on a horizon of months is covered by ou...