Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Targets Higher Throughput
Ethereum (ETH)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
beincrypto.com reports that Ethereum's next major upgrade, named Glamsterdam, is scheduled for Q4 2026. The upgrade introduces protocol changes designed to make larger blocks easier to process and prepares the network for substantially higher L1 throughput. Developers have identified a post-upgrade gas limit target of around 200 million, a significant increase from the current 60 million.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ETH, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ETH is trading at $2,506.78, with spot volume reaching $617,837,179 over the last 24 hours. In the short term, buying pressure appears to be building, as the 1-hour buy ratio stands at 55.0% compared to a lower 40.4% over the 4-hour window. This shift is reflected in the volume delta, which shows net buying of +$7,944,358 in the last hour, contrasting with a net outflow of -$11,321,838 over the previous four hours. The 24-hour buy ratio is 51.2%, indicating a slight majority of buyers over the full day. Volume delta measures the difference between buy and sell volume, showing that cumulative net buying has reached +$14,758,006 over 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.8% sits at the 16th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.5% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What ETH did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ETH, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 51.4%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 51.2% nearly identical to the recent trend. Trading activity has been lighter than usual, with 24-hour volume at $617,837,179 representing only 0.48x the weekly average. Despite lower volume, the market has seen net buying on 6 of the past 7 days. This sustained interest has contributed to an 8-day price increase of 11.3%. Total volume delta for the week stands at +$343,346,378, confirming a consistent upward flow relative to the average daily activity.