Ethereum price in focus as Glamsterdam testing is delayed
Published on 11/09/2026 at 18:33 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSUpgrade Delay Raises Execution Questions
- The Ethereum Foundation said on November 6 that Glamsterdam testing will be delayed after potential contract vulnerabilities were identified.
- The postponed Hoodi testnet activation has no replacement date, while Ethereum mainnet remains unaffected by the update.
- For investors, the Ethereum price remains tied to the balance between long-term network development and short-term execution risk.
The Ethereum price is in focus after developers delayed the next stage of testing for Glamsterdam, Ethereum's planned network upgrade. The Ethereum Foundation said on November 6 that testing would be postponed after Chainsecurity identified projects that could become vulnerable under proposed changes to gas accounting.
According to the Ethereum Foundation, EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 would change how gas is charged for certain operations and for state. The foundation said some projects rely on invariants that would be broken by these changes. The All Core Developers decision is to delay the hardfork process and not fork the Hoodi testnet until the issues are resolved.
What the delay changes
The postponement follows an earlier decision to defer the Hoodi activation that had been scheduled for October 26, 2026. The Foundation's protocol announcement says that no replacement activation date has been set. It also clarifies that the change removes the planned Hoodi upgrade configuration and the associated increase in the testnet gas limit to 200 million.
The technical pause is limited to Hoodi. The Foundation explicitly said that the update does not set a mainnet activation date and that no action is required from Ethereum mainnet users or ETH holders. The separate Hegota workstream is continuing during the delay.
Investor context for ETH
For investors, the immediate issue is execution risk rather than a reported disruption of Ethereum mainnet. Glamsterdam is intended to advance the network's scaling roadmap through changes including enshrined proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists and revised gas pricing. Delaying testnet work gives developers more time to examine compatibility with existing smart contracts, but it also leaves the timing of the next major upgrade uncertain.
When checked on November 9, 2026, Investing.com displayed ETH/USD at USD 2,133.46 and ranked Ethereum second among the listed cryptocurrencies on that page. The page showed a 52-week range of USD 1,507.60 to USD 3,657.37. These figures provide market context, but the current development story is the upgrade delay and the absence of a replacement schedule, not a confirmed mainnet failure.
Investors tracking the Ethereum price should therefore distinguish between a testnet postponement and a mainnet incident. The delay may extend the period in which the market weighs Ethereum's long-term technical roadmap against uncertainty over delivery dates.
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