153,000 Ethereum Added to ETH 20 As Investors Anticipate Merger

The total ETH locked in the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has reached 13.34 million. The total number of ETH deposited in the Ethereum 2.0 staking contract reached a new all-time high of 13,340,584 (13.34 million) ETH, according to OKLink data. The assets were worth $21.3 billion at the time of writing. Since the beginning of this month, the number of ETH staked in the contract has continued to rise as Ethereum approaches the long-awaited Merge upgrade. According to OKLink data, nearly 36,000 ETHs have been added weekly since August, bringing the total number of coins staked this month to 153,000 ETH, equivalent to $244.34 million at the current exchange rate.