October 26 Ethereum upgrade postponed: What it means for the Ethereum price

Published on 10/24/2026 at 13:02 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

A Hoodi upgrade moved beyond October 26 after an EIP-8037 review. Ethereum price is 2,394.38 USD on October 24, 2026, up 0.48 percent.

Upgrade timing and fund flows

Developers moved the Hoodi test beyond October 26, 2026, while EIP-8037 remains under review.
Ether spot ETFs recorded a 14.9 million USD net inflow on October 21, 2026.
The Ethereum price stands at 2,394.38 USD as of October 24, 2026, 0.48 percent above the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026.
U.S. spot Ether ETFs lost 320.1 million USD from October 12 through October 16, 2026.

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Ethereum (ETH) faces a changed October 26, 2026, schedule after developers postponed the Glamsterdam Hoodi upgrade, according to the Ethereum Foundation. Ethereum price is 2,394.38 USD as of October 24, 2026, up 0.48 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026, according to Investing.com.

October 26 Hoodi test moves later

The Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi test network had been scheduled for October 26, 2026, at 17:42:48 UTC. The Ethereum Foundation said the test was postponed while developers investigate EIP-8037, a proposed Ethereum improvement. The same update said mainnet timing was moving toward mid-to-late December, linking the schedule change to the ongoing technical review.

Hoodi is a test network used to assess protocol changes before a mainnet deployment. The October 26 date therefore concerned a testnet milestone rather than a mainnet activation. The update keeps the technical review tied to Glamsterdam, the upgrade that developers are evaluating on Hoodi.

October 21 ETF inflow follows outflows

U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded a 14.9 million USD net inflow on October 21, 2026, according to Farside Investors. The daily total included a 29.3 million USD outflow from BlackRock's ETHA and a 28.1 million USD inflow into the fund identified as ETH, with other products contributing smaller amounts.

The broader weekly picture was weaker. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded 320.1 million USD of net outflows from October 12 through October 16, 2026, with BlackRock's ETHA accounting for 299 million USD, according to Coindoo citing Farside Investors data. ETF flows measure creations and redemptions in funds and do not represent every purchase or sale of ETH.

October 24 market data show 0.48 percent

The Ethereum price is 2,394.38 USD as of October 24, 2026, according to Investing.com. The cryptocurrency is 0.48 percent above the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026. Its daily high is 2,417.24 USD and its daily low for the UTC day is 2,381.61 USD. Investing.com lists Ethereum's market capitalization at 292.54 billion USD, ranking it second, and 24-hour volume at 10.65 billion USD. Circulating supply is 122.16 million ETH.