I still can't believe how under the radar this hard fork is. Last time it was about to happen the price increased a lot almost to double before it happened and there was a huge hype around ETH going on.
This time around its just like another daily maintenance or something, nobody really cares about it. What happened ?
Did they changed something crucial that would in the end make this hard fork uninteresting to people ?
What was so hyped about it last time that didn't take any attention this time ?
I am checking the notes on what changed but I can't see any major changes between the last time and this time, it looks like they are exactly the same but a few months in between. Interesting to see what can trending do to a coin, it trended than and increased a lot and it didn't trend now and same exact thing is not hyped at all.
Ethereum has been showing a lot of volatility just before the hard fork is about to take place and this might impact the market like the time Byzantine fork took place and traders should be prepared accordingly. A few days back, Alex Krug, an economist stated that its typical of cryptocurrencies to crash before any fork events take place.
Ethereum has decreased by more than 10x from its all-time high in 2018, and numerous platforms and companies, launched via Ethereum have been facing enforcement pressures from the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the trading of securities and unregistered issuance.
The crypto space is awaited for one of the biggest and first forks of 2019. It would definitely have a huge impact on the ETH price, as it is happening to transform ETH into an updated version, which helps it to grow. We may expect that Ethereum price going high and the other cryptocurrencies might suffer a downfall for a short period of time during hard forks. Ethereum rose by around 85% over three weeks time.