ConsenSys developer Ben Edgington has published an update that predicts the ETH 2.0 beacon chain genesis will happen within the next six to eight weeks.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-to-launch-this-week-consensys-dev
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-to-launch-this-week-consensys-dev
https://pro-blockchain.com/en/ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-to-launch-this-week-consensys-dev
However, the PegaSys engineering group developer emphasized his prediction “is not an official statement.”
They did the same official but not official thingy during Vitalik interview about the testnet release a couple of months back. Looks like guys at ethereum are not sure too about when they will release it. They are basically hiding behind those non-official statements.