....First and foremost, I did my checks on ethgasstation and etherscan.io/gastracker before initiating the whole transaction and realised the "cheapest" gas fees was 98 Gwei. So to be on the safer side, I decided to use 100 Gwei (~$24) yet look at the stress I've been through all day. ETH blockchain is messed up now. What happened to ETH 2.0?.
You already know the current situation of the chain is congested despite all the hardforks or minor ugrades and yet you try to send with the cheapest possible gas hehe.
Ethereum 2.0 status will remain "under development" indefinitely until they finally decide to put an official date for launching so don't expect too much.
Reading complaints about the Ethereum fees is becoming tiring to be honest.
But we still want people to be aware of it nevertheless, so people will become aware of the status of Ethereum transactions if you are investing in a new coin check what platform they are using, if you are a small investor you will have trouble with transaction fees, people used to complain about Bitcoin transactions delay and fee but now we have this kind of issues on Ethereum now, gone are the days when we can send hundreds of dollars worth of Eth or token for a few pennies.