I think until they actually have it in the code and an actual block number for the merge fork, we can keep assuming its going to get delayed as usual. They always run into some issues and it always gets delayed.
This being a very major milestone, I think if there is any minor bug or issue they will have to postpone the fork. I remember a couple years back, there was suppose to be a fork. They found some minor bug a day prior to the fork and they decided to cancel the fork and it was post poned. ETH price didn't really get affected by much because everybody knows the eth devs take their time and are always delaying stuff.
price is now close to 1480
coinbase is giving a free upfront 10% bonus if you stake 100 to 500 bucks worth of eth.
that 10% is unlocked
ie give 500 in eth they hold that 500 for a long time til eth2 is fully setup.
but they issue you 50 worth of eth liquid instantly.
and you get 3% on the 500 they hold.
this is a big incentive to stake.
maybe they are trying to get what I would consider the right amount of eth to be staked.
Now think about the following you bought in on the first 60 million premined coins.
your cost was only 23 cents a coin.
buy into coinbase now and get 50 bucks worth of eth at current price.
yeah it is restricted to only 500 with a 50 dollar bonus. but I think a lot of money may flow into coinbase.
if this continues and eth pushes close to 2k with coinbase getting a million more coins maybe eth will do the switch sooner rather than later.
