The Ethereum Shanghai / Capella Upgrade.
The Shanghai and Capella upgrades enable staking withdrawals on Ethereum, allowing users to unlock their staking rewards or exit from staking entirely by unlocking their full validator balance.
The target slot for this upgrade is set at 6209536. A slot occurs exactly every 12 seconds meaning the upgrade will occur on May 26th, 2026 at roughly 11:42 AM
Current Slot
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Target Slot
6,209,536
Remaining
6,209,536
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Beacon Deposit Contract
0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705faThe Beacon deposit contract was deployed as phase 0 of ETH 2 allowing users to transfer their funds from Ethereum’s mainnet to the beacon chain for staking.
Balance
85999437.5431759213992338 ETH
Transactions
770,347 ETH
Internal TXs
1,716,009 ETH
Change since Shanghai
+67833286.374943504723486725 ETH
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Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Lockridge Okoth • May 24, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo • May 24, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by be[in]crypto
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Phil Haunhorst • May 22, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Liam 'Akiba' Wright • May 22, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Ananda Banerjee • May 22, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Sander Lutz • May 21, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Logan Hitchcock • May 21, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Margaux Nijkerk • May 21, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Phil Haunhorst • May 21, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Margaux Nijkerk • May 20, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Lockridge Okoth • May 20, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Omkar Godbole • May 20, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Luis Blanco • May 20, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Aaron Wise • May 20, 2026
Published by Protos
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Alex Ioannou • May 20, 2026
Published by 99 Bitcoins
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Kamina Bashir • May 20, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo • May 19, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Margaux Nijkerk • May 19, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Ananda Banerjee • May 19, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Decrypt Agent • May 18, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Jason Nelson • May 18, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Margaux Nijkerk • May 18, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Andrew Hayward • May 18, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Logan Hitchcock • May 18, 2026
Published by Decrypt
Goldman Sachs Dumps XRP and Solana, Cuts Ethereum Exposure by 70%
Lockridge Okoth • May 18, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
What’s Dragging Ethereum Down? BitMine’s Tom Lee Has an Answer
Kamina Bashir • May 18, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Luis Blanco • May 17, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
$50 Million Ethereum Short Rocks The Market: How Will ETH Price React?
Lockridge Okoth • May 17, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Lockridge Okoth • May 17, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Jason Nelson • May 16, 2026
Published by Decrypt
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Luis Blanco • May 14, 2026
Published by be[in]crypto
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Ian Allison • May 13, 2026
Published by CoinDesk
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Published by Decrypt