ETH 2.0 confirmed for Dec. 1 launch just hours before deadline
ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis has been confirmed for Dec. 1, following the transfer of 524,288 Ether from 16,384 validators into the ETH 2.0 deposit contract since it went live on Nov. 4. Despite early concerns stemming from low staking participation, transfers to the deposit contract rapidly increased over the past day — with more than 200,000 ETH being sent to the contract in the past 14 hours.
ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis is now set to take place on the earliest possible launch date of Dec. 1, with genesis taking place seven days after the required deposit contract’s threshold was met.
While genesis participants will not be able to withdraw their coins until ETH 2.0 reaches Phase 1.5 — which will merge the Ethereum mainnet with ETH 2.0’s beacon chain and sharded environment — many hodlers are waiting for third-parties to launch withdrawal-enabled staking services, despite the potential risk of exit scams. The deposit contract’s threshold was met with roughly nine hours to go until its deadline.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 75.2% | 54 | $67 879.29 | 2.42% | 2.02% | $1 339 364 524 818 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 74% | 47 | $3 260.40 | 2.36% | -6.61% | $391 991 973 567 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 91.6% | 1 | $1.000085 | 0.02% | -0.06% | $114 338 977 718 |  |
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| 4 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 68.4% | 71 | $182.85 | 6.00% | 7.94% | $84 952 035 310 |  |
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| 5 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 78% | 41 | $581.08 | 1.82% | -2.13% | $84 795 365 637 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94% | 1 | $1.000019 | 0.01% | -0.01% | $34 125 999 215 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 58% | 86 | $0.598773 | -1.11% | 3.01% | $33 507 831 491 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 71.2% | 55 | $0.134695 | 7.98% | 7.45% | $19 568 487 165 |  |
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| 9 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 82% | 30 | $6.72 | 1.60% | -7.98% | $16 907 584 322 |  |
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| 10 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 76.8% | 49 | $0.417747 | 5.85% | -4.85% | $14 998 156 955 |  |
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| 11 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 86.4% | 18 | $0.137499 | 1.34% | 2.07% | $11 970 793 016 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 75.6% | 40 | $28.58 | 4.89% | 1.67% | $11 285 074 208 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 93.2% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
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| 15 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 82.4% | 29 | $0.000017 | 3.77% | -3.14% | $10 090 877 222 |  |
