Cryptoverse: Ether holds its breath for the lean, mean 'merge'

Cryptoverse: Ether holds its breath for the lean, mean 'merge'

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Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge.

That’s the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon which many crypto projects are built, aimed at making it leaner, meaner and cleaner.

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