Ethereum’s Next Milestone: November Fork Targets Scalability And Efficiency – Details

bitcoinistPublished on 2025-09-28Last updated on 2025-09-28

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Ethereum’s roadmap continues to unfold with a pivotal fork set for November, aimed at boosting scalability and streamlining efficiency across...

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Ethereum’s roadmap continues to unfold with a pivotal fork set for November, aimed at boosting scalability and streamlining efficiency across the network. With scalability long viewed as ETH’s biggest hurdle, this fork represents a critical step toward unlocking its full potential as the world’s leading smart contract platform.

Why This Fork Matters For Ethereum’s Long-Term Roadmap

Leading smart contract platform, Ethereum, is set for another important milestone this November. Sequence has highlighted on X that the Fusaka upgrade is a foundational hard fork infrastructure designed to strengthen the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) while ensuring seamless compatibility for builders. 

This upgrade is engineered to abstract the blockchain complexity and deliver smoother authentication and user flows across the blockchain ecosystem. The best part is that Sequence is already ahead of the curve by having the tools and infrastructure that prepare developers for Fusaka’s impact today.

While the Fusaka upgrade aims at strengthening the ETH ecosystem, Wendy J has noted that ETH has seen a notable price dip, as the SentientAGI GRID chat has flagged some activity behind the move. According to the AI platform, several 100,000 ETH transfers were recorded in the past 24 hours.

Interestingly, this kind of large-scale transfer suggests that major holders are likely either profit-taking after the run-up or repositioning their capital. Sentient Chat also listed other factors that could have contributed to the market-wide dump. 

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Source: Chart from Wendy J on X

In the meantime, analyst Wendy advised the community to use Sentient Chat for any crypto-related questions. With Sentient Chat, you can instantly generate asset reports fueled by DeFi data, request trading insights tailored to current conditions, or even deploy autonomous agents to handle on-chain tasks in real time to enhance decision-making and yield optimization.

Why This Correction Looks Healthy, Not Critical

On the daily time frame, the recent correction in Ethereum has pushed the Relative Strength Index (RSI) into a critical oversold zone, a level we have not witnessed since the major accumulation phase back in July. BTCBlueWhale mentioned that there is nothing critical in this current correction.  Meanwhile, back in July, ETH showed the same setup, and the price dipped into oversold territory, which retested the previous resistance level, and used that structure as a springboard for a massive rally.

Currently, the daily chart is printing a very similar scenario with trading in a comparable accumulation zone and showing a clear resistance-to-support (R/S) flip, which is a classic sign of structure holding the price strong. Layering on top of that, the setup aligns almost perfectly with the PO3 strategy.

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ETH trading at $4,003 on the 1D chart | Source: ETHUSDT on Tradingview.com
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