Ethereum price stands at 2,497.88 USD as Hoodi test is dated
Published on 10/22/2026 at 07:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSEthereum events and flows
- On October 26, Ethereum's Hoodi test will use a 200 million gas limit.
- U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded 320.1 million USD in net outflows from October 12-16.
- The Ethereum price stands at 2,497.88 USD as of October 22, 2026, 2.50 percent above the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026.
- Ethereum ETFs recorded a 24.8 million USD inflow on October 13.
Ethereum (ETH) trades at 2,497.88 USD, with the Ethereum price up 2.50 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026. The market is also moving toward a 200 million gas-limit test on the Hoodi testnet scheduled for October 26, 2026.
Hoodi test sets a 200 million gas limit
The Ethereum Foundation said on October 16, 2026, that the Glamsterdam network upgrade will activate on Hoodi at epoch 132,352, slot 4,235,264, at 17:42:48 UTC on October 26, 2026, according to its Ethereum Foundation announcement. The gas limit, the amount of computational work allowed in a block, will be raised to 200 million at the same epoch. Glamsterdam includes changes to block production, state access and gas accounting, giving developers and node operators a defined test milestone rather than a mainnet launch date.
The Hoodi deployment follows the upgrade's activation on Sepolia on October 6, 2026. The Foundation's notice says node operators must update both execution and consensus clients before the October 26, 2026, activation, linking the test to software compatibility and network operations through the scheduled epoch.
Spot Ether funds lose 320.1 million USD
U.S. spot Ether ETFs, funds that hold Ether while issuing exchange-traded shares, recorded 320.1 million USD in net outflows from October 12 through October 16, 2026, according to CoinDoo, which calculated the figure from Farside Investors data. BlackRock's ETHA accounted for 299 million USD of the weekly outflow, while Fidelity's FETH recorded a 10.5 million USD inflow.
The same data set shows a 24.8 million USD inflow on October 13, 2026, after the funds had recorded withdrawals in earlier sessions. CoinDoo reported that the October 12-16 outflow was smaller than the 542.2 million USD recorded for October 5-9, 2026. ETF flow figures track fund share creations and redemptions, not the full demand for ETH.
Ethereum metrics on October 22, 2026
According to Investing.com, ETH is 2,497.88 USD as of October 22, 2026, up 2.50 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026. The daily high is 2,521.57 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 2,437.36 USD. Market capitalization is 304.76 billion USD, ranking Ethereum second, while 24-hour volume is 13.43 billion USD and circulating supply is 122.15 million ETH.
Ethereum by the numbers on October 22, 2026
- Cryptocurrency: Ethereum
- Ticker: ETH
- Price (as of October 22, 2026): 2,497.88 USD
- Change vs. UTC daily close of October 21, 2026: plus 2.50 percent
- Daily high / daily low (UTC day): 2,521.57 USD / 2,437.36 USD
- Market capitalization: 304.76 billion USD (rank 2)
- 24-hour volume: 13.43 billion USD
- Circulating supply: 122.15 million ETH
- Next substantiated date: Glamsterdam activation on Hoodi on October 26, 2026, at 17:42:48 UTC
