Hoodi schedules 200 million gas test on October 26: What it means for Ethereum price

Published on 10/20/2026 at 07:41 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Ethereum ETFs lost 320.1 million USD from October 12 to October 16. Ethereum price is 2,335.09 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 3.45 percent.

Testnet and fund flows

Developers schedule Ethereum's next Glamsterdam test for October 26, 2026, with a 200 million gas limit.
Ethereum spot ETFs recorded 320.1 million USD in net outflows from October 12 to October 16, 2026.
The Ethereum price stands at 2,335.09 USD as of October 20, 2026, 3.45 percent below the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026.
Ethereum ETFs recorded a 24.8 million USD inflow on October 13, 2026.

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Ethereum (ETH) has its next Glamsterdam test scheduled for October 26, 2026, with the Hoodi testnet set for a 200 million gas limit, according to Crypto.news. The Ethereum price is 2,335.09 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 3.45 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026, according to Investing.com.

Hoodi test targets 200 million gas

Glamsterdam is a protocol upgrade that changes how Ethereum blocks are built and validated. The October 26, 2026, Hoodi activation is scheduled for 17:42:48 UTC at epoch 132,352 and slot 4,235,264, according to Crypto.news. The 200 million gas limit applies to the testnet, where gas measures the computational work available in a block rather than a fixed number of transactions. The test follows Glamsterdam's October 6, 2026, activation on the Sepolia testnet.

The test is intended to examine block production, state access and gas changes before client teams select a mainnet date, Crypto.news reported. The scheduled gas setting is more than three times the 60 million reference level cited in coverage of the Sepolia rehearsal, while the Hoodi setting remains a test-network parameter.

ETF withdrawals reached 320.1 million USD

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs, which hold the cryptocurrency directly rather than through futures contracts, recorded 320.1 million USD in net outflows from October 12 through October 16, 2026, according to BlockchainReporter. BlackRock's ETHA accounted for 299 million USD of that weekly total, while Fidelity's fund recorded a 10.5 million USD inflow.

The weekly figure included a 24.8 million USD inflow on October 13, 2026, the only positive session in that five-session period, according to Coinpaper. ETF net flows measure fund share creations and redemptions, so they do not equal the change in the market value of existing holdings.

Ethereum trades at 2,335.09 USD

The Ethereum price stands at 2,335.09 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 3.45 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 2,429.82 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 2,334.78 USD. Market capitalization is 289.00 billion USD, ranking Ethereum second, while 24-hour volume is 6.93 billion USD. Circulating supply is 122.15 million ETH.