• Russia’s Sberbank will launch its Ethereum-based DeFi platform come May.
• What is in store for Ethereum’s price after the launch takes place? 

Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank is in the news for its decision to continue its plans to launch its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on Ethereum. The DeFi platform is already undergoing testing in private beta. Towards the end of April or the start of May, customers will be able to make commercial transactions. Ethereum is a fitting Blockchain for the platform, given that it will be able to pair with wallets like MetaMask.

Sberbank has repeatedly been vocal about merging its own country’s blockchain ecosystem with Ethereum’s Decentralized finance ecosystem. Pushback from Russia’s centralized banks has done little to stifle pro-DeFi views from people like Konstantin Klimenko.

The product director of Sberbank’s blockchain lab Konstantin Klimenko, makes clear his beliefs in DeFi. He declared that DeFi technology will take the place of traditional banks. Klimenko detailed.

We have set ourselves a big goal – to make the Russian DeFi ecosystem number one (decentralized finance system – IF). Our network is now operating in the format of closed beta testing. (…) From March 1, we will move to the next phase; it will no longer be beta testing, but open testing at the end of April, the platform will be fully open, and then it will be possible to make some commercial operations on it.

Ethereum is on the way to an unprecedented price point

Ethereum is in luck yet again. The adoption of Ethereum in any area is bound to favor the network. In terms of price performance, there is every chance that Ethereum’s native token ETH can be rewarded because of adoption.

Presently, Ethereum’s price is still looking attractive in the market. At the time of this writing, Ethereum is one of the few alternative assets that is blinking in green. 7 days performance is positive, and ETH’s gain within that time is above 6%.

Ethereum’s price has not yet towered $2,000. However, an upcoming Shanghai upgrade scheduled for March could do wonders for the price. ETH could go from current price levels of $1,677 to $2,000 and above.

Technical analysts are paying attention to ETH. One of said analysts who go by the name RookieXBT thinks that this week holds many possibilities for Ethereum’s price. He observed in a tweet.

I think Ethereum goes up this week. We got all the important earnings and macro obstacles out of the way – not much shenanigans for another couple weeks.Expecting minor outperformance relative to Bitcoin given how the pair looks.