Historically, network upgrades like Bitcoin’s Taproot and the Ethereum merge have had minimal impact on pricing under bearish and sideways market conditions, but with current market dynamics, there could be price reflexivity on Ethereum and its Layer 2s, potentially influenced by the already priced-in Dencun upgrade or a positive knee-jerk reaction, along with possible capital inflows into Layer 2 ecosystems, QCP analysts wrote in a Telegram interview with CoinDesk.