According to the Ethereum block explorer beaconchai.in, 12,859 Ether were unlocked within the first hour of the Shapella hard fork through 4,333 withdrawals
The Shapella hard fork, which allows Ethereum validators to withdraw their staked Ether from the Beacon Chain, has finally been implemented on the Ethereum mainnet. This upgrade was executed at epoch number 194,048 on April 12, 2023, after a long period of anticipation.
According to the Ethereum block explorer beaconchai.in, 12,859 Ether were unlocked within the first hour of the Shapella hard fork through 4,333 withdrawals. As of now, approximately 44 percent of validators, which is 248,043 out of the total 559,549 active validators, can ask for a full or partial withdrawal of their Ether.