Is there a way to get around the absurd gas fees?

So I've been trying to stake Axion in a time-locked account but the gas fee to make the transaction from my MetaMask wallet is about $50 USD currently (and I thought the $10 I often pay for withdrawing was insane).

Anyway, is there a way to get around this? How long until Ethereum 2.0 launches. Because I'm not sure how I feel about paying $50 just so I can stake.