ETHGas is a marketplace for Ethereum blockspace futures that allows blockspace to be bought and sold in advance for guaranteed execution.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced on Apr. 8 that it would convert 5,000 ETH into stablecoins through CoWSwap’s TWAP feature to fund research, grants, and donations. The announcement reopened a debate over what the foundation’s treasury overhaul was ever meant to accomplish. Over the last year, EF moved treasury assets into DeFi, borrowed against ETH […]
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The company now holds 3.98% of all ether in circulation, has staked $7.1 billion of it, and says it is generating $196 million in annualized staking revenue.
Aster previously released nearly 80 million ASTER per month per its linear schedule, a figure expected to drop by at least 97%.
A proposed treasury buyback of up to 10,000 stETH for LDO highlights how thin DeFi governance token liquidity has become, forcing the DAO to route through centralized exchanges.
About 20,470 ETH, or roughly $42 million, flowed from Ethereum Foundation-linked wallets into the Beacon Chain in a series of coordinated deposits Monday, marking one of the largest visible batches in its ongoing staking rollout.
Bitmine officially launched the MAVAN Ethereum staking platform, targeting roughly $300 million in annual rewards.
Lido said in 2025 its main goal was to expand beyond its core staking product and launch new offerings.
A $5 million staking threshold that grants select investors direct contact with World Liberty Financial’s leadership team is drawing attention as the Trump-backed crypto project reshapes how power flows inside its governance structure. Related Reading: XRP Faces Systematic Rigging, Major Holder Says The new rule is part of a broader proposal that passed with overwhelming support last Friday, setting the stage for big changes in how decisions get made at the project. Token Lock-Up Rule Takes Effect WLFI token holders who want voting rights will now need to lock up their holdings for 180 days. The proposal closed with 99.12% approval from 1,800 votes cast. But the numbers tell a more complicated story — more than 76% of those tokens came from just 10 users, raising questions about how broadly the vote actually represented the project’s community. A 2% annual yield is offered to stakers who participate in at least two governance votes during the lock-up window. Those who already have tokens locked are not affected and may continue voting without interruption. WLFI said the change is meant to ensure that only investors committed to the project’s future can weigh in on its direction. The six-month requirement is framed as a filter for serious, long-term participants rather than short-term speculators. Big Stakes Come With Big Perks Investors willing to stake 50 million WLFI tokens — valued at roughly $5 million — are being offered something beyond yield: direct access to WLFI’s executive and business development team. WLFI spokesman David Wachsman told Reuters that the access point is the business development team and company executives, not individual founders, and that it stops short of guaranteeing any formal partnership. Still, the tiered structure creates a clear divide between everyday token holders and those with deeper pockets. The project’s leadership roster includes some well-known names. Eric Trump and Barron Trump are listed as co-founders in the WLFI Gold Paper, alongside Zach and Alex Witkoff, sons of Steven Witkoff. Zach Witkoff serves as CEO. Bank Charter Bid Still Pending Beyond governance, WLFI has broader ambitions in the financial sector. The project applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in January for a national trust bank charter tied to its stablecoin, USD1, and is still waiting for a ruling. The stablecoin is central to WLFI’s goal of supporting decentralized finance applications and other projects aligned with preserving the US dollar’s global standing. Related Reading: Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Now $3.35 Billion In The Red As Saylor Tells Investors To Wait CEO Zach Witkoff has floated plans to expand into asset tokenization, with real estate and oil and gas among the areas being explored. Reports also indicate the project is weighing the creation of a publicly traded company to hold its WLFI tokens. Six governance snapshot votes have been completed so far, covering issues from making the token tradable to expanding USD1’s reach. This latest proposal marks a shift toward tightening who gets a seat at the table going forward. Featured image from JrKripto, chart from TradingView
BlackRock's new staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) is easy to misunderstand. This is not the first time ETH staking has finally reached exchange-traded products, as Grayscale has already crossed that bridge. What's interesting about the launch is that BlackRock is now standardizing the way Ethereum is explained to mainstream investors. With ETHB, Ethereum is being repackaged […]
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The BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) lets investors earn staking rewards alongside spot ETH exposure.
In a post on X, the blockchain's co-founder said the Ethereum Foundation is testing a new method for running validators that could make staking infrastructure significantly easier for institutions holding large amounts of ether.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Even as crypto sentiment remains weak, JPMorgan analysts see the possible mid-year approval of U.S. market structure legislation as a positive catalyst.
The number sounds almost too big to take seriously. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a detailed technical roadmap on February 27 outlining how the network could handle up to 1,000 times its current transaction capacity — without pricing out the smaller node operators who keep the system decentralized. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sell-Off Slows Down, But The Road To Recovery Is Long — Analyst The document, which Buterin informally calls the “Strawmap,” breaks the work into three problem areas: execution, data, and state. Near-Term Upgrades Come First The closest item on the list is an upcoming protocol upgrade called “Glamsterdam.” According to reports, one of its key changes introduces block-level access lists — a technical adjustment that allows different parts of a block to be processed simultaneously rather than one after another. Reports also say the upgrade improves how efficiently each 12-second block slot is used, making it safer to pack more transactions into every block without destabilizing the network. Now, scaling. There are two buckets here: short-term and long-term. Short term scaling I’ve written about elsewhere. Basically: * Block level access lists (coming in Glamsterdam) allow blocks to be verified in parallel. * ePBS (coming in Glamsterdam) has many features, of… — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 27, 2026 Buterin acknowledged that these changes, combined with better client software, might be enough to reach a stable state on their own. If real usage stays low, he suggested the full 1,000x push could be shelved in favor of other priorities entirely. Zero-Knowledge Proofs Take Center Stage In Longer Plans The more ambitious part of the roadmap involves zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines, or ZK-EVMs. Rather than requiring every validator to re-run every transaction to confirm it is legitimate, ZK-EVMs allow validators to check cryptographic proofs instead — a far lighter task. According to reports, Buterin’s timeline calls for a small group of validators to begin using this method as early as 2026, with broader adoption potentially following in 2027. If that plays out, the network’s capacity ceiling could be raised significantly without forcing node operators to invest in more powerful hardware. Related Reading: Aave Crosses $1 Trillion In Loans — No Bank Required State Growth Gets Its Own Fix Reports say Buterin flagged state growth as a separate and underappreciated problem. Deploying a large smart contract adds data that every Ethereum node must store permanently — and that accumulated storage gradually raises the cost of running a node at all. His proposed fix tracks state creation gas independently, so it does not count against the regular transaction gas cap. Large contracts could still be deployed, but their pricing would reflect the real long-term storage cost. The 1,000x figure is a long-term ceiling, not a promise for next year. Each phase of the plan depends on the one before it working as intended. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Stakers who vote at least twice during their lock period would earn roughly 2% annualized rewards from the WLFI treasury.
The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its ether treasury, targeting about 70,000 ETH to generate rewards for operations.
Institutional ownership of Sharplink’s common stock has grown to 46% as of Dec. 31, according to the latest available 13F filings.
CoinShares researcher Luke Nolan says the 50% figure is ‘inaccurate, or at least materially misleading’ and staked ether is closer to 30% of supply. Ethplorer.io’s Aleksandr Vat agrees.
The Nasdaq-listed SUIS fund offers direct exposure to Sui’s native token while passing through proof-of-stake rewards in a regulated ETF wrapper.
Bitwise's February announcement arrived as two moves packaged as one. The crypto asset manager announced a partnership with Morpho to launch curated yield vaults and simultaneously acquired Chorus One's institutional staking business. It looks like a deliberate assembly: curation mechanisms to filter protocol risk, infrastructure to deliver returns, and enough operational scaffolding to make the […]
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BlackRock has sharpened the staking posture for its iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), outlining a plan to keep most of the fund’s ETH staked and earning rewards rather than held in custody. In its latest amended filing, the sponsor said that under normal market circumstances, it would seek to keep 70% to 95% of […]
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According to CoinMarketCap, Ethereum changed hands around $2,050 at one point, with a single-session move of about 7%. Reports have disclosed that roughly 30% of the total ETH supply is now locked in staking contracts, a level not seen before. Related Reading: Urgent Crypto Reform: Treasury Secretary Says The Clock Is Ticking That is a big shift in where supply sits, and it matters because locked coins are not available for quick trading. Staking Participation Hits A Record On-chain trackers show a steady climb in staking since early 2023. Back then roughly 15% of the supply was staked; today that figure has roughly doubled. People who lock ETH as validators do it to earn rewards and to help keep the network running. Many of those accounts are built to stay long-term. That matters because long-term holders change how supply and demand play out. Ethereum staking rate just hit a new all-time high. Over 30.5% of all ETH is now staked! Meanwhile ETH is trading at ~$1,950. Since early 2023, the staking rate has gone from ~15% to 30.5% in an almost perfect straight line. Bear market, bull market, crashes, rallies. Doesn’t… pic.twitter.com/8dS4xv7bok — Leon Waidmann (@LeonWaidmann) February 13, 2026 Liquid Supply Has Shrunk When a chunk of coins is tied up, it takes some selling pressure off the market. Locked ETH lowers the pool available on exchanges for fast sales. That does not guarantee a price surge, but it does tighten one side of the market. Traders watching supply flows often weigh that factor alongside macro moves and liquidity conditions. Some traders see this as a slow-burning bullish signal. Others remain cautious because other forces can push prices down even when supply is tighter. Ether Shows Volatility Around $1,900–$2,000 Prices have been bouncy. One day sees gains; the next day shows pullbacks. Reports note that ETH slipped below $2,000 at times as broader crypto momentum cooled. Some sessions point to strength, and some to weakness. Over the last week movement has been uneven. This is a market where headlines and flows still swing prices more than network fundamentals sometimes do. Validator Growth May Support Confidence The rising staking rate also points to growing validator infrastructure and investor patience. More validators means the consensus mechanism has more hands on deck. That has implications beyond price: it affects network security and how rewards are distributed. For many long-horizon investors, that steady build of validators is a reason to remain involved. Related Reading: Bitcoin At $8,000? Michael Saylor Says Strategy Still Won’t Break Timing of withdrawal unlocks is on watch lists. So is how quickly new staked ETH can return to exchanges when withdrawals are permitted at scale. Another big item is macro moves—rates, liquidity, and major market shifts. Those will likely control the next big price swings more than staking alone. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Ripple has enabled staking for Ethereum and Solana within its institutional custody business, expanding beyond safekeeping to include asset servicing features that large investors increasingly consider standard. The new capability, delivered through a partnership with staking infrastructure provider Figment, enables Ripple Custody clients to offer staking on major proof-of-stake networks without setting up validator infrastructure. […]
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By the end of 2025, a corner of the market most Ethereum traders rarely watch had built a position large enough to matter for everyone else. Everstake’s annual Ethereum staking report estimates that public companies’ “digital asset treasuries” collectively held roughly 6.5–7.0 million ETH by December, which is more than 5.5% of the circulating supply. […]
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Sharps is increasingly framing passive staking rewards as a recurring cash-flow stream rather than a directional bet on SOL prices.
From yield potential to custody risks, here’s how direct ETH and staking funds compare for different investor goals.
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The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.