Ethereum, staking amount reaches 25% of supply for the first time, annual reward rate is in the 3% range

Staking demand increases

For the first time, the ratio of staking volume to supply of the crypto asset (virtual currency) Ethereum (ETH) exceeded 25%.

The following is data provided by “The Block”. It shows the ratio of the quantity staked to the supply quantity. If you include people waiting for staking, this percentage exceeds 25% and is still on the rise.

According to data from Dune, the amount of Ethereum staked at the time of writing this article is approximately 30.17 million ETH (equivalent to 10 trillion yen). The number of validators is 943,015.

Ethereum implemented a staking withdrawal function in the upgrade “Shapella'' in April last year. Until then, it was a one-way situation where you could stake but not withdraw, but after Shapella, validators have the flexibility to leave the network.

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Currently, there are platforms that allow liquid staking such as Lido Finance (LDO), and Ethereum holders can stake even if they do not have 32 ETH (equivalent to 11.5 million yen). In addition, demand for re-staking (re-staking) has also increased recently.

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Currently, Lido Finance accounts for over 31% of Ethereum stakers. Coinbase and Binance have followed suit, but Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and others have expressed concerns about the centralization of nodes.

Source: Dune

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The graph of staking rewards is as follows. After Shapella, the APR (annual rate) increased to 8.6% in May 2023, but as the number of staking participants has increased, it has now decreased to the 3% range.

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Interest in Ethereum

Ethereum has been receiving increasing attention recently. One of the reasons is that the next upgrade “Dencun” is approaching. Launching on the final testnet “Holesky'' was completed on the night of the 7th.

Dencun will implement a notable feature called “Proto-Danksharding”. This new feature will reduce data transfer costs from Layer 2 to Layer 1, resulting in significantly lower transaction fees for Layer 2 users.

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In addition, with the approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF (exchange traded fund) in the US, some are expecting an Ethereum spot ETF to be the next, and the developments of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will also be closely watched. are collecting.

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