\u201cETH supply is getting intentionally harder to access,\u201d commented macroeconomics outlet Milk Road on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaking just hit an all-time high, with millions of ETH now queued to be locked,\u201d they said before adding, \u201cthat is being taken off exchanges and removed from active circulation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a long-term positive signal for price appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The comments came in response to a Token Terminal post reporting that the Ethereum staking ratio surpassed 30%, marking an all-time high.<\/p>\n
ETH supply is getting intentionally harder to access.<\/p>\n
Staking just hit an all time high, with millions of $ETH<\/a> now queued to be locked. That is being taken off exchanges and removed from active circulation.<\/p>\n This is a long-term positive signal for price appreciation.<\/p>\n Higher. https:\/\/t.co\/pKid87F5pd<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kZ3VzDWMch<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Milk Road (@MilkRoad) January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n The amount of Ether staked is currently at a record 36.2 million, which is worth around $115 billion.\u00a0This represents 30% of the entire supply of the asset, which is locked up and earning around 2.8% in annual yields, according<\/a> to Ultrasound Money.<\/p>\n The staking environment looks extremely promising at the moment, with the validator entry queue at its highest level since 2023, with 2.7 million ETH waiting to be staked.\u00a0Meanwhile, the exit queue has fallen to near zero, meaning that nobody is unstaking their Ether at the moment, according<\/a> to the Validator Queue.<\/p>\n A lot of that queued Ether is from institutions such as digital asset treasuries like BitMine and exchange-traded funds that can now offer staking rewards.<\/p>\n \u201cEthereum is the #1 choice for global financial institutions,\u201d stated<\/a> the official Ethereum X feed on Monday. \u201cOver the last few months, adoption has accelerated,\u201d it added, citing 35 stories of how institutions are building on Ethereum, which was shared by Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee.<\/p>\n A great list put together by @ethereum<\/a> detailing 35 major financial institutions building on Ethereum in just the past few months<\/p>\n Ethereum is the future of finance$ETH<\/a>$BMNR<\/a> @BitMNR<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/yrcDr9grY4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com (@fundstrat) January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n Nic Puckrin, CEO and co-founder of Coin Bureau, called<\/a> it a \u201chuge vote of confidence in Ethereum,\u201d but cautioned that staking measures coins, not conviction.\u00a0One whale staking a million ETH looks identical to a million believers staking one ETH each, but represents very different market dynamics, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo when you see \u201830% of ETH staked,\u2019 the real question isn\u2019t whether that is bullish. It\u2019s who staked it, how liquid is it really, and how fast can it change its mind?\u201d<\/p>\n Ether spot markets have lost a little momentum since the weekend, with the asset dropping another 1% on the day in a fall below $3,200 during Tuesday morning trading in Asia.<\/p>\n ETH prices have dropped 5% since the weekend as markets remain rattled by the latest escalation<\/a> of Donald Trump\u2019s global trade war.<\/p>\n The post Ethereum Staking Surges to All-Time High Amid Institutional Wave<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cETH supply is getting intentionally harder to access,\u201d commented macroeconomics outlet Milk Road on Monday. \u201cStaking just hit an all-time high, with millions of ETH now queued to be locked,\u201d they said before adding, \u201cthat is being taken off exchanges and removed from active circulation.\u201d \u201cThis is a long-term positive signal for price appreciation.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ethereum Staking Queue Surges<\/h2>\n
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