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Ethereum staking climbs to 34% as proposal targets validator rewards and ETH treasury firm yields
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The share of ETH supply staked has climbed to 34%, up from about 29% at the start of the year.
Key facts
- On Aug. 4, researchers including Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake filed EIP-8361, a "tapered issuance burn" that destroys a growing share of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises
- At today's roughly one-third staking ratio, the authors' own modeling puts annual consensus yield falling from about 2.6% to 1.2%, phased in over 18 months rather than all at once
- The share of ETH supply staked has climbed to 34%, up from about 29% at the start of the year
- While this would impact all stakeholders, ETH treasury companies like Bitmine (BMNR) and Sharplink (SBET) stand to be among the most directly affected
Summary
On Aug. 4, researchers including Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake filed EIP-8361, a "tapered issuance burn" that destroys a growing share of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises. At today's roughly one-third staking ratio, the authors' own modeling puts annual consensus yield falling from about 2.6% to 1.2%, phased in over 18 months rather than all at once. The current issuance mode never fully switches off the marginal incentive to stake more, and the authors argue that pulls in centralized operators, exchanges and custodians at the expense of solo validators and non-staking holders who get diluted regardless. While this would impact all stakeholders, ETH treasury companies like Bitmine (BMNR) and Sharplink (SBET) stand to be among the most directly affected.