Ethereum · Coinbase · CoinDesk
Institutions embrace crypto staking despite shrinking yields
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Crypto investors are committing more tokens to securing blockchains even as rewards fall, with improving access helping drive demand while the economics of staking face a broader test.
Key facts
- Ethereum now has more stake securing it than at any point in its history, with 43.8 million ETH staked or 35.9% of the total supply,” Kam Benbrik, head of onchain research at Bitwise, told CoinDesk
- Newly issued ETH contributed 2.53 percentage points, or 96.3% of the total
- Ethereum’s gross annualized staking yield averaged 2.63%, down from 2.81% in Q2
- Ethereum processed 199.3 million transactions during Q3, up 35.3% from a year earlier
Summary
Ethereum and Solana attracted more staked tokens in Q3, even as yields declined. Coinbase, Lido and Payward say custody access and growing familiarity are supporting demand. Payward’s John Zettler expects Ethereum staking yields to fall further as participation increases. “Ethereum now has more stake securing it than at any point in its history, with 43.8 million ETH staked or 35.9% of the total supply,” Kam Benbrik, head of onchain research at Bitwise, told CoinDesk.