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Ethereum staking hits record high on institutional participation and upgrade effects
Ethereum staking reached a record in the third quarter of 2026, rising to 43.8 million ETH, or 35.9 percent of total supply, Bitwise said. Net staking increased 7.96 million ETH from the first to the third quarter, about six times the year-earlier level, supported by corporate and institutional participation and the Pectra upgrade. Average annual staking yield fell to 2.63 percent in Q3. Solana staking also hit a record while yields slipped.
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Robinhood chain boom raises question for Ethereum: tailwind or dilemma
Robinhood\'s Ethereum layer-2 network has expanded rapidly since its July 1 launch, lifting optimism about the Ethereum ecosystem. More than $141 million of ETH has been bridged in and wallets holding ETH have topped 500,000, while daily DEX volume has at times exceeded Ethereum mainnet and Coinbase\'s Base. Some see the project as a milestone for institutional adoption, but others argue L2 revenue contributes little to Ethereum mainnet so far.
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Ethereum 2025 year-end: DeFi TVL $99 billion, 9 times No.2 layer-1
Ethereum delivered structural growth in 2025 across DeFi, scalability, institutional adoption and links to real-world assets, according to its official team’s year-end ecosystem report. DeFi total value locked reached $99 billion, more than nine times that of the second-ranked layer-1 blockchain. Annual stablecoin settlement hit $18.8 trillion. Rollup-based throughput reached 5,600 transactions per second and Layer 2 fees fell below $0.01. Institutional ETH holdings exceeded $35 billion and RWA issuance topped $12 billion.
