{"id":93144,"date":"2026-01-14T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93144"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:25:15","slug":"ethereum-staking-reaches-record-30-of-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-staking-reaches-record-30-of-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Staking Reaches Record 30% of Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of Ethereum coins locked in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> has reached a new all-time high. The Beacon Chain network holds 35.8 million ETH, accounting for 29.57% of the market supply of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416132f64821c3fa-3617736172823404.webp\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-01-14 162713\" class=\"wp-image-273347\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.validatorqueue.com\/\">Validator Queue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In dollar terms, this figure has exceeded $118 billion. The previous record of 29.54% was set in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The number of active validators stands at 976,117. An additional 2.3 million coins are queued for entry. Meanwhile, the exit queue remains at historic lows, indicating a lack of selling pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The market leader remains the liquid staking protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-lido\">Lido Finance<\/a>, which accounts for about 24% of all locked assets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/decentralized-finance\/total-value-locked-tvl\/value-locked-in-liquid-staking\/embed\" title=\"Value Locked in Liquid Staking\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institutional Influence<\/h2>\n<p>Major players and issuers of exchange-traded products have been key drivers of growth:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BitMine. <\/strong>Under the leadership of Tom Lee, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategicethreserve.xyz\/\">holds 4.07 million ETH<\/a> (3.36% of total issuance). Over the past week, the company doubled its locked assets to 1.53 million ETH.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\"><strong>ETF<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> Grayscale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2025\/10\/06\/3161548\/0\/en\/Grayscale-Launches-First-Staking-Spot-Crypto-ETPs-in-U-S.html\">began<\/a> distributing staking rewards among its fund investors. Morgan Stanley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2103976\/000110465926001436\/tm2534146d1_s1.htm\">filed<\/a> for the launch of a spot Ethereum ETF with a locking option, confirming asset managers&#8217; interest in passive blockchain income.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Amid institutional activity, the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose by 5.5% in a day, reaching $3,320.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-445d26f68efdc143-3617788592932380-1024x625.png\" alt=\"ETHUSDT_2026-01-14_17-22-06\" class=\"wp-image-273349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-445d26f68efdc143-3617788592932380-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-445d26f68efdc143-3617788592932380-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-445d26f68efdc143-3617788592932380-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-445d26f68efdc143-3617788592932380.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute ETH\/USDT chart on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AETHUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On January 14, Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-tests-3350-amid-a-record-influx-of-new-users\">tested $3,350<\/a> following a record influx of new blockchain users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum staking hits a new high: 35.8 million ETH locked, representing 29.57% of total supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Ethereum staking reaches record 30% of supply.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1289,46],"class_list":["post-93144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-staking","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"226","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Ethereum staking reaches record 30% of supply.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93146,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93144\/revisions\/93146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}