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Solana Nears Finality Halt After Teraswitch Routing Error Pulls 28.83 Percent of Stake Offline
A misconfigured default route at hosting provider Teraswitch pushed Solana to 86 percent of its finality threshold, risking a complete transaction freeze.
Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits Record 34.4% as Institutional Capital Locks In
Staked ETH has climbed from 30.0 percent of total supply in January to an all-time high of 34.4 percent, with large holders committing capital for the long term.
Ethereum Staking Hits All-Time High as Yields Fall to 3-Year Low
A record 41.41 million ETH is now staked—33.98 percent of total supply—while the 7-day staking APR has dropped to 2.66 percent, its lowest since 2023.
Fidelity Seeks Staking Payouts for $898M Ethereum ETF, Joining Grayscale and 21Shares
An Aug. 11 SEC filing seeks to add quarterly cash distributions to FETH, positioning the fund to stake up to 100 percent of its Ethereum holdings.
Solana Hits 28.83 Percent Offline, Nearing Finality Halt Threshold
A routing failure at infrastructure provider Teraswitch took 90 validators offline, pushing staked SOL to within 4.51 percentage points of a network finality halt.
EIP-8363 'Tapered Issuance Burn' Draws DeFi Pushback Over Decentralization Risk
The proposal would cut new ETH issuance to zero once 50 percent of supply is staked, alarming DeFi builders and institutional stakers.
SharpLink CEO Opposes EIP-8363, Warns Tapered Issuance Burn Would Hurt ETH Staking Yields
Joseph Chalom says the proposal to burn consensus-layer rewards as staked ETH rises would eliminate validator issuance and raise capital costs across DeFi.
EIP-8363 Would Cut ETH Issuance to Zero at 50% Staked. Critics Say the Cure Is Worse Than the
The Tapered Issuance Burn proposal from Justin Drake and Jerome de Tychey draws opposition from Lido, Ether.fi and Bitwise over DeFi collateral risk and monetary policy credibility.
BitMine's ETH Holdings Drop to $11.3B on Price Mark as Firm Adds 10,399 ETH
BitMine's total holdings fell $500M to $11.3B as a lower ETH mark offset a week of accumulation, bringing its staked position to 4.9M ETH yielding $247M annualized.
EIP-8361 Would Cut Net Consensus Yield to Zero at 50 Percent Staking Ratio
The draft proposal would burn a rising fraction of validator rewards as more ETH is staked, eliminating issuance incentives beyond 50 percent of supply.
Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits Record 34.4 Percent as 34M ETH Lock Into Consensus Layer
ETH staked on the consensus layer has climbed from 30.0 percent at the start of 2026, with exchange reserves falling to 14.9 million ETH.
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 Proposes $30.4M HYPE Stake for Permissionless Prediction Markets
The HIP-4 proposal mandates a 500,000 HYPE token lock for six months, with slashing provisions for ambiguous or unresolved markets
Stacks SIP-045 Passes With 99% Approval, Hard Fork Set for July 29
The Stacks community approved SIP-045, enabling native Bitcoin staking and adjusting the STX emission schedule, with a hard fork targeting Bitcoin block 907,740.
Grayscale Stakes 102,400 ETH Valued at $237 Million, Institutional Conviction Soars
The significant move by the digital asset manager locks a substantial portion of Ethereum, impacting market supply dynamics and reflecting deep institutional confidence in ETH's long-term value proposition.
Ethereum Staking Surges: 2.89M ETH Queued, 50-Day Wait
A staggering 2.89 million ETH sits in a 50-day queue awaiting activation for staking, demonstrating overwhelming network conviction and a powerful supply-side squeeze as unstaking activity remains negligible.