Ether ETFs and Institutional Staking: What’s at Stake?

Institutional funds currently hold about 3.3 million ether (ETH), or roughly 3% of the circulating supply, through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). With 27% of ETH already staked, these ETF holdings alone could increase the amount of total staked ETH by more than 10%. And that’s without factoring in additional inflows from investors drawn to the promise of earning staking yield inside an ETF wrapper source: https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2025/05/07/ether-etfs-and-institutional-staking-what-s-at-stake