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Staking

Finance

Hex Trust Adds Custody and Staking for Lido’s stETH, Expanding Institutional Access to Ethereum Rewards

Integration offers one-click staking and liquidity for institutional investors through Hex Trust’s platform.

Alessio Quaglini, CEO and co-founder of Hex Trust (Hex Trust/Modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Faces Validator Bottleneck With 2.5M ETH Awaiting Exit

The backlog pushed exit wait times to more than 46 days on Monday, the longest in Ethereum’s short staking history, dashboards show. The last peak, in August, put the exit queue at 18 days.

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Tech

Kiln Exits Ethereum Validators in ‘Orderly’ Move Following SwissBorg Exploit

Kiln described the ETH validator exits as a precautionary step to safeguard client assets in the wake of the SwissBorg event.

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Finance

Ethereum Staking Queue Overtakes Exits as Fears of a Sell-off Subside

A surge in staking demand has flipped Ethereum’s validator queues, easing fears of a mass sell-off and reinforcing confidence in long-term ETH staking.

Ethereum validator queue (validatorqueue.com)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Expands EU Offering With Staking, Perpetuals

The new staking service allows users to earn rewards on ether and solana with no minimum amount required.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Introduces Ether and Solana Staking for All U.K. Customers

This follows Gemini’s opening of its first permanent office in London, highlighting the company’s effort to expand its presence in the region.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Valantis Acquires stHYPE, Expanding Liquid Staking Reach on Hyperliquid

The DEX takes over Hyperliquid’s second-largest liquid staking token, part of an ecosystem where staking makes up more than half of $2.26 billion in TVL.

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Markets

Ethereum Transactions Hit Record High as Staking, SEC Clarity Fuel ETH Rally

ETH’s price appreciation has also been supported by the growing number of public “crypto treasury companies,” or firms that buy and hold tokens directly or through dedicated vehicles.

Vitalik Buterin

Tech

Babylon Introduces Trustless Bitcoin Vaults for BTC Staking Protocol

The trustless bitcoin vaults harness BitVM3, the latest evolution of BitVM, a framework for enabling smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

David Tse, co-founder of Babylon (Bradley Keoun, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DoubleZero Launches $537M SOL Stake Pool to Turbocharge Solana Validator Network

DoubleZero’s new 3 million SOL stake pool, DZSOL, aims to decentralize Solana validator infrastructure by offering access to its high-speed fiber network.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024