More than 35% of Ethereum is staked, and the queue to join has reached nearly 1.9 million ETH
11.09.2026 12:24
The share of Ethereum staked has exceeded 35% of the cryptocurrency’s total supply, and the queue of users waiting to add new funds to the validator network has stretched to nearly 33 days.
According to Ethereum Validator Queue data as of September 10, approximately 42.9 million ETH—or 35.19% of Ethereum’s supply—is staked. There are about 909,700 active validators on the network.
At the same time, approximately 1.895 million ETH was in the queue to join the network. The estimated wait time for a new validator to join was 32 days and 22 hours.
The situation with withdrawals is the opposite: only about 25,300 ETH was in the withdrawal queue, and the wait time was approximately 10.5 hours. After a validator exited, the additional delay until the funds were actually received was estimated at approximately 7.9 days.
This ratio of queues indicates a significantly higher current demand for entering staking than for exiting it.
The yield on Ethereum staking is approximately 2.59% per annum. It varies depending on the amount of ETH used to support the network’s operation and other protocol parameters.
The increase in the amount of ETH locked in Ethereum validators potentially reduces the supply of coins directly available on the market. However, it would be incorrect to consider all 42.9 million ETH as completely removed from circulation: some staking is carried out through liquid protocols that issue derivative tokens tradable on the market.
An additional factor is the growing interest of public companies in Ethereum. BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate holder of ETH, reported on September 8 that of the 5.93 million ETH it owns, 5.067 million are already staked.
Amid the rise in staking, Ethereum is trading around $2,470. As of September 10, the price of ETH stands at approximately $2,468, down from $2,485 the previous day.
Ethereum transitioned to the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism in September 2022. Validators lock up ETH to confirm transactions and secure the network, receiving rewards in return.
Data source: Ethereum Validator Queue
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