Ethereum Staking Weekly Report August 17, 2026
🌟🌟ETH Staking Core Data🌟🌟
1️⃣ Ebunker Ethereum Staking APR: 3.12%
2️⃣ stETH (Lido) 7-day average APR: 2.60%
3️⃣ Total staked Ethereum: 42,096,461 ETH
4️⃣ Ethereum total staking rate: 34.88%
5️⃣ ETH inflation last week: +20,281.51 ETH
6️⃣ Staking queue wait time: < 37 days 18 hours
7️⃣ Exit wait time: < 1 hour
8️⃣ Ebunker market share: 1.15%
9️⃣ Average validator operating efficiency score: 98.57%
🔟 Ebunker validator efficiency score: 99.3% (0.73% higher than the average)
🎾 Ethereum Network Upgrades
🔘 The Ethereum Foundation updated its post-quantum security roadmap. With the advancement of compact proof technology, it has decided no longer to adopt the Poseidon scheme.
🔘 Vitalik has listed quantum-resistant security and privacy as core priorities in the latest Strawmap roadmap, and introduced new plans including native Rollups and Gas Futures.
🔘 Glamsterdam achieved a key testing milestone, with developers finalizing the latest Gas repricing parameters for multiple core EIPs.
🎾 ETH Staking
🔘 Bitmine's annualized staking income has reached $257 million, providing a steady source of revenue for company operations and stock buybacks.
🔘 Fidelity has submitted an application to the US SEC to add staking functionality to its Ethereum ETF, and plans to distribute staking rewards to investors via quarterly cash payments.
🔘 Ether.fi expanded its non-custodial digital banking services, adding tokenized stocks, precious metals trading, and portfolio loan functionality based on Aave.
🎾 Layer2 Networks
🔘 Stripe Treasury now supports eligible businesses to receive, hold, and send USDC on Arbitrum One.
🔘 EtherFi Cash is migrating its credit infrastructure to a dedicated Aave V4 instance on OP Mainnet.
About Ebunker
One of Asia's largest node operators, managing over $1.5 billion, providing node operation services for protocols including Lido, EtherFi, SSV, etc., and offering both custodial and non-custodial staking solutions for Ethereum and other assets to large institutions and high-net-worth individuals.
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