{"id":33625,"date":"2020-12-18T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33625"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:44:37","slug":"ethereum-2-0-staking-involves-coins-worth-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-2-0-staking-involves-coins-worth-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum 2.0 staking involves coins worth $1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deposit contract of Ethereum&#8217;s second version attracted 1.54 million ETH ($1.02 billion).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The coins staked in Ethereum 2.0 account for 1.35% of the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">market supply<\/a> of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_119924\\\" style=\\\"width: 628px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-119924\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-119924 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etherscan-4.png\\\" alt=\\\"Coins worth $1 billion staked in Ethereum 2.0\\\" width=\\\"618\\\" height=\\\"306\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etherscan-4.png 618w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etherscan-4-300x149.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-119924\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705fa\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Etherscan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The current staking yield stands at 13.38%, according to the service <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.stakingrewards.com\/earn\/ethereum-2-0\/calculate\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">StakingRewards<\/a>. At launch, the figure was around 25% per annum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"GYDVNfQkpp\\\">\n<p>What is staking and how can you profit from it?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"What is staking and how can you earn from it? \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-stejking\/embed#?secret=HETqSd5pAE#?secret=GYDVNfQkpp\\\" data-secret=\\\"GYDVNfQkpp\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to beaconcha.in, 36,101 validators are operating in the Ethereum 2.0 ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.54 million ETH2 coins staked are 4.5 times smaller than the amount used in DeFi protocols. According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.defipulse.com\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">DeFi Pulse<\/a>, this figure stands at 7.06 million coins (~$4.07 billion).<\/p>\n<p>The next chart shows the decline in the number of locked coins since <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-2-0-genesis-block-launch-date-revealed\">the launch of the deposit contract<\/a> in early November.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_119923\\\" style=\\\"width: 575px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-119923\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-119923\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeFi-Pulse2.png\\\" alt=\\\"Coins worth $1 billion staked in Ethereum 2.0\\\" width=\\\"565\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeFi-Pulse2.png 565w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeFi-Pulse2-300x145.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-119923\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: DeFi Pulse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A reduction in the active supply of Ethereum could support the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency, especially given growing demand amid a broader market upturn. Over the past week, Ethereum&#8217;s price has risen 18%, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the new system and the features of Phase Zero, as well as future development stages of ETH2, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/launch-of-ethereum-2-0-phase-zero-whats-coming-and-what-users-should-expect\">read in our article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s Telegram updates: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deposit contract of Ethereum&#8217;s second version attracted 1.54 million ETH ($1.02 billion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-33625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"10","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33627,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625\/revisions\/33627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}