{"id":58653,"date":"2022-03-10T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T11:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58653"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:52:15","slug":"ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-surpasses-10-million-eth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-surpasses-10-million-eth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract surpasses 10 million ETH"},"content":{"rendered":"

The amount of locked funds in the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has surpassed 10 million ETH (~$26.1 billion), equivalent to 8.4% of the total supply of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Data from Etherscan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The deposit contract is the largest address in the ecosystem. In second place, with a balance of 7.14 million ETH, is the Wrapped Ethereum contract; in third place \u2014 one of Kraken’s wallets (2.11 million ETH).<\/p>\n

\"Ethereum
Top-10 largest ETH holders. Data: Etherscan<\/a>.
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In March, the number of Ethereum 2.0 validators surpassed 310,000. Since the start of 2022, their number has risen by almost 13%.<\/p>\n

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Number of Ethereum 2.0 validators over time. Data: glassnode<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the last six months, the validator participation rate has ranged from 96.16% to 99.73%. This metric reflects the percentage of validators participating in block validation.<\/p>\n

\"Participation
Data: beaconcha.in<\/a>.
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According to Staking Rewards, Ethereum 2.0 ranks third by asset value in staking (behind Solana and Terra). The protocol’s annual percentage yield stands at 4.8%.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Ethereum abandoned the terms ETH1 and ETH2<\/a> in favour of the ‘execution layer’ and ‘consensus layer’ respectively.<\/p>\n

Follow ForkLog’s bitcoin news on our Telegram<\/a> \u2014 news on cryptocurrencies, rates and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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