London’s impact: Ethereum 2.0's staking contract becomes largest ETH holder

London’s impact: Ethereum 2.0's staking contract becomes largest ETH holder

The aftereffects of the London upgrade begin to emerge as the Eth2 staking contract becomes the single largest Ether holder. Recently, the Ethereum network reached a new staking milestone. On Aug. 17, the Ethereum 2.0 staking contract became the single largest holder of Ether (ETH), surpassing Wrapped Ether (WETH). According to data from Etherscan, the Eth2 deposit contract now holds over 7.14 million Ether tokens, valued at $23 billion at the time of writing.This accounts for nearly 6.1% of all Ether tokens in circulation, which means that the staking rate for Ethereum is now over 6%. The....


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