Staking has grown in recognition in recent times as a result of availability of staking-as-a-service, pooled staking, and the expansion of liquid re-staking. As of July 2024, Ethereum’s safety price range quantities to a staggering $110 billion price of ETH, representing roughly 28% of the full ETH provide. There may be additionally a normal adoption of staking options inside exchanges and monetary functions permitting folks to allocate their ETH to safe the Ethereum community. Many view staking as a low-risk return on funding, which makes it interesting to ETH holders. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, holds a portion of his ETH staked, though he nonetheless retains part of it unstaked.