🔹 What is the Ethereum Staking ETF?

This is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will allow institutional investors to purchase ETH and earn passive income through staking rewards.

📌 Fundamental difference:
•Spot ETF: Holds ETH.
•Staking ETF: Holds ETH and simultaneously locks it for staking to generate income.

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🧾 Example: BlackRock's Ethereum Staking ETF application
•At the end of 2024, BlackRock applied for the ( iShares) ETH Spot ETF → There is a high likelihood of approval at the beginning of 2025.
•But the job doesn't end here:
A new type of ETF featuring staking has also been proposed to the SEC.

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✅ The 3 Main Benefits of the Ethereum Staking ETF:

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1. 🏦 Attracting Institutional Capital
•When large funds like pension funds and insurance companies want to buy ETH:
•They do not want to deal directly with the wallet.
•They prefer products that provide fixed income annually due to regulation.

Here is where the staking ETF comes into play:
"Invest in ETH and earn an annual return of 3–6%."

📈 This situation creates massive institutional demand for ETH.

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2. 🔥 Reducing ETH Supply (Staking Lockup)
•These ETFs will lock ETH in staking, which will reduce the free supply of ETH in the market.
•Currently, about ~27% of ETH is staked, this ratio could increase to 40-50% with ETFs.
•Decreasing supply + increasing demand = price increase.

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3. 🧾 Adding Bond-like Value to ETH
•Thanks to the Staking yield rate, ETH has now become a “yield-bearing asset” ( that provides returns ).
•This leads investors to evaluate ETH not only with a "buy-sell" approach but also with a hold-and-earn mentality.
•In corporate portfolios, ETH is now classified as a balanced income asset class, no longer "speculative", like bonds and REITs.