Ethereum Unstaking FUD Completely Debunked as Staking Entry Queue Hits Record High
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt around Ethereum unstaking? The data screams otherwise.
Staking Surge Defies Skeptics
While critics predicted a mass exodus, the staking entry queue tells a different story—one of overwhelming demand. Validators keep piling in, betting big on Ethereum's long-term value proposition.
Market Confidence in Action
The growing queue isn't just a metric—it's a vote of confidence. Participants clearly see more upside in staking rewards than in short-term price swings. Traditional finance could learn a thing or two about actual conviction.
Where's The Panic?
Remember all those doom-and-gloom predictions? They've aged like milk in the summer sun. Meanwhile, institutional players and retail investors alike keep stacking ETH—because yield doesn't lie, even if Wall Street analysts do.
Ether Moving From Weak to Strong Hands
However, it was pointed out that ETH in the entry queue has already been purchased, so its impact on spot prices has been seen, whereas the Ether in the exit queue has yet to be processed by markets.
There are currently around 35.7 million ETH staked, worth a whopping $157 billion and representing almost 30% of the entire supply, so the ecosystem is more than stable.
“The ‘Great Rotation’ is also clear in retail selling, while whales and institutions are buying,” said DeFi researcher Ignas.
There have been billions in Ether ETF inflows in August, digital asset treasuries are still accumulating the asset, and whales are publicly rotating billions from BTC into ETH, yet the price has not surged because retail is selling, he added in a separate post.
“Supply moving from weak to strong hands. Same setup before every big run.”
$ETH has large ETF inflows, DATs buying, and HL whale publicly rotating billions of BTC into ETH.
Price still flat. Why?
Retail is selling:
• 100–1k ETH holders dumping
• 10k–100k whales loading fast
Supply moving from weak to strong hands. Same setup before every big run. pic.twitter.com/uk9UGZwbma
— Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas) August 30, 2025
“Capital has been rotating from Bitcoin into Ethereum,” said popular analyst Will Woo last week.
Meanwhile, VanEck CEO Jan van Eck labelled the asset “the Wall Street token” last week, explaining that financial institutions must adopt Ethereum to facilitate stablecoin transfers or risk falling behind.
Consensys founder Joseph Lubin made the bold prediction that “ETH will likely 100x from here. Probably much more,” because Wall Street needs it for decentralized rails. He also said that Ether will flip bitcoin as the monetary base.
ETH Price Stalls
No such bullishness is happening at the moment on spot markets as weak retail hands continue to sell, sending the asset down 1.4% on the day as it trades at $4,380.
Ether has now retreated almost 12% from its peak of $4,950 a week ago, but remains within its range-bound channel that formed three weeks ago when the asset broke above $4,000.
Analysts are still confident that Ether has a long way to go in this bull run despite it stalling at current levels.
ETHEREUM IS TRACKING GLOBAL LIQUIDITY
Accumulation is done.
The bull run is alive.
Global liquidity is expanding higher and $ETH is mirroring the move.
This isn’t hopium, it’s macro.
Miss it now, and you’ll be chasing above $6K. pic.twitter.com/Ggc2p5GxDS
— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) August 31, 2025
