Ethereum staking yield slips to 2.63% as staked ETH hits 43.8 million

Ethereum stakers earned an average annualized 2.63% in the third quarter, down from 2.81% as staked supply reached a record 43.8 million ETH. Issuance pays more than 96% of Ethereum’s yield 35.9% of the total ETH supply is locked up. Net inflows added 1.99 million ETH during the quarter, the sixth successive quarter of positive flows. 7.96 million ETH were staked across the first nine months of 2026. “As more ETH is staked, rewards are distributed across a larger pool, reducing the yield earned on each ETH,” Bitwise researchers wrote . More than 96% of the yield was paid out in freshly minted ETH, with the rest coming from MEV and priority fees. Ethereum’s network revenue declined to $40.6 million from $63 million in Q2.

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