Ethereum Foundation Stakes Another 45,034 ETH Worth $93.11M

The claim behind this headline is not fully verified. The official and on-chain evidence in the research brief supports an Ethereum Foundation treasury staking program, but it does not independently confirm the larger additional batch described in the headline.

What the Evidence Confirms

The clearest official statement came on February 24, 2026, when the Ethereum Foundation said it had begun staking a portion of its treasury and that approximately 70,000 ETH would be deployed, with rewards directed back to the EF treasury. That post matters because it establishes staking as an announced treasury action, not a rumor about an isolated wallet movement.

Approximately 70,000 ETH

On-chain records show at least one confirmed deposit tied to that rollout. Etherscan lists transaction 0x65c8c8754cbd267af871d883eceee01231e573ea6548696d7e2293b2cb35944e as successful on February 24, 2026 at 08:25:35 UTC, moving 2,016 ETH from EF: DeFi Multisig to the Beacon Deposit Contract; the explorer also identifies a validator pubkey beginning 0xaa4572c7. That is direct on-chain evidence of treasury ETH being deposited for staking.

The move also fits the Foundation’s published treasury framework. In its June 4, 2025 Treasury Policy, the EF said its ether deployment strategies include solo staking and set current targets at 15% of treasury for annual operating expenses with a 2.5-year buffer. Read alongside the February staking announcement, that policy suggests the deposits were consistent with an already disclosed treasury plan.

What Remains Unverified

The strongest later confirmation in the brief came from Cointelegraph’s March 30, 2026 report, which said the Foundation executed 11 validator deposits totaling about $46.2 million as it accelerated the previously announced staking plan. That report supports the idea of additional batches after the initial on-chain deposit, but it still falls short of verifying the larger amount named in the headline.

That distinction matters because the brief explicitly says no explorer transaction hash or authoritative page was found for the headline-sized batch, while the best-supported record set is the official February 24 announcement, the confirmed on-chain deposit, and the later March 30 report. For readers tracking how crypto balance-sheet and infrastructure narratives are evaluated, the same focus on primary records also shapes DeFi Laban’s coverage of Circle cirBTC Launch Targets Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin Market and Coinbase OCC Conditional Approval Report: What Bloomberg’s Claim Means for COIN.

Until a new explorer entry or an official Ethereum Foundation update appears, the sources used here, namely the staking announcement, the Etherscan transaction record, and Cointelegraph’s later confirmation of additional deposits, support a narrower conclusion: the EF is staking treasury ETH under a previously disclosed strategy, but the specific new batch in the headline is not yet independently established by the evidence in this brief.

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