Ether waiting to enter staking has fallen by more than a quarter since early September, while the exit queue hit its longest of 2026. Ether waiting to leave Ethereum staking surged more than fivefold in three days, reaching about 851,000 ETH on Oct. 2 after MetaMask began withdrawing validators following a security incident. About 786,000 ETH, worth more than $2 billion, remained in the exit queue Monday, with an estimated wait of nearly 14 days because Ethereum limits how quickly validators ca…
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