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Dep @0xDepressionn on x 44K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 17:23:17 UTC
rumor watch:
hearing that nasdaq just submitted an update around the ishares ethereum trust that ct is spinning as "staking soon".[ not confirmed] read that again
we have no official green light that blackrock can stake trust-held eth. what we do have is a fresh nasdaq 19b-4 amendment adding in-kind mechanics and other tweaks. i looked
zero clear language that authorizes staking. treat the staking headline as speculation until sec posts explicit approval
why the rumor is explosive anyway:
every us spot eth etf launched without staking because of custody, tax, and securities gray zones. that leaves ~3 percent native yield (varies) sitting idle inside billions of dollars of institutional $eth exposure
investors have been vocal that yield matters, and early eth funds have already started pulling meaningful inflows even without staking
if regulators crack that door open, product design and capital flows change fast
remember the solana moment:
the rex osprey $sol staking etf showed that tradfi wrappers can pass through staking economics when structured correctly. that product launch put a spotlight on how yield turns a plain exposure vehicle into an accrual machine and briefly juiced sol-adjacent assets like liquid staking tokens
$eth is orders of magnitude bigger
how i map scenarios if staking ever gets okayed for us eth funds (rough math, not gospel):
current spot eth fund flows trail btc by a wide margin; a yield-enabled wrapper narrows that gap because allocators can pitch "blue chip crypto + native income" to committees that crave carry
i’ve said before i could see eth flows climbing from the ~teens share of btc flows toward a high-teens or even ~20% range if yield is packaged cleanly over time. that flow multiple alone re-rates the asset. opinion, not a model
price frames i care about if the market believes staking-enabled inflows are coming:
short window relief → reclaim $4k handle (psych + options gamma) narrative repricing → $5k+ into pre-approval front-run
full etf + staking live into cycle blowoff → $6k to $10k band not crazy if btc holds macro. none of this is guaranteed. sizing matters
(targets are my own read; see yield + flow backdrop above)
last thing
when we called the sol staking etf bullish for memes, it wasn’t the etf itself. it was the liquidity knock-on. tradfi buys the index. degen rotation chases beta. same reflex loop could set up in eth land if staking switches on. line up your watchlist now so you’re not panic-bridging later
not advice rumor until it isn’t
how are you positioned for a yield-enabled $ETH world?
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