Ethereum Foundation Nears 70K ETH Staking Target Amid Treasury Strategy Shift

• As part of its redesigned treasury strategy policy, which was unveiled in June 2025, the EF started staking ETH in February.
• Arkham Intelligence data shows that the EF staked 2,047 ETH worth of coins in a series of transactions on Friday.

Staking more than 45,000 Ether (ETH) on Friday brought the total amount staked to roughly 69,500 ETH, just 500 coins short of the Ethereum Foundation’s (EF) 70,000 objective. The EF is a non-profit organization that guides the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Arkham Intelligence data shows that the EF staked 2,047 ETH worth of coins in a series of transactions on Friday, for a total staked value of roughly $92.2 million.

As part of its redesigned treasury strategy policy, which was unveiled in June 2025, the EF started staking ETH in February. The yield will be used to finance ecosystem funding, protocol development, and research.

Smart Move to Pay Expenditures

In February, the foundation staked 2,016 ETH, which was worth around $4.1 million. In March, they staked 22,517 ETH, which was worth roughly $46.1 million. The Ethereum Beacon Deposit Contract has been used by the EF to lock over $143 million worth of ETH, as reported by Arkham Intelligence.

Instead of constantly selling tokens to finance operations, the Ethereum community pushed the EF to use its treasury to pay expenditures, which led to the adoption of a yield-bearing treasury policy.

In a network hardfork, when the network is split into two competing chains, validators—who hold tokens to secure proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain networks—can influence which chain is considered valid.

In January 2025, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, said that if EF stakes, themselves, it effectively requires them to take a position on any future contentious hard fork. Buterin went on to say that the EF is looking at measures to reduce the dangers of centralization caused by its staking activity in case of a contested hard fork.

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