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According to data from CryptoRank.io, the total TVL of global liquid staking protocols fell to $33.4 billion in the second quarter of 2026, a decrease of 56.1% from the historical high of $76 billion in the third quarter of 2025, marking three consecutive quarters of decline.Specifically, the fourth quarter of 2025 was $61.4 billion, the first quarter of 2026 was $45.2 billion, and the second quarter further dropped to $33.4 billion. The liquid staking sector continues to face pressure, reflecting that the overall DeFi ecosystem is still in a weak cycle.

The Ethereum treasury company Sharplink stated on platform X that since launching the ETH treasury strategy, the company's total staking rewards have reached 22,102 ETH.In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards obtained by the company last week amounted to 509 ETH.

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum is embroiled in a fierce governance debate over the source of core development funding. Last Friday, former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps warned that as old support programs deplete and foundation expenditures shrink, the core development ecosystem could face a "slow-burning funding crisis" within three to nine months, requiring approximately $30 million annually to maintain over a dozen clients, research, and coordination teams.The core of the debate stems from the "validator redirect income" proposal put forward by Kleros co-founder Clément Lesaege, which suggests redirecting 0% to 10% of validator rewards to an ecosystem funding pool, estimated to generate about 50,000 to 70,000 ETH annually at current staking levels. This proposal has faced widespread opposition, with critics warning that it could entrench the power of large validators and blur the boundaries between operations and governance. Some community members previously countered that the foundation's funds are sufficient to operate for 30 years, but the foundation's actual decisions indicate that it is actively shrinking expenditures and pushing for diversified funding models.On Monday, a nonprofit organization called EthLabs was announced, initiated by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers, aiming to directly fund development through large ETH holders. On Tuesday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the foundation is cutting its budget by about 40% according to established policies and has recently laid off 54 people.

The Ethereum community is debating the proposal to tax staking rewards. The newly established EthLabs has received support from institutions such as BitMine, providing off-chain funding alternatives for ecological development.

According to Cointelegraph, three major crypto lobbying organizations—the Blockchain Association, the Crypto Innovation Council, and the Digital Chamber of Commerce—jointly wrote to the U.S. Congress, requesting the unaltered passage of the "Mining and Staking Tax Clarity Act" without further amendments. The bill allows miners and stakers to choose to pay taxes either when they receive crypto rewards or when they sell their assets, aiming to address liquidity issues caused by "taxation on phantom income."Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford proposed an amendment to limit the deferral of crypto reward taxes to five years, but the CEO of the Crypto Innovation Council stated that the amendment would "undermine" the bill and only generate "negligible revenue." The American Bankers Association opposes the bill, claiming it gives cryptocurrencies a "significant advantage," while crypto lobbying groups believe that renegotiating the already reached compromise will "revive the issues the bill aims to resolve."

According to CoinDesk, major lobbying organizations in the U.S. cryptocurrency industry jointly sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, urging the advancement of the "Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act," advocating for tax treatment options for cryptocurrency miners and staking income recipients. The bill was introduced by Republican Congressman Mike Carey, and its core content allows taxpayers to choose the timing of taxation when they receive new mining or staking assets—either paying taxes at the time the assets are generated or deferring taxes until the final sale.Industry associations, including the Blockchain Association, Digital Chamber, and Crypto Council for Innovation, have expressed support, arguing that the current tax system may force users participating in network security maintenance to bear tax burdens before they have realized the assets. Supporters claim that the proposal does not provide "indefinite deferral," but rather avoids immediate taxation on income that has not yet realized liquidity, thereby alleviating cash flow pressure on miners and validators.However, Democratic lawmakers and some external critics are concerned that this mechanism could be exploited by large mining companies for long-term tax deferral, especially in the context of some publicly listed or politically connected companies participating in mining operations, raising potential policy arbitrage disputes. Meanwhile, the industry's focus remains on the broader "Digital Asset Market Structure Act" (Clarity Act), but tax issues have become the second key battleground, expected to continue advancing in tandem with regulatory framework legislation in the coming weeks.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 22, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $86.03 million, a decrease of 13.97% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) spent approximately $34.9 million last week to purchase 520 Bitcoins at a price of $67,068, increasing its total holdings to 847,363 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking nine consecutive weeks without purchases.Additionally, four other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. The Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on June 17 that it spent $7.43 million to purchase 95 Bitcoins at an undisclosed price, bringing its total holdings to 2,899 Bitcoins; the Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on June 21 that it invested $1.15 million to purchase 18 Bitcoins at a price of $64,121, increasing its total holdings to 3,822 Bitcoins; the asset management company Strive announced from June 15 to June 21 that it spent $49.98 million to purchase 759 Bitcoins at a price of $65,850, raising its total holdings to 19,864 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,142,276 Bitcoins, an increase of 1.87% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.417 billion, accounting for 5.7% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

According to an open letter released by The Blockchain Association, multiple organizations related to cryptocurrency and blockchain have written to Jason Smith, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, and senior member Richard Neal, supporting the passage of H.R. 9175, the "Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act," as originally proposed by Congressman Mike Carey.The joint letter states that the bill provides a compromise solution for the taxation timing and nature of PoW mining and PoS staking rewards under the "self-created assets" tax framework, avoiding immediate taxation on "unrealized gains" and reducing forced selling and compliance burdens. It also opposes the addition of additional clauses such as a five-year mandatory confirmation in the existing text, urging Congress to legislate as soon as possible to stabilize the tax expectations for blockchain validation activities in the United States.

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum research forum has released a new proposal introducing the "validator redirect revenue" mechanism, allowing validators to redirect 0% to 10% of staking rewards to fund ecosystem infrastructure and public goods. If a majority of validators support a certain percentage, that percentage will be enforced for all validators. Based on current staking levels, a redirect of 5% to 10% could bring approximately 50,000 to 70,000 ETH to the ecosystem each year, equivalent to about 120 million dollars.The proposal aims to address the long-standing "free-rider" problem in Ethereum, but it has also raised concerns about the risks of validators jointly manipulating the flow of funds and the misalignment of interests between staking operators and ETH holders. The proposal is currently still in the discussion phase and has not yet entered the formal voting process.

According to the official announcement, Gate has officially launched the USD1 on-chain staking product, further enriching the USD1 earning scenarios. Users can participate in staking with a minimum of just 1 USD1 and obtain real on-chain earnings with one click. Currently, the reference annualized yield for USD1 on-chain staking is 13.41%. In addition, the reference annualized interest rate for holding Gate USD1 is currently 8%, providing users with diversified earning options. According to DefiLlama data, the holding scale of Gate USD1 has surpassed 908 million USD.In addition to USD1, Gate also offers multi-currency on-chain staking services. As of the time of publication, the reference annualized yields are: GUSD 2.80%, BTC 2.67%, ETH 4.18%, SOL 8.01%, and USDT 3.47%. Users can flexibly participate in on-chain earning opportunities based on their asset allocation needs to obtain stable earning opportunities.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, address 0xeef...00C continued to withdraw 136,500 HYPE (10 million USD) from exchanges such as OKX 9 hours ago and deposited it into staking.Since June 1, this address has continuously withdrawn HYPE from multiple centralized exchanges and staked it, with a total of 1,314,000 HYPE (91.67 million USD) withdrawn and staked, at an average withdrawal price of 69.7 USD.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve's "hawkish" tone is rising tonight, and expectations for interest rate hikes are strengthening. After taking office, Waller shortened the statement, established a working group, and is conducting a comprehensive review of external communication methods.

Data from beaconcha.in shows that there are approximately 2.8841 million ETH in the Ethereum validator entry queue waiting to be staked. Based on the rate of processing 256 validators per epoch, new participants need to wait 50 days and 2 hours to officially participate in staking. There are only 89,800 ETH in the exit queue, with a waiting time of 1 day and 13 hours, and it will take an additional 7.7 days for the funds to be automatically withdrawn. Currently, there are about 888,000 active validators on the network, with a total staked ETH amount reaching 39.5 million, accounting for 32.45% of the total ETH supply, and the current annualized staking yield is 2.74%.

According to @ETH_Daily, the current exit queue for Ethereum staking is basically zero. If you apply to exit now, it can be completed in a few minutes without waiting in line. Meanwhile, nearly 3 million ETH are piled up in the staking entry queue, and applicants need to wait about 50 days to start staking. This indicates that stakers are not withdrawing; instead, more funds are choosing to lock in long-term and participate in staking, reflecting an increasing long-term confidence in Ethereum as an income-generating asset.

According to Cryptopolitan, Japanese gaming company Enish has liquidated all of its 8.063 bitcoins at a loss of approximately $160,000 and is shifting to a Solana ecosystem staking strategy, targeting an annual yield of 6% to 8%. The company stated that the DAT 1 strategy, which relies on the rise in cryptocurrency asset prices, has become increasingly difficult to sustain amid market volatility, while the DAT 2 strategy, which generates continuous income through staking and validator operations, has become the new direction.Enish plans to use the approximately $46,000 raised from the sale of bitcoins and the issuance of warrants and bonds for Solana validator operations and has contacted Japanese Solana infrastructure provider Solplanet to utilize its white-label validator program. This is the second publicly listed company to abandon hoarding bitcoin reserves within ten days.

The Ethereum treasury company SharpLink posted on platform X that since launching the ETH treasury strategy, the company's accumulated staking rewards in Ethereum have reached 21,119 ETH.In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards obtained by the company last week amounted to 529 ETH.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the U.S. House of Representatives' fundraising committee held a crypto tax hearing at 2 PM local time, introducing six separate bills and a discussion draft beforehand. The six bills cover crypto donations, taxation of mining and staking, reporting requirements, equal tax treatment, voluntary disclosure, and applying existing anti-abuse tax rules to digital assets; the discussion draft addresses offshore crypto tax evasion.The committee stated that the aforementioned bills aim to create clarity, fairness, and operability for digital assets, and to maintain the U.S. position as a global crypto hub. Witnesses attending the hearing included representatives from Fidelity, Coinbase, Coin Center, and NYU's Tax Law Center.

Coinbase's Head of Institutional Strategy, John D'Agostino, stated that despite Bitcoin recently dropping below $60,000, large investors such as family offices and sovereign wealth funds did not panic, but rather viewed the decline as a buying opportunity at a discount. He mentioned that these institutions were optimistic when Bitcoin was at $125,000, remained interested at $100,000, and "liked it even more" around $65,000. Bitcoin fell to $59,200 last Friday, marking its lowest point since October 2024, down about 50% from its peak of over $126,000 in October 2025.D'Agostino believes that institutional confidence remains strong, investments in related market infrastructure continue, and Bitcoin ETF holdings are resilient. Currently, Bitcoin ETF exposure is still around $100 billion, even though the price has nearly halved from its peak, with retail interest retracting by about 15%. He also downplayed concerns about large institutional leveraged positions being forced to liquidate, stating that he is not aware of any major institutional Bitcoin holders being in a "severely over-leveraged" state.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed company TON Strategy disclosed that it obtained approximately 3.3 million TON rewards by staking about 227 million Toncoin in May, equivalent to about 5.6 million USD at market price, with a preliminary annualized staking yield of approximately 1.48%.The company has staked almost all of its held TON and supports a series of effective network upgrades in the latest governance proposal, including improving smart contract execution efficiency, block synchronization, and verification capabilities to enhance throughput and scalability.

Humanity Protocol ($H) recently announced that its Staking feature has officially launched on Humanity Chain. According to the official announcement, this staking event has set a total initial reward pool of 30M $H, which, based on the recent peak of $H, has a total value of approximately 28M USD, open to long-term participants in the ecosystem.The launch of this Staking feature occurs against the backdrop of a rapid increase in trading activity for H. Previously, H recorded high trading volumes on exchanges such as Bithumb and Bybit, and in some trading scenarios, it was directly compared to Worldcoin (WLD). The introduction of the Staking feature is also seen as a further step by Humanity Protocol to enhance long-term holding stickiness, consolidate on-chain liquidity, and promote the construction of the Humanity Chain ecosystem.Two major Humanity Chain staking pools are open, with a maximum APR reaching 10,658%.According to the information on the event page, the Humanity Chain Staking primarily sets up two staking pools.Among them, the 6-month staking pool is configured with 10M $H rewards; the 4-year staking pool is configured with 20M $H rewards. Users can choose the corresponding staking plan based on their different needs for lock-up periods and liquidity.At the beginning of the event, the staking page showed that the maximum APR once reached 10,658%. Since the staking yield will dynamically change with the number of participants, total staking scale, and reward distribution, the actual APR will be based on real-time data from the event page.In terms of participation, users can transfer assets to the Humanity Chain wallet through exchanges that support native H, or they can transfer assets from the ETH chain to Humanity Chain via the official cross-chain bridge to participate in staking.Rewards are distributed according to the proportion of staking, and the ecological transaction fee sharing is expected to be released simultaneously.This staking reward will be allocated based on the user's asset proportion in the corresponding staking pool. In other words, the proportion of the user's staking scale to the total staking scale in the pool will directly affect their share of the rewards.In addition to the fixed reward pool, the official also mentioned that users participating in Staking will have the opportunity to share in the transaction fee income generated by validators and verification services within the Humanity Protocol ecosystem in the future. This means that Staking is not just a short-term incentive activity but is also tied to the subsequent verification services, ecosystem usage, and on-chain economic model of Humanity Chain.From a market perspective, the launch of the 30M $H reward pool provides holders with a new on-chain income entry point while also helping to convert some circulating chips into long-term staking positions. As the Humanity Chain mainnet ecosystem gradually advances, Staking may become an important step for H to transition from trading heat to on-chain ecosystem consolidation.