The share of staked Ethereum (ETH) classified as institutional reached 35.3% at the end of June 2026, up from 25.9% at the end of 2025, according to the type-by-type breakdown in Lido DAO's first-half report. The 9.4 percentage point advance counts only Ether that has already been staked.

The figures were disclosed in Lido DAO's report covering the first half of 2026, which breaks down the staking supply by participant type and shows how much of the already-staked ETH is attributed to institutional participants. Because the metric is measured against the staking supply rather than Ethereum's total supply, the 35.3% figure describes the composition of who is staking, not the size of institutions' overall ETH holdings. A rising share over the period also means the institutional segment grew faster in relative terms than staking attributed to other participant types.

Background on Lido and Ethereum Staking

Lido is a liquid staking protocol on Ethereum. Participants who stake through the protocol receive stETH, a liquid staking token that represents their staked Ether and accrues staking rewards, allowing holders to keep their assets transferable while their ETH secures the network. The protocol is governed by Lido DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization whose LDO token is used for governance decisions.

Ethereum's staking mechanism went live with the launch of the Beacon Chain in December 2020, and the network completed its transition to proof-of-stake consensus in September 2022 with the Merge. Under the current system, validators must commit 32 ETH each and earn rewards for proposing and attesting to blocks.

Institutional participation in staking typically involves custodians, staking-as-a-service providers, asset managers and exchanges staking ETH on behalf of clients or their own treasuries. Protocol teams such as Lido DAO publish periodic reports that break down the staking supply by participant category, and the institutional share of the staking supply is one of the metrics covered in these disclosures. For readers tracking the metric, Lido DAO's next periodic disclosure would provide an updated participant-type breakdown and show whether the institutional share moved further from the 35.3% recorded at the end of June 2026.

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