Institutional participation in Ethereum staking is expanding, but Lido accounted for only 5.7% of staking growth during the first half of the year, according to CryptoSlate. The figure points to a declining share for the liquid-staking platform even as overall institutional demand increases. CryptoSlate also highlighted a negative NEST budget, using it to illustrate the limits of relying on deposits alone to finance purchases. The developments place attention on both the scale of Ethereum’s staking market and how growth is distributed among providers. For ETH market watchers, the report suggests that rising institutional staking activity is not translating into equivalent growth for Lido. The source did not provide additional figures on total staking growth or explain the specific composition of the institutional activity.
