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$LDO and $ETHFI dumped after proposal to reduce $ETH staking rewards. If passed, EIP-8361 would drop ETH yield from today's ~2.6% to ~1.2% at currently 33% of all ETH staked. And would drop to 0% yield after 50% staked. Lido accounts for 21% of all ETH staked, followed by Binance (7.9%) and Etherfi 4%. Although Etherfi is less exposed as 63% of its revenue now comes from card business. Still, this yield reduction affects whole DeFi ecosystem. Especially yield protocols like Aave and Fluid who generate fees from LST/ETH loopooors. Personally, I'd love even higher yield for ETH. It would clearly distinguish ETH from BTC as the yield asset to retail and institutions. And higher yield rewards most active onchain participants. LSTs like wstETH make ETH the smart collateral that grows in price over time. Passing yield reduction would make sense if ETH burn was increasing, but the opposite is happening as Ethereum scales and fees (thus burn) is decreasing. Not a fan of the proposal although my understanding on impact to Ethereum security is low :(

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Robert | Crypto Analyst @RobertNguyen_99 ·

@DefiIgnas Đọc tới đoạn yield về 0% mà thấy hơi xót, nhưng mà nếu giảm staking thì ETH khỏi bị lock nhiều, biết đâu giá lại ổn định hơn nhỉ? Mọi người nghĩ sao?

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TryHardSorry @tryhardsorry ·

@DefiIgnas the bigger question is whether the market is pricing businesses or narratives. etherfi is a good example. the company has diversified well beyond restaking, but the token still trades as if that’s its entire business. wtf?

LEV @lev_eth ·

@DefiIgnas Higher yield is literally the one thing that makes $ETH make sense as collateral in DeFi kill that and you kill the whole LST flywheel

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Leon @Leon_Defi · 10K

@DefiIgnas Killing the yield just turns ETH into a worse BTC. Nobody is sticking around for 1 percent

Siri | AI x Prediction arc @SiriOnchainX · 12K

@DefiIgnas lower yields kill the flywheel everyone wins when eth rewards active participation 🤝 pleasure connecting

David Arnal @davidarngar ·

@DefiIgnas The key question is whether lower issuance meaningfully improves decentralization/security versus simply pushing stake toward leveraged or off-chain yield. If rewards fall faster than the opportunity cost of capital, solo staking could become less—not more—competitive.

Eric SJ @sjbtc9 · 10K

@DefiIgnas I agree with you because I think the same way. If that proposal goes through, it could be devastating for the Ethereum ecosystem

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Dragan Pavlovic @DefiDragans ·

@DefiIgnas turning eth into btc lite lol

hekt0 @rq_crypto ·

@DefiIgnas eip-8361 hitting 0% yield at 50% staked basically kills the incentive to stake at all lido alone is already at 21% so that cliff comes faster than people think

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ATBA Capital @ATBACapital ·

@DefiIgnas Wow, chart dips, security needs priority

𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 @0xSprite_ · 12K

@DefiIgnas 0% yield turns smart collateral into BTC cosplay with gas fees

gyukatsu.hl @gyukatsu_maxi ·

@DefiIgnas this only works if you assume lido is fighting for organic yield and not for the right to be the only off-ramp for institutional staking exposure.

Ignas @DefiIgnas · 162K
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GuruVerseX @GuruVerseX · 16K

@DefiIgnas 1.2% won't hurt Lido first, it'll flush out solo stakers

Lou @0xLouz · 23K

@DefiIgnas rip to the leverage loopers

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Macro Bombastic @MacroBombastic · 10K

@DefiIgnas killing eth yield while burn drops is backwards, worse for defi

Async CMO ✨ @asyndefi ·

@DefiIgnas This is the real risk nobody talks about - protocol sustainability vs token economics. Once yield goes negative, where's the incentive to keep staking? haha

고조 체인 @GOJO_CHAIN ·

@DefiIgnas feels like yield rug

rostyk.eth @rostyketh ·

@DefiIgnas ethfi dumped because one of the VCs dumped their allocation yesterday

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Ski Bum 🦣 @SkiTheWeast ·

@DefiIgnas Where would higher yield come from tho? Higher emissions? I don’t mind reduced inflation, it makes ETH even stronger from an SoV standpoint

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Whitelist Media @Whitelist1Media · 29K

@DefiIgnas thank you, teacher

Elite🏝 @Eliteonchain · 20K

@DefiIgnas Dropping the yield to 1% will be terrible.

Man on a Bull @ManOnABull ·

@DefiIgnas you forgot to say that the ETH not being rewarded to stakers is going to be burned... again you seem you have an agenda against the ETH ecosystem.

The Web3 Dojo @defidojo_ · 11K

@DefiIgnas Interesting times, I was reading Aave's CEO responses on this matter this morning as well. I think they will refuse it but lets see

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pika2zero @ruggedpikachu ·

@DefiIgnas Double it and give it to the next person

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DeFi Andree @DeFi_Andree · 13K

@DefiIgnas 0% staking makes LST loops pure fee cosplay

TriDung.sol 🐬TermMax @TD_bbboys258 ·

@DefiIgnas turning eth into btc cosplay for 1 percent yield

T_Khanh2026.eth 🐬TermMax @0z_Dustin136 ·

@DefiIgnas turning eth into btc lite is a fast way to kill the whole lst flywheel

TECA @CryptoTeca__ · 187K

@DefiIgnas Killing ETH's yield to protect security? Not worth the trade-off.

IMPACT @Impactlabsxyz ·

@DefiIgnas ETH's performance has always been one of its value propositions against other assets.

RAVN @ravnexchange ·

@DefiIgnas Cutting staking yield is not just a Lido chart. It reprices LST loops, lending demand, and "ETH as yield asset" marketing. Security budget debates show up first as secondary token dumps, then as quieter utilization charts.

Queen_Jae🖤🥂 @TheQueen_Jae ·

@DefiIgnas Someone just said in the cs that the yield not allocated to takers is going to be burned so I guess there's a win somewhere

DeFi Tiger @defi_tigerr ·

@DefiIgnas 0% yield makes LST risk hard to defend