Ethereum staking queue swells to nearly 2.6M ETH, a 2.5-year high

The Ethereum staking queue currently holds approximately 2,597,838 ETH, a figure that marks a two-and-a-half-year high, crypto influencer Ted Pillows reported, citing data from validatorqueue. This surpasses the previous record of 1.759 million ETH set on Jan. 10. While the current wait time to become a new Ethereum validator is approximately 45 days and two hours, the unstaking queue is empty.