Key participants in the Ethereum ecosystem have been very active this week. Since launching the staking program on December 27, they have gradually locked in 544,064 ETH (worth approximately $1.7 billion) into the Ethereum PoS staking contracts within just 7 days.

The latest transaction occurred this morning, when they transferred an additional 82,560 ETH, valued at about $259 million. After this operation, their total staked amount accounts for 13.2% of their total ETH holdings (41.1 million ETH).

Judging by the pace of actions, this wave of staking is quite decisive—tens of thousands of dollars worth of ETH are entering the ecosystem daily. During this critical period of Ethereum ecosystem development, such large-scale staking activities are generally seen as signals of institutional confidence in the ecosystem's prospects.