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Lido announced the integration of direct ETH staking functionality for Arbitrum, Base, Linea, and Optimism Layer 2 networks into its official staking interface, which was announced on October 15. This process is supported by Chainlink's cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP, allowing users to directly obtain wstETH on the originating network without manually transferring ETH across chains to Ethereum and back.Lido stated that users' ETH will be exchanged for wstETH through dedicated liquidity pools on the same L2, with the Chainlink price feed reflecting the exchange rate of the Lido protocol rather than the exchange market price. The underlying staking still occurs on the Ethereum mainnet: the ETH deposited by users on L2 will automatically be transferred to Ethereum and staked through Lido, after which wstETH will be sent back to replenish the local liquidity pool. Users receive the wrapped version of stETH, wstETH, which maintains a fixed balance while its value reflects staking rewards.This functionality integrates existing cross-chain infrastructure into Lido's own interface. Lido previously introduced relevant channels for Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism in October 2024, with third-party frontends including XSwap, OpenOcean, and Interport, while Linea followed up in October 2025. In terms of fees, users will still need to pay L2 transaction gas, and cross-chain costs come from the separately funded contract balance rather than staker deposits;

According to a report by Business Wire, Interactive Brokers has launched a cryptocurrency staking service for eligible clients, with the staking service provided by Zerohash.In the initial phase, eligible Interactive Brokers LLC clients can stake Ethereum through the staking panel in the client portal, submit staking or unstaking requests, and view pending statuses. Rewards will be distributed in the form of staking tokens and can accrue interest during the staking period.Interactive Brokers CEO Milan Galik stated that similar to its stock yield enhancement program, the staking service allows clients to earn additional income from their held crypto assets. Currently, Interactive Brokers supports trading of 20 digital assets and allows deposits using USDC, RLUSD, and PYUSD.

Sui liquidity staking protocol Volo announced that the additional incentives for Volo Dowsure stable vault S1 participants are now online. Eligible S1 participants can now claim additional incentives denominated in USD through the exclusive claim page of the Dow Protocol.Volo stated that all eligible Sui wallet addresses and the corresponding deposit amounts have been provided to the Dow Protocol. Participants need to connect and bind their EVM wallet, and after completing the S1 participation verification, they can claim the aforementioned incentives on the Dow Protocol website.

The decentralized wallet imToken has launched a new ETH staking brand, imToken Stake, focusing on the Ethereum staking scenario, providing users with three participation methods: non-custodial staking, liquid staking, and independent staking.According to the introduction, imToken Stake targets different types of ETH holders, covering long-term holders with 32 ETH or more, small flexible participants, and tech-savvy users who wish to run their own validators. Among these, non-custodial staking allows users to complete the staking process within the wallet while retaining control over withdrawals; validator deployment, operation, monitoring, and maintenance are provided by imToken in collaboration with professional node infrastructure service providers.Currently, imToken's non-custodial staking supports a "compound interest" model, allowing users to choose to create a compound validator, enabling staking rewards to continuously accumulate and automatically reinvest to enhance the efficiency of long-term staking funds. imToken states that imToken Stake will continue to focus on security, autonomy, and transparency, providing users with a clearer and more reliable ETH staking experience.

The public chain Aptos posted on X that the Aptos Foundation has committed to locking and permanently staking 210 million APT, which accounts for about 37% of the APT it held at the launch of its mainnet.The aforementioned tokens will not be sold or distributed. The foundation's operations will be supported by the staking rewards generated from these tokens, rather than selling the locked tokens themselves. Aptos stated that more updates will be released in the future and has synchronized a complete update on the token economics.

According to official news, the DeAgentAI token $AIA has been launched on the South Korean exchange Bithumb's Korean Won market, opening the AIA/KRW trading pair. Its principal-protected staking financial plan has also officially opened. Users can participate with USDC, and upon maturity, the platform will return the equivalent amount of USDC in full according to the product terms, while additionally earning rewards of up to 50% of the actual staked AIA amount.The plan features three staking pools: Ultra, Boost, and Fast, with total AIA rewards over a 12-month period being 50%, 40%, and 35% of the actual amount bought and staked, respectively. The first rewards from the three pools will be distributed uniformly after the fundraising period ends in the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st months, respectively, and will then be automatically distributed monthly. The amount of USDC returned at maturity does not fluctuate with the AIA coin price, and the originally bought and staked AIA will not be returned.The initial open quota is 500,000 USDC, with a minimum participation amount of 350 USDC per transaction, and it will close once full. Users can buy AIA using USDC on the BNB Chain through the official page and complete the staking in the same transaction. For participation methods and complete rules, please refer to the official staking page.

According to official news, DeAgentAI's $AIA will be launched on the Bithumb Korean Won market, with the new AIA/KRW trading pair expected to open for trading on October 8 at 14:00 (Korean time, 13:00 Beijing time). At the same time, DeAgentAI is launching the $AIA principal protection staking plan, which allows participation with USDC, and upon maturity, the equivalent amount of USDC will be fully returned according to the rules, with additional rewards of up to 50% of the actual staked amount in AIA.The staking plan offers three pools: Ultra, Boost, and Fast, with total AIA rewards over a 12-month period being 50%, 40%, and 35% of the actual staked amount, respectively. The first rewards will be distributed uniformly after the end of the current fundraising period in the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st months, and thereafter will be automatically distributed monthly, allowing participants to choose between higher rewards and earlier receipt.The current open limit for staking is 500,000 USDC, with a minimum single transaction of 350 USDC, available in limited quantities until full. Participation requires going through the official page, using USDC on the BNB Chain to buy and stake AIA, and the originally purchased and staked AIA will not be returned upon maturity.

On October 6, the U.S. IRS released Revenue Procedure 2026-20, updating and replacing Revenue Procedure 2025-31 published in November 2025, clarifying that eligible investment trusts and grantor trusts can participate in PoS staking while retaining tax benefits.The IRS defines compliant staking as "property preservation activities," allowing trusts to remain on the passive side and retain their status as investment trusts and grantor trusts (IRC Sections 671 to 677). This safe harbor includes 14 requirements, including shares listed on national exchanges, holding only a single digital asset, assets held by qualified custodians, liquidity policies approved by the SEC, and not hoarding staking rewards. This guidance applies to tax years ending on or after November 10, 2025.

The DeFi insurance protocol Firelight has begun underwriting, with its insurance payouts backed by 50.02 million XRP staked on the Flare network. The first batch of underwritten positions is directed towards two Sentora vaults.According to the arrangement, relevant claims will be adjudicated by a coalition of five institutions with a three-fifths majority vote, and the audit report for the underwriting contracts is currently marked as forthcoming.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, 6 hours ago, GMGN transferred 11,999.5 ETH to the Coinbase Batch Staking address for staking.It is worth noting that a week ago, GMGN deposited ETH worth 16.38 million dollars into the trading platform, suspected to be for sale.

The Ethereum staking withdrawal queue has retreated from last week's peak. After MetaMask began withdrawing validators, the withdrawal queue once climbed to about 851,000 ETH, and is currently down to about 767,000 ETH. Previously, on September 29, the queue was only about 166,000 ETH, growing more than five times in just a few days, reaching about 2% of the total staked ETH of approximately 43.6 million.On September 30, MetaMask disclosed a security incident affecting some of its infrastructure and took the affected validators offline as a precaution. Its update on October 1 stated that the investigation found no signs of impact on wallets or customer funds. In addition to its wallet services, MetaMask also operates validators for the staking service provider Lido. Ethereum security researcher Kaden estimates that this precautionary withdrawal involves about 17,000 validators and approximately 523,000 ETH, although MetaMask has not confirmed this data.Lido expects that as the affected validators withdraw and their balances are extracted, these ETH will gradually be restaked, a process that may take about 45 days. During the downtime, the affected validators will miss out on rewards, and Lido stated that stETH holders do not need to take any action. Meanwhile, the demand for entering the staking queue has cooled, with about 1.5 million ETH waiting to enter, and the estimated waiting time is about 25 days.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, a certain address withdrew 1,420 ETH from OKX in the past 3 hours, worth 3.823 million dollars, with a withdrawal price of 2,692.47 dollars, and has since been deposited into Lido staking.

The founder of Liebit Mining Pool, Jiang Zhuoer, posted on the X platform stating that the number of ETH queued for withdrawal from staking has risen to 850,000, with the waiting time increasing to 14.77 days, both of which are the highest within 2026. This indicates that a group of coin holders believes the current coin price is relatively high and needs to sell coins to lock in profits.

EIP-8363 co-sponsor Jérôme de Tychey announced the withdrawal of the application to include the proposal in the Hegotá hard fork, and the discussion on the related issuance policy will shift to an independent topic.

The Polygon Foundation announced on the X platform that the PIP-92 proposal has been officially activated, and the staking rewards for the Polygon Chain will be increased to an expected 7.7%. This incentive will last until December 1, 2026.According to PIP-92, the 27.3 million POL priority fees accumulated by the network will be used to enhance the reward earnings for stakers over the next two months.

The liquidity staking protocol Lido announced that MetaMask Staking (formerly Consensys Staking) has taken precautionary measures to protect customer assets related to its Ethereum validators after investigating an infrastructure breach incident. The related measures include withdrawing its Ethereum validators from the Lido protocol, which may result in some loss of rewards. If the validators go offline recently to reduce potential network slashing risks, it may also incur downtime penalties.Lido stated that the related validators have begun to withdraw, with the last batch expected to complete the withdrawal by October 7, 2026, but full withdrawals may not be completed by then. stETH holders do not need to take any action. The ETH withdrawn from the validators operated by MetaMask Staking is expected to gradually return to the protocol during the cycle of the validators completing the withdrawal, withdrawing, and re-entering, with the estimated maximum duration of this process being about 45 days due to extended queuing times.Lido reminds that staking operations are non-custodial, and MetaMask does not manage withdrawal keys on behalf of customers. The diversified node operators of the Lido protocol and other security mechanisms, including a temporary reserve of over 6,750 stETH, are designed to control and mitigate disruptions to the normal operation of the protocol. A comprehensive investigation is ongoing, and further updates will be announced separately.

Aave founder Stani posted on the X platform, stating that the team is currently monitoring the progress of the MetaMask Staking infrastructure security incident in collaboration with Lido.Stani mentioned that the Aave market is currently unaffected, and all operations are running normally.

Cosmos ecosystem liquid staking protocol Stride announced today that it is proposing an orderly shutdown of the Stride chain. The team stated that stToken can still be redeemed normally on Stride before October 12; after that, redemptions will be suspended to allow the underlying assets to complete the unbinding.According to the plan, redemptions are expected to resume around November 20 on Osmosis. Stride also stated that the stToken held by users will not expire.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, about 25 minutes ago, HyperCore transferred 447,824 HYPE to the liquid staking protocol Kinetiq, worth approximately 39.56 million USD.