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Ethereum Staking Exit Queue Hits Record Length as Ether Withdrawals Stall

The Ethereum staking exit queue has reached its longest point of 2026, while the amount of Ether waiting to enter staking has dropped by over a quarter since early September.

1 publisher · 1 article · first seen 5 Oct 2026 · updated 33d ago

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How the odds moved · 2,000 to 2,249.99
0%50%100%8%1 Oct, 17:23 UTCnowCoinDesk: Ethereum investors are stuck in a two-week staking exit line. Here's why. · 5 Oct, 06:40 UTC

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1 publisher has covered this in 1 article since 5 Oct 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 5 October at 06:40 UTC.

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  • 2,000 to 2,249.99 — the market puts it at 8%, with $394 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jan 2027. The outcome is Yes if the average price of ETH/USD during the sixty seconds before midnight Eastern Time on January 1, 2027, falls between $2,000 and $2,249.99. The source of truth is strictly the CF Benchmarks ETHUSD_RTI data feed. Readers often mistake the resolution time for the date of the linked news story or confuse this specific price range with other market outcomes.
  • Will Ethereum dip to $1,500 by December 31, 2026? — the market puts it at 7%, with $7k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jan 2027. The market resolves to Yes if the lowest price on Binance’s ETH/USDT one-minute chart reaches $1,500 between November 24, 2025, and December 31, 2026. It resolves to No if that specific low never occurs within this window. Readers often mistake other exchanges or different trading pairs for the source of truth, but only Binance data counts.

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  1. Ethereum investors are stuck in a two-week staking exit line. Here's why. CoinDesk ·

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  • Kalshi 2,000 to 2,249.99 8% −1 $394 24hends 1 Jan 2027

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  • Polymarket Will Ethereum dip to $1,500 by December 31, 2026? 7% +1 $7k 24hends 1 Jan 2027

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