Bitwise to Purchase Refrain One as Crypto Staking Demand Accelerates

Bitwise Asset Administration is reportedly buying institutional staking supplier Refrain One, extending its push into cryptocurrency yield providers.

The acquisition provides a serious staking operation to the crypto asset supervisor’s platform as demand for onchain yield merchandise will increase amongst each retail and institutional buyers.

Refrain One gives staking providers for decentralized networks and at present has $2.2 billion in belongings staked, in response to its web site.

The monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing statements from each corporations.

Cointelegraph reached out to Bitwise and Refrain One for remark, however had not acquired a response by publication.

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Ethereum staking demand surges as validator queue swells

Ethereum validator queue information reveals a surge in demand to stake Ether (ETH). The entry queue has swelled to greater than 4 million ETH, translating right into a wait time of over 70 days.

Virtually 37 million ETH, or simply over 30% of whole provide, is now staked, with near 1 million lively validators securing the community. This means that extra holders are selecting to lock up ETH regardless of lengthy delays.

The rising curiosity in staking has pushed different main asset managers to combine yield into regulated crypto merchandise. Morgan Stanley filed to launch a spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will stake a part of its holdings to generate passive returns. Grayscale can also be getting ready to distribute staking rewards from its Ethereum Belief ETF, the primary payout tied to onchain staking by a US-listed spot crypto exchange-traded product.

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Crypto M&A hits document

Bitwise’s deal additionally follows a surge within the crypto trade’s mergers and acquisitions in 2025, reaching $8.6 billion throughout a document 133 transactions by November, surpassing the mixed whole of the earlier 4 years.