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Defi Educator Says $22 Billion in ETH 2.0 Funds Won’t Be Liquid Immediately After PoS Transition

As Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) gets closer and the network’s hashrate taps another all-time high, the Ethereum 2.0 contract is close to nearing 13 million ether worth $22.6 billion using today’s ether exchange rates. Moreover, according to a decentralized finance (defi) educator, the $22.6 billion worth of ethereum that continues to grow won’t be unlocked until another upgrade is enforced following The Merge.

Ethereum 2.0 Contract Nears 13 Million Ether Locked — Defi Educator Says The Merge Won’t Be a Negative Price Catalyst

On June 4, 2022, etherscan.io’s webpage that hosts the Ethereum 2.0 contract, indicates that there’s 12,785,941 ether locked into the contract. The Ethereum 2.0 contract holds the funds for a great number of ETH validators as it takes 32 ETH to become a validator. Every single day, a decent quantity of validators lock funds in the contract and the current value locked in the contract is worth $22.6 billion using today’s ether exchange rates. During the last 24 hours, well over two dozen deposits of 32 ether ($56,684) have been added to the contract.

The $22.6 billion in ETH is locked and not liquid and may not be for quite some time. This means once the 32 ETH is deposited, the funds will remain locked up until plans are coordinated after the PoS transition. Just recently, the decentralized finance (defi) educator Korpi published a thread about the assumption that the 12.7 million ether will immediately be unlocked and dumped after The Merge.

“I’ve noticed some people consider The Merge as a negative price catalyst due to a supposed huge [ethereum] unlock — This is wrong,” Korpi explained on Twitter. “Staked [ethereum] won’t be unlocked at The Merge. The Merge won’t enable withdrawals. This is planned for another Ethereum upgrade which may take place 6-12 months after The Merge. In other words, both staked [ethereum] and staking rewards will not enter the circulation for a long time,” Korpi added. The defi educator continued:

Unlocked [ethereum] will be released slowly. Even when withdrawals are enabled, all staked [ethereum] won’t be immediately available. There will be an exit queue which may take more than a year in the worst-case scenario or several months in a more realistic one. [The] release will be slow.

Korpi Opines That ‘Ethereum Maxis’ Staking Coins Won’t Sell So Easily

Just recently, on June 4, at block height 14,902,285, Ethereum’s hashrate tapped an all-time high at 132 petahash per second (PH/s). At the end of May, ETH transaction fees hit a 10-month low as transaction costs dropped below $3. At the recent Permissionless conference, Ethereum software developer Preston Van Loon said The Merge could happen in August. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin confirmed that The Merge may be implemented by August, however, he also eluded to delays.

Amid the recent network records, Ethereum’s Beacon chain experienced a seven-block reorganization, and these types of issues may invoke a PoS transition delay. Ethereum’s Beacon chain is the chain that runs parallel alongside the proof-of-work (PoW) Ethereum network. Ethereum developer Tim Beiko recently detailed that The Merge will likely go live by the third quarter of 2022. Beiko further stressed that he “strongly suggests” ethereum (ETH) miners do not invest in more mining rigs going forward.

The defi educator Korpi continued his Twitter thread by explaining that the Ethereum 2.0 withdrawal process will be slow. “To withdraw [ethereum], a validator must exit the active validator set but there is a limit to how many validators can exit per epoch. There are currently 395k validators (active + pending). If no new ones are set up (highly unlikely), it will take 424 days for all of them to exit. Staked [ethereum] is often a never-sell stack.” Korpi added:

Who would voluntarily lock [ethereum] for many months, not knowing when withdrawals will be even possible? [Ethereum] maxis, no doubt. Most [ethereum] stakers are long-term investors. They are not interested in selling, especially not at current prices.

What do you think about the Ethereum 2.0 contract closing in on 13 million ether? What do you think about Korpi’s statements and the slow unwinding process he explained? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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