You know that eerie calm right before the market snaps awake?
This is one of those moments.
BlackRock isn’t just “watching ETH” — they’ve already seeded their proposed iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) by buying 4,000 seed shares worth $100,000, basically the first domino that lets the trust start buying ETH.
And here’s the part that feels like a switch flips: this ETF isn’t meant to sit on ETH. The filing lays out a plan to stake roughly 70%–95% of the ETH inside the fund (keeping some liquid so it can function smoothly).
So the pitch becomes simple and powerful: own ETH + earn yield.
Early estimates floating around put that staking yield around ~3% annually (not guaranteed), and the rewards split is expected to be ~82% to investors, with ~18% going to BlackRock + Coinbase Prime for services/fees.
Translation in plain English:
TradFi isn’t just buying the asset — it’s buying the cashflow narrative.
And when institutions start thinking “yield,” they stop thinking “quick trade.”
The quiet loading phase is the part most people miss… right before the crowd shows up.
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