According to @EmberCN, on Sep 17, 2025 the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF address transferred 214,400 ETH to 67 new wallets in equal 3,200 ETH tranches worth about 967 million dollars. Source: https://twitter.com/EmberCN/status/1968141623600222368; https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/grayscale Each 3,200 ETH lot equals 100 Ethereum validators at 32 ETH per validator, a standard Proof of Stake unit size. Source: https://ethereum.org/en/staking The author suggests this pattern looks like preparation for PoS staking and notes that US spot ETH ETFs do not have staking approval. Source: https://twitter.com/EmberCN/status/1968141623600222368 There is no confirmation of staking in the cited on-chain transfers, only distributions across new wallets are visible. Source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/grayscale If these wallets later send funds to the Ethereum Beacon chain deposit contract 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa, the 3,200 ETH per wallet would correspond to 100 validators per wallet and up to 6,700 validators in total, contingent on actual deposits. Source: https://ethereum.org/en/staking/deposit-contract; https://ethereum.org/en/staking Trading takeaway: monitor these 67 wallets and the Beacon deposit contract for follow-through deposits to gauge potential staking flows and any related liquidity tightening signal on ETH. Source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/grayscale; https://ethereum.org/en/staking/deposit-contract