According to @cas_abbe, some large ETH holders are unstaking and holding liquid ETH to maintain flexibility to rotate into potential future Ethereum staking ETFs or redeploy capital when new products launch, source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 17, 2025, https://twitter.com/cas_abbe/status/1957035609798983783. This positioning suggests, per the author, a near-term shift from staked ETH to spot liquidity that traders can track via unstaking activity and exchange inflows, source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 17, 2025. The author indicates that this repositioning is happening now as part of ETF readiness, making ETH flow data and liquidity conditions key signals for trade timing, source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 17, 2025.

According to StakeStone's official Twitter, the platform is focusing on building essential DeFi infrastructure with products like $STONE (liquid ETH), $SBTC/STONEBTC (liquid BTC), and LiquidityPad, which enables protocols to instantly bootstrap active, yield-bearing liquidity. These offerings are designed for protocol-level integration, not speculative narrative plays, and aim to address real trading and liquidity needs in the crypto market (source: @stakestone).