It is the organization’s largest transfer into the ETH staking smart contract.
The Foundation began staking ETH in February 2026.
The Ethereum Foundation, the organization in charge of coordinating the development of this ecosystem, deposited 22,517 ether (ETH), equivalent to about $46 million, in the Beacon Chain staking contract this March 30.
According to data detected by the on-chain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence, The funds were sent from the Foundation’s treasury wallet to the address identified as the Ethereum deposit contractresponsible for channeling the ETH to the network validation system.
The data reflects that this is the largest amount of ETH that the aforementioned organization has allocated to staking to date. After the operation, Ethereum Foundation still has 147,471 ETH in its treasury, valued at approximately $303 million.
It should be noted that the Beacon Chain is the infrastructure on which the Ethereum validation system works under the proof-of-stake (PoS) model. In this scheme, staking consists of lock ETH to participate in transaction validation, contribute to network security, and earn rewards in return.
The decision is part of a strategy initiated in February 2026, when the Ethereum Foundation began to participate directly in staking with a first smaller-scale operation, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
This policy responds to a change in the management of its reserves, aimed at generating returns from its assets instead of resorting to market sales.
In this sense, the organization had previously pointed out that staking allows, in addition to securing the Ethereum network, to finance its main activities, such as the research and development of the protocol, the promotion of the ecosystem and the delivery of subsidies to the community.
The strategic shift comes after questions within the ecosystem over recurring sales of ETH by the Foundation, which some users considered a factor of downward pressure on the price of the digital asset.
For his part, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterinalso made recent fund movements, including the sale of ETH in February, with the aim of financing the development of open source technologies in different sectors.
The recent investment reinforces the role of staking within the functioning of Ethereum and confirms a change in the way in which The Foundation manages its treasury, focusing on the long-term sustainability of the ecosystem.