POPA ReconCoinDesk: ether.fi is finally leaving restaking on EigenLayer this quarter
ether.fi (@ether_fi)
According to CoinDesk, ether.fi has less than 1% of assets left in restaking, and weETH has already become regular liquid staking. $ETHFI is holding around $0.71, $EIGEN fell 8% over the day to $0.25, and on October 1 it has an unlock of about $9.4 million.
Facts
The last structural link with EigenLayer is being cut this quarter. Less than 1% of assets remain in restaking, weETH is now pure liquid staking, and restaking is available optionally via a separate token on Symbiotic [Rickler Feed, September 28, 2026]
On October 1, about $9.42 million in $EIGEN will unlock, which is about 2% of supply [@rickler_feed, September 28, 2026]
CoinDesk writes that ether.fi is leaving restaking and building a crypto neobank. CEO Mike Silagadze explains it this way: no noticeable yield is left in restaking, and stakers saw excess risk in it
According to CoinDesk, assets in EigenLayer (now EigenCloud) declined from $22.06 billion in August 2025 to $5.10 billion [coindesk.com, September 28, 2026]
$ETHFI costs $0.7078 (+0.12% per day), $EIGEN costs $0.2522 (−8.01% per day), DropsTab data [dropstab.com]
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