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Major milestone for institutional crypto adoption today: Grayscale just announced the launch of staking in their U.S. ETH ETPs (ETHE and ETH Mini Trust) and Solana Trust (GSOL).

This is the first time staking rewards are integrated directly into regulated U.S. investment products, letting holders earn yields while securing Ethereum and Solana blockchains.
They're teaming up with Figment, the top independent staking provider handling $18B in assets across 40+ protocols. Figment brings battle-tested infrastructure (they were genesis validators for both ETH and SOL) plus top-notch security, compliance, and slashing protection.
Figment's CEO Lorien Gabel put it: “Beyond returns, staking in ETPs enables holders to participate in securing and processing transactions for the blockchain.” This could supercharge ETH and SOL flows into tradfi.
[Link](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251009122610/en/Grayscale-Selects-Figment-as-a-Staking-Provider-for-U.S.-ETH-ETPs-and-SOL-Trust)

tldr; Grayscale, a digital asset management firm, staked 857,600 ETH valued at $3.8 billion on Oct. 8 across its Ethereum ETP products, including ETHE and ETH ETFs. This marks one of the largest institutional staking positions in the Ethereum network. Grayscale's move introduces staking rewards to investors through regulated investment vehicles, allowing traditional investors to earn yields from Ethereum's proof-of-stake mechanism without managing wallets or validator nodes.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

We're talking about their **Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE), Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH), and Solana Trust (GSOL).**
This means passive income from $ETH and $SOL is now available to any brokerage account.
🤔 So why buy a 0% ETF when you can get 3-7%? Let's wait and see how its competitors react!
*Source of analytics and takeaways: Thesis\_io*