Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has defended the network’s staking architecture after concerns emerged over the lengthening exit queue, which currently stretches to 45 days. The comments followed a now-deleted critique by Michael Marcantonio, Galaxy Digital’s head of DeFi, who had labeled the delays “troubling” and compared them unfavorably with Solana’s two-day unstaking period.“Unclear how a network that takes 45 days to return assets can serve as a suitable candidate to power the next era of global capital markets,” Marcantonio posted on X before later removing the remarks. The deletion came after pushback ... (full story)