In early May, the queue of investors waiting to unstake their Ethereum exploded by roughly 72,000% in about two weeks, swelling to reach 352,136 ETH as of May 5. The unstaking process now takes around six days after entering the queue, but the more important factor is that this kind of spike in the size of the queue sounds so abnormal as to be potentially worrying. So is this a big red flag for Ethereum, or is there a benign explanation? There's one big underlying reason why people want to unstake their Ethereum. April 2026 was the worst month for decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits on record, with roughly $625 ... (full story)