Rise of Ethereum staking came at cost of higher centralization — JPMorgan

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The rise of Ethereum staking since significant network upgrades, the Merge and Shanghai, has come at the cost of greater centralization and lower staking yields, a new report by JPMorgan said.JPMorgan experts, led by senior managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, released a new investor note on Oct. 5, cautioning about the dangers stemming from Ethereums growing centralization.Market share of leading 5 liquid staking suppliers. Source: JPMorganThe top 5 liquid staking suppliers: Lido, Coinbase, Figment, Binance and Kraken, control over 50% of staking on the Ethereum network, JPMorgan analysts noted in the report, adding that Lido alone accounts for almost one-third. The report mentioned a case when Lidos DAO declined a proposition to cap the staking share at 22% of Ethereums total staking to avoid centralization.