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Ethereum has been a bit different recently. Large financial institutions have announced the formal acceptance of ETH as collateral for loan operations, which means that the asset attributes of ETH have been redefined by traditional financial markets - placing it on the same level as government bonds and gold.

There are three changes worth noting here:

First, the smart contract fully automates the handling of collateral and liquidation, operating 24 hours a day without human supervision. Secondly, this system is directly open to global institutions and enterprises, significantly lowering the threshold. The third change is the most interesting - the risk control model has incorporated the staking rewards of ETH 2.0 into the assessment system for the first time. This marks the arrival of the era of earning interest on holdings.

More aggressive actions are on the way. The first tranche of $5 billion has been allocated, and in the next quarter, it will expand to related tokens on four Layer 2 chains. Following the news, traditional giants like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are also ramping up their layouts, and a battle for institutional dominance is taking shape.

On-chain data confirms this shift. A giant whale withdrew 30,210 ETH from exchanges in a single day, with a single transfer exceeding 10 million USD. Institutional funds and large holders are both stepping in, all buying at the bottom.

The current question has become both simple and complex: is your ETH used for staking and cashing out to explore new opportunities, or do you continue to hold it and wait for appreciation? Who will be the next to follow suit - HSBC or Standard Chartered?