### Ethereum Foundation explores staking#

The Ethereum Foundation has recently been questioned by the outside world as to why it is not staking its ETH holdings but instead continues to sell them. In response, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explained on social media that the concerns include regulatory factors and "forcing us to take a stand in any controversial hard fork in the future." However, regulatory factors are currently less than before, and the second concern can be minimized. These methods have been explored recently. At the same time, Vitalik also said that the Ethereum Foundation is exploring new staking options, but specific details have not been disclosed. He personally opposes staking the Ethereum Foundation through service providers and supports independent staking, believing that the Ethereum Foundation should set an example in supporting independent staking. In addition, Ethereum community member fishbiscuit also tweeted in response to the community's multiple questions about the Foundation, clarifying that the Foundation has staked 42,000 ETH to support client development, while also funding on-chain projects such as EIP-1559 NFT, Beacon Book, etc., and providing grants through the mainnet and L2. Events like Devcon also support crypto payments. In response to accusations of the Foundation selling ETH, fishbiscuit pointed out that the Foundation has adopted multiple strategies to balance market pressure, and called on the community to avoid double standards, while emphasizing the regulatory challenges facing the Foundation. The tweet calls on the community to view the Foundation's contributions rationally and encourages more constructive discussion.