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SharpLink Gaming generated 10,657 Ether (<a href="https://yellow.com/asset/eth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>) worth $33 million in staking rewards over the past seven months, marking a shift toward yield-generating treasury strategies among public companies.
The Nasdaq-listed firm <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/384870/sharplink-stakes-eth-linea" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">holds</a> 864,840 ETH valued at approximately $2.7 billion as the second-largest corporate Ethereum holder.
SharpLink <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sharplink-33m-ether-staking-170m-yield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">deployed</a> an additional $170 million worth of Ether on Ethereum layer-2 network Linea on Thursday, combining native staking yields with restaking rewards.
<h2 id="what-happened">What Happened</h2>
SharpLink's staking operation added approximately $1.4 million in value over the past week, according to company disclosures.
The firm announced its multi-year staking initiative in October, custodied through Anchorage Digital Bank with institutional-grade safeguards.
The $170 million Linea deployment layers native Ethereum staking returns between 3-4% with additional restaking rewards approaching 5% from EigenCloud and partner protocols.
BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder with 4.14 million ETH, has <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-4-144-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-14-2-billion-302652341.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">staked</a> 659,219 tokens worth $2.1 billion as of January 4.
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<h2 id="why-it-matters">Why It Matters</h2>
Investment bank Morgan Stanley <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/384603/morgan-stanley-spot-ethereum-etf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">filed</a> Wednesday to launch a spot Ethereum ETF incorporating staking yield.
The filing represents mainstream adoption of proof-of-stake rewards by traditional finance.
Corporate treasuries are treating Ethereum as a productive asset rather than passive holdings, generating recurring income through network participation.
SharpLink acquired its Ether holdings at an average price of $3,609 per token, currently trading near $3,100.
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SharpLink Deploys $170M ETH On Linea After Generating $33M Staking Rewards

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