Wrapped Ether from Ethereum price

today’s low-hanging alpha is hiding in plain sight: nasdaq just slid in a “staking-enabled” $eth etf translation: the sec is warming up to on-chain yield for u.s. money-managers most of the timeline stopped at the headline. here’s the trickle-down that actually matters: > every desk that hedges etf inflows will need raw eth for delta-neutral books → spot gap opens the second allocations clear > once grandma earns 3-4 % through fidelity, lido / rocket restake yield becomes the new treasury benchmark for defi → rate desks will have to quote around it > l2 sequencers can’t sit idle while institutions farm on mainnet → expect a flood of “wrapped staking eth” perps and basis trades across @Optimism, @base, @zksync, hyperEVM the play is the next leg of the long-degeneracy trade: $BTC was the risk-off warm-up $ETH staking flips the switch to yield-on anything stacked under eth’s economic gravity gets torque shopping list i’m rotating into this week: $ETH > the collateral everyone suddenly needs $stETH / $rETH > liquid wrappers that price the new “defi risk-free” rate $LDO, $RPL > picks and shovels for the staking set $uETH (unit) > eth exposure + hidden unit airdrop optionality $HYPE > highest volume perp venue on hyperEVM, reflexive to eth tvl @prjx_hl + hlx points > cheap ways to farm the perp liquidity that follows yield weth/eth-denom liquidity pool positions on @VestExchange, @Lighter_xyz, @hibachi_xyz > get paid to front-run the basis trade if grandma can park cash at 3 % without leaving her broker, you either front-run the curve or you become the curve > pick a side