The amount of Ether (ETH) waiting to be staked on Ethereum has dropped to approximately 1.5 million, with an estimated queue time of about 25 days, down from 2 million ETH and 35 days in early September. However, the amount of ETH waiting to exit staking has increased more than fivefold in the past three days, reaching its highest level since 2026, primarily due to MetaMask beginning to withdraw validators after a security incident last week. As of Monday's early Asian trading, approximately 786,000 ETH are still waiting to exit, with an estimated wait time of nearly 14 days. MetaMask disclosed the security incident on September 30 and updated on October 1 that investigations found no impact on wallets or customer funds. Lido expects the affected ETH to gradually return to the staking queue, with the entire process potentially taking about 45 days.