According to Odaily, Vitalik Buterin recently addressed the question of why the Ethereum Foundation does not stake its ETH holdings and instead uses income to cover costs. In a post on X, Buterin explained that one internal reason is the desire to avoid being forced into making an 'official choice' during contentious hard fork events.
Buterin mentioned that an interesting idea under consideration is to allow grants in the form of 'you can stake our ETH, you can choose how to stake, as long as it is ethical and maintains upward momentum.' Another approach to resolving this issue is to distribute legitimacy and resources to more stakeholders, thereby enabling multiple organizations to credibly represent Ethereum in the eyes of the public. He noted that the situation in this regard is significantly better than it was two years ago.
