Staking Costs 2 ADA - Where does it go?

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So, I just staked some Ada to a pool and paid a 2 ADA fee. It

I see this on Etherscan: https://adascan.net/address/addr1q9rhjzxmqwujmc7cqgpwwwx5nqdmy9k4gzleuhgl8kjnkkzjtcp59sn0aga2phxy09q2jvsz29mtkhcsjc75qz077v4q0wzqm8/

So, I paid a transaction fee. Who gets the transaction fee?
Who gets the 2 ADA that I staked with?

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2 ADA is a register key deposit. https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/blob/3099df2a0aec2980a150ebc014e74736a10ee75f/doc/stake-pool-operations/register_key.md
You get it back when you undelegate. This is a deposit to ensure that the fee can be paid when reclaiming rewards to a 0 ADA wallet. It can happen if you stake and then empty the wallet before reclaiming your rewards.

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I’ve just checked in Daedalus, and there is no option to “un-delegate” a wallet, you can only re-delegate it which will not charge you an additional 2 ADA, as it is done when you register a key for the first time. But it seems quitting or “un-delegating” from the stake pool via Daedalus UI is currently impossible. It is possible only via cardano-wallet CLI. Or am I missing something?

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Exactly! Did you find anything? Like where did those 2 ADA go now? Exactly in the same boat!