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Mantle Stakes $66M of Ether on Lido as Part of Treasury Management Strategy
22.8.2023
Layer 2 network Mantle has staked 40,000 ether (ETH) on staking protocol Lido after it passed a governance vote on treasury management earlier this month
Base Network's Friend.tech App Leads in Activity, Surpassing Arbitrum and Optimism
22.8.2023
Base-based, Twitter-linked Friend.tech app has seen revenue, fees, and activity jump significantly since Friday - surpassing a number of large projects, Layers 2, and Layers 1.
Looking at the revenues at 9:20 on Tuesday morning (CET), over the past 24 hours, Friend.tech took the 3rd place with...
Defi Market Rebounds: Value Locked Rises to Nearly $42 Billion, Token Market Swells
13.8.2023
On the verge of dipping below the $40 billion mark on August 2, the overall value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has made a comeback, rising to over $41 billion. Additionally, the defi crypto sector has swelled to $45.08 billion, reflecting a 6.17% rise in just a day. Defi Resurgence:...
Mantle Introduces New Governing Body for Treasury Management
7.8.2023
The new layer 2 network passed a governance vote that establishes the Mantle Economics Committee as well as introduces more liquid staking into the ecosystem by authorizing liquid staking protocol Mantle LSD and the allocation of 40,000 ETH from its treasury to stETH
Lido Attracted 10K Ether Stakers to Protocol in July
7.8.2023
The largest staking service provider also crossed $15 billion in total value locked, a level not seen since May 2022
Ethereum Liquid Staking Sees 270,000 ETH Influx in 2 Weeks
30.7.2023
Recent statistics reveal that in the past fortnight, about 270,000 units of ethereum (ETH) were deposited into liquid staking derivative protocols. Currently, these decentralized finance (defi) staking platforms hold an estimated 10.65 million ether locked within their systems. Ethereum Liquid...
Decentralized Finance Sector Consolidates as $44B TVL Fails to Break $50B Barrier
18.7.2023
As of July 17, 2023, the decentralized finance (defi) sector has been witnessing a great deal of consolidation with total value locked (TVL) figures standing at $44.19 billion. Throughout most of the year in 2023, except for a brief period of seven days in April, the TVL in defi has consistently...
Liquid Staking Derivatives in Ethereum Swell by 1.5 Million ETH in 2 Months
15.7.2023
Over the course of the previous 63 days, there’s been a notable 16.98% surge in the quantity of ethereum (ETH) held in liquid staking derivatives protocols, with a substantial addition of roughly 1,507,285 ETH across 23 different platforms. Data reveals that Lido Finance dominates...
Best Crypto to Buy Now 14 July – Lido DAO, Polygon, ApeCoin
15.7.2023
With an unwavering conviction in the potential of cryptocurrencies, Larry Fink, helmsman of BlackRock, the world's most influential asset management firm, expressed a stronger faith in digital assets as investment tools today. His contention is that cryptocurrencies will "transcend any...
Billionaire Justin Sun's On-Chain Behavior Sparks Concern Among Lido Investors
10.7.2023
On-chain redemptions of 30,000 staked Ether (stETH) tokens by Chinese crypto entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun has caused concern among users of the ETH staking provider Lido.
The massive redemption of the staked ETH tokens, worth approximately $55.8 million, happened across two separate...
Lido Protocol's LDO Token Included as Second-Largest Holding in Grayscale's DeFi Fund
10.7.2023
The digital asset management firm Grayscale added Lido liquid staking protocol’s governance token to its DeFi fund.
The firm announced that it has adjusted the DeFi fund’s portfolio by selling certain amounts of the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings, and using...
Grayscale Adds Lido’s LDO Token to Defi Fund, Token Becomes Second-Heaviest in Fund’s Basket
9.7.2023
On July 7, 2023, the digital asset manager Grayscale Investments published an update on three of its funds — the Digital Large Cap Fund, the Defi Fund, and the Smart Contract Fund. Although no new tokens were added to two of the funds, Grayscale revealed that it added Lido DAO’s...
Lido, Rocket Pool team members argue over decentralization
4.7.2023
A Lido team member claimed Rocket Pool is not really governed by its DAO, but Rocket Pool community members pushed back, claiming the protocol is becoming more decentralized
Liquid Staking Defi Platforms Now Secure Over 10 Million Ethereum Worth Close to $20B
2.7.2023
Based on recent data, over ten million ethereum is now secured within liquid staking derivatives platforms, with a valuation close to $20 billion at current exchange rates. Two leading liquid staking decentralized finance (defi) protocols, Lido Finance, and Rocket Pool, experienced 30-day growth...
Tron Founder Justin Sun Unstakes $30M of Ether from Lido, Sends Tokens to Huobi
22.6.2023
Crypto wallets linked to Sun still hold some $543 million in Lido’s stETH token, according to Arkham Intelligence data
Raft’s R Stablecoin Surges as Traders Embrace Liquid Staking Ether Products
21.6.2023
While Raft is centered around its R stablecoin backed by Lido’s stETH, the team has had ongoing conversations about introducing RAFT, an additional token intended to empower community members and help decentralize the protocol
Defi TVL Holds Steady Above $42 Billion as Lido Finance Dominates With $12.69 Billion Locked
18.6.2023
On June 18, 2023, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has been rangebound and hovering at just above the $42 billion range. Presently, Lido Finance dominates the value locked in defi with $12.69 billion or 29.76% of the aggregate. During the last month, the...
Synthetix has taken on Lido Finance’s stETH
16.6.2023
Synthetix is extremely pleased to carry out its official announcement of having taken on Lido Finance’s stETH, an asset for leverage trading on Synthetix Perps. This is known to be the latest perpetual futuristic market, and it has the endorsement of SIP 2021, the boundaries for which have been...
AWS went down in the US, but Ethereum kept humming
14.6.2023
Ethereum hummed along through the latest AWS outage but one commentator said its reliance on Lido for staking could cause issues in the future
21Shares Introduces Exchange-Traded Product for Liquid Staking Platform Lido DAO
12.6.2023
While the product offers investors single-asset exposure to the liquid staking leader, the Switzerland-based firm classified this product as class 7 risk, the highest level