A U.S. District Court judge has classified Lido DAO as a general partnership, setting a new precedent for decentralized organizations (DAOs). The ruling, issued on November 18, 2024, by Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, means that participants in Lido DAO can be held liable for the
Despite hackers apparently exploiting a known security hole in Lido DAO’s token contract, Lido Finance has guaranteed Lido DAO LDO and staked-Ether (stETH) tokens are secure. In response to a post by blockchain security company SlowMist on September 10, Lido said that LDO and stETH funds are secure but did
Some members of the community are concerned that Lido Finance now controls almost a third of all staked ETH. They argue that Lido’s growing influence is threatening Ethereum’s decentralized nature. Dune Analytics reports a 95% increase in the total amount of ETH staked over the last year, from $22 billion
A major shift is coming to the tokenomics of liquid staking behemoth Lido Finance. Members of the community want to include a staking function into LDO, as hinted at in a recent proposal. Users require 32 ETH, or approximately $60,000 at today’s pricing, to stake straight to the mainnet. To
Lido, one of the leading liquid staking platforms, now allows users to withdraw ETH that has been staked. The change occurred on May 15 when Lido released the V2 update to the mainnet. This is the biggest protocol improvement to date, and it consists of two parts. The most noticeable
