Odaily News According to market news: Lido co-founder stated that they plan to use stETH to repurchase LDO, with the final repurchase plan to be determined by the end of the year.

On August 12, the crypto market continued its high Fluctuation trend, with BTC once again approaching historical highs, while ETH entered consolidation after hitting a new high for the year. The alts zone surged and then retreated, with popular Tokens such as BCH, UNI, and LDO becoming the focus driven by news and capital. Gate market data shows that market sentiment has entered the "greed" zone, and short-term caution is needed for the pullback risk after overheating.

According to a report from Jinse Finance, monitoring by @ai9684xtpa shows that Arthur Hayes has accumulated a portfolio of tokens worth $9.514 million since yesterday, including ETH, ETHF, LDO, and PENDLE, with ETH accounting for 78% of his portfolio. Additionally, he received 10 coins from Wintermute two hours ago.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens@OnchainLens monitoring, in the past 24 hours, a whale exchanged 300,662 UNI for 756 WETH (approximately 3.19 million USD), making a profit of about 895,000 USD; at the same time, exchanged 1,000 AAVE for 72 WETH (approximately 307,600 USD). Subsequently, the address bought 2.31 million LDO for 738.85 WETH (approximately 3.11 million USD), with an average transaction price of 1.35 USD; and bought 1.21 million for 220 WETH (approximately 922,700 USD).

Gate News bot message, A significant cryptocurrency whale executed multiple token transactions in the last 24 hours. The whale sold 300,662 UNI tokens for 756 WETH ($3.19 million), generating a profit of $895,000. In the same period, they also disposed of 1,000 AAVE tokens for 72 WETH ($307,600). T

Today (11), the cryptocurrency market is showing strong performance across the board. Bitcoin (BTC) has broken through 121,200 USD, setting a new high for this round, while Ethereum (ETH) remains above 4,300 USD, continuing its long positions pattern. Gate's platform token GT has rebounded close to the 17 USD mark. Among popular tokens, ZKJ has surged by as much as 77%, and LDO and ENA have also performed remarkably, becoming the focus of capital interest.

Gate News bot message, according to SoSoValue data, the Crypto Assets market has shown a comprehensive pump trend across all zones. Among them, Ethereum (ETH) has risen for two consecutive days, breaking through $4300, reaching a new high since the end of 2021, with a 24-hour rise of 0.73%. Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a more significant increase, rising 3.96%, breaking through $121,000, and approaching the ATH. At the same time, zones such as NFT, DeFi, and CeFi are also showing a rising trend. The NFT zone has increased by 4.28% in 24 hours, with Zora (ZORA) surging by 28.82%. The DeFi zone rose by 1.79%, with Ethena (ENA) and Lido DAO (LDO) increasing by 10.79% and 11.30%, respectively. The CeFi, Layer1, and Layer2 zones have also experienced varying degrees of growth.

According to market information on August 7th, today the liquid staking protocols are rising across the board, among which: RPL 24 hour rise reached 19.2%, current price is 7.98 dollars; SWELL 24-hour rise reached 18.5%, currently priced at 0.01 USD; LDO's 24-hour rise reached 4.4%, currently priced at 0.9364 USD. Previously, news reported that the US SEC has clarified that liquid staking is not a security.

MGBX will launch PLUME, CRV, LDO, CAKE, and TREE on July 29, 2025. The deposit time is at 19:00, and the trading time is at 19:30. The trading open time for TREE is at 20:15 (SGT).

Gate News Bot news, July 18th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, LDO (Lido DAO) is currently priced at $1.08, with a rise of 15.51% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.09 and a low of $0.79, with a 24-hour volume of $392 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $966 million, an increase of $130 million compared to yesterday. Lido is a liquid staking protocol that has been supporting and securing Ethereum since 2020. stETH is the leading liquid staking token for Ethereum, offering best-in-class security, the deepest liquidity, and competitive rewards. The Lido protocol is operated by over 800 independent node operators using both permissioned and permissionless modules, ranging from professionals to home stakers. Important news about LDO recently:

Gate News Bot news, July 10, according to CoinMarketCap market data, as of the time of writing, LDO (Lido DAO) is currently priced at $0.79, rising 10.86% within 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.80, and a low of $0.71. The current market capitalization is approximately $710 million, an increase of $69.6 million compared to yesterday. Lido is a liquid staking solution that provides services for blockchain networks such as Ethereum. Users can stake ETH through Lido to obtain stETH tokens, allowing them to continue participating in the DeFi ecosystem while earning staking rewards. Lido is operated by a distributed network of validators, governed by a DAO, dedicated to achieving decentralization and security.

Token Terminal's data shows that Aave has surpassed Lido Finance in Total Value Locked (TVL). Lido once held 37% of DeFi TVL, while Aave accounted for 24%. However, as of July 2025, AAVE holds 39% of DeFi TVL, while Lido has decreased to 21%. The AAVE platform alone accounts for 22% of all DeFi TVL, with a market share close to half in the lending sector, around 46%. This rising trend clearly indicates that Lido's influence has weakened, while Aave's steady growth since March positions it as a new practical pillar of DeFi.

Gate News bot message, Lido Finance announced on July 1 that LDO holders of Lido DAO have passed a dual governance proposal. The proposal's voting process was completed through forum discussions, off-chain voting, and on-chain voting. The new dual governance mechanism gives stETH holders the right to oppose decisions regarding LDO. According to specific rules, when the locked assets...

Lido Finance announced that its LDO holders have approved a dual governance proposal, allowing stETH holders to oppose LDO decisions. The new mechanism includes a time lock and "rage-quit," which will officially launch on July 4, with the first proposal testing the new phase.

According to Gate News bot, as reported by PaNewsLab, Grayscale Research has updated its Top 20 assets list for Q3 2025, adding AVAX and MORPHO to its top 20 assets while removing LDO and OP.

According to a report by Golden Finance, Grayscale Research has updated its Top 20 Assets list for the third quarter of 2025. This quarter, Avalanche (AVAX) and Morpho (MORPHO) have been added due to the rise in on-chain transaction activity and strong growth in Decentralization lending; Lido DAO (LDO) has been removed.

BlockBeats news, on June 21, according to monitoring by Yujin, Paradigm transferred the last 10 million LDO it held (worth 7.42 million USD) 10 hours ago. These LDO will continue to flow into multiple CEX over the next few days. Paradigm purchased 70 million LDO from the Lido treasury OTC 4 years ago at a price of 0.76 USD. Last November, they sold 50 million LDO at an average price of 1.31 USD, and recently sold 20 million LDO at an average price of 0.79 USD over the last 11 days. The overall average price of the transferred LDO is 1.16 USD, meaning they made approximately 28.13 million USD on their investment in LDO.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Paradigm close all positions 70 million LDO, with a four-year cycle profit of 28.13 million dollars.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Onchain Lens, a certain Whale deposited 4 million USDC (totaling 6 million USD) into Hyperliquid and opened multiple long positions: POPCAT, PEPE, WIF, BONK, LDO with a leverage of 10 times; ZK with a leverage of 5 times; and

According to BlockBeats news on June 13, Onchain Lens monitored that a Whale deposited 4 million USDC (totaling 6 million USD) into Hyperliquid and opened multiple long positions: POPCAT, PEPE, WIF, BONK, LDO with 10x leverage; ZK with 5x leverage; and

According to BlockBeats news on June 11, as per market information, the tokens of liquid staking projects have risen across the board today. Among them: RPL has risen over 29% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at 7.22 USD; SSV has risen over 16% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at 11.29 USD; LDO has risen over 11% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at 0.975 USD.

According to Gate News bot, monitored by Lookonchain, several institutions seem to be selling LDO recently. Over the past month, some institutional wallets have deposited a total of 48.48 million LDO (worth 45.6 million USD) into exchanges through wallet 0xC4Db. Nine hours ago, Paradigm Capital transferred 10 million LDO (worth 8.41 million USD) to 0xC4Db, and there may be more selling in the future.

According to Gate News bot, data monitored by @EmberCN shows that an address under Paradigm Capital recently transferred 10 million LDO tokens (worth approximately 8.41 million USD) to an exchange address. Tracing historical transaction records, Paradigm purchased 70 million LDO from the Lido treasury via over-the-counter trading at a price of $0.76 four years ago. In November 2023, the institution completed the sale of 50 million LDO, with an average transaction price of $1.31, realizing a profit of $27.5 million. The 10 million LDO transferred this time accounts for 50% of their remaining holdings. Data shows that the price of LDO Token has dropped by 22% in the past 30 days. Source of information: Wu Says

According to on-chain analyst Ember monitoring, Paradigm Capital's address transferred 10 million LDOs (841 $) 7 hours ago, and it is expected that these LDOs will be transferred to the CEX next. Paradigm bought 70 million LDOs from Lido's Treasury OTC for $0.76 4 years ago, of which 50 million were sold at an average price of $1.31 last November, making a profit of $27.5 million. Half of the remaining 20 million were transferred out today.

PANews, May 29th news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Whale has just bought 2.27 million LDO for 2.2 million DAI, with an average transaction price of $0.96. The address currently still holds about 737,000 DAI and may continue to increase its LDO holdings.

According to BlockBeats news on May 12, monitoring by Yu Jin shows that a whale with 40x leverage on Hyperliquid just closed a short order for LDO, then transferred 795,000 USDC into Hyperliquid to increase margin, and continued to increase the position for a BTC short order. Now it has a total shorting notional value of 104.8 million USD for BTC, with an entry price of 104,427 USD and a liquidation price of 106,200 USD.

PANews May 12 news, according to Yu Jin monitoring, [Hyperliquid 50x Whale] closed the LDO short order and transferred 795,000 USDC to Hyperliquid to increase the margin and continued to increase the position in BTC short order. So far, he has opened a short position of 1,000 BTC, worth approximately $104.8 million, with an entry price of $104,427 and a liquidation price of $106,200.

On-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored that "Hyperliquid 50x Whale" @qwatio has once again shorted BTC and LDO contracts at high leverage on Hyperliquid. The Whale used 2.683 million USDC as margin, with the short quantities being 888.8 BTC and 1 million LDO respectively. The opening price for BTC was $104,094, and the liquidation price was $105,689; the opening price for LDO was $1.08, and the liquidation price was $1.98.

Gate.io News bot message, a PEPE Token Whale investor has completed a large transaction. The investor sold 2,250,000 LDO tokens (worth 2.18 million USD) in exchange for WETH, and then exchanged it for 12,037 AAVE tokens, with each AAVE trading at a price of 181 USD. According to reports, this Whale previously purchased 3.6 million LDO Tokens for 2,234 ETH (approximately 7 million USD). Currently, the investor still holds 1.35 million LDO Tokens (worth 1.215 million USD), with a paper loss of 3.6 million USD.

BlockBeats News, on March 11, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the net inflow of crypto spot funds is as follows: S net inflow of $6 million; OM net inflows of $2.67 million; LDO net inflows were $2.12 million. The list of net outflows of crypto spot funds is as follows: ETH net outflows of $138 million; SOL net outflows of $60.69 million; DOGE had a net outflow of $37.88 million.

F2Pool and Stakefish founder Wang Chun sold 2.5 million LDO for $4.5 million USDT in the past 14 days, totaling 6.1 million LDO sold for $10.42 million cashed out, leaving only 2.5 million LDO (approximately $3.88 million).

F2Pool and Stakefish founder Wang Chun sold 2.5 million LDO in the past two weeks, receiving 4.5 million USDT. He was an initial member of Lido DAO and now only holds 2.5 million LDO (worth $3.88 million).

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun has recently sold 2.5 million LDO within 14 days, worth $4.5 million. Since November 2024, he has sold 6.1 million LDO for 10.42 million USDT, with an average selling price of about $1.708, and the dumping speed is increasing. He initially acquired 20 million LDO, and now only has 2.5 million left, worth approximately $3.88 million.

PANews January 24th news, according to Onchain

PANews reported on January 24th that according to Spot On Chain monitoring, the well-known whale '0x373' purchased 1,167,000 LDO at an average price of 2.036 US dollars using 664.5 ETH (about 2.38 million US dollars) in the past two hours. It still holds 750 at present.

Legendary Whale '0x373' purchased 1.167 million LDO tokens at an average price of $2.036, amounting to approximately $2.38 million in the past 2 hours. Whale still holds 750 WETH and is also trading LDO. Additionally, Whale holds PEPE and ENA, with total profits of $55.4 million and $3.82 million respectively.

A certain WhaleAddress spent approximately 664.5 ETH in the past 2 hours to buy around 1.167 million LDO, continues to buy and hold about 750 WETH, also holds 29.87 trillion PEPE and around 10.24 million ENA. The purchase price was $2.036.

After a year of silence, Whale '0x655' exchanged approximately 2.72 million LDO for ETH and FXS, with a purchase price of $1.833. Currently, it holds 5.765 million LDO, worth $10.15 million, with a floating loss of $1.74 million.