🔗 Linea Bridges Gap

**Everstake** has developed an institutional-grade, market-neutral ETH yield strategy using **Lido V3 stVaults** that separates staking operations from risk management. **Key Innovation:** - **Role separation**: Node operators handle staking while risk curators manage parameters and exposure monitoring - **Automated controls**: Smart contracts manage LTVs, liquidation triggers, and hedging limits - **Real-time oversight**: Continuous monitoring through dedicated risk management platform **How It Works:** The system uses smart contracts to automate staking and hedging operations, extracting yield from both staking rewards and funding arbitrage while maintaining market neutrality. **Benefits:** - Eliminates negative carry and forced liquidations - Minimizes manual intervention and operational risk - Provides full transparency and on-chain control - Delivers compliant, high-control yield products for institutions This follows similar institutional staking solutions from **Chorus One** and **Solstice**, showing growing adoption of Lido V3 stVaults for institutional ETH staking products. [Read full case study](https://blog.lido.fi/lido-v3-everstake-institutional-market-neutral-yield-strategies-with-stvaults)

**GGV deposits are back online** after scheduled maintenance on Lido Earn platform. - New deposits are now **fully enabled** following temporary suspension - Withdrawals remained functional throughout the maintenance period - GG token holders continued earning rewards during downtime The maintenance window lasted several hours but caused minimal disruption to existing stakers. Users can now resume normal deposit activities on the platform.

**NEST (Network Economic Support Tokenomics)** is now live for voting - a modular system that would enable Lido DAO to repurchase LDO tokens using stETH from its treasury. **Key Details:** - First practical version expected **December 2025** - Built as extension of STONKS smart contracts for secure treasury swaps - Automatically routes purchased LDO back to Lido DAO Treasury - This proposal only covers development of technical infrastructure **Important Note:** This is **not a buyback proposal** itself - it only builds the technical foundation. Actual buyback activation would require a separate onchain vote. **Next Steps:** If approved, detailed research and design work begins. Core contributors plan to initiate broader buyback mechanism discussions on the forum shortly after. [Cast your vote here](https://snapshot.box/#/s:lido-snapshot.eth/proposal/0x4267fe277e52a3550e82286af96948a258392ddd303df6b479c4d8f4664acdd0)

**Lido's GGV protocol has crossed $50 million in Total Value Locked (TVL)** just two days after its recent milestone. This achievement comes months after Lido hit an all-time high of **$41 billion in TVL** back in August, demonstrating continued growth in the staking ecosystem. The rapid TVL accumulation in GGV shows strong adoption of Lido's expanded staking services beyond their core Ethereum offering.