Lido

Lido Earn vaults are now offered on Jumper, letting users earn ETH and USD through a fully on-chain (DeFi) route. Lido confirmed the earnETH vault is live on Jumper, echoing Jumper's '100% DeFi, 0% complexity' framing and expanding access to Lido's Earn products.

• Extends Lido Earn earning options beyond Lido's own front-end
• Positions Jumper as an aggregation/entry point for DeFi yield

Lido DAO contributors are funding ValOS (Validator Operations Standard), a community-driven framework aiming to raise the bar for secure, resilient and verifiable Ethereum validator operations, now announced via Lido's blog. LEGO approved $75,200 (DAI) over six months — 50% to commence work and 50% released on successful delivery of the Assurance Upgrade, subject to the Lido DAO NOM workstream review, with an additional 60k following evaluation of early assurance test cases.

• ValOS builds on DUCK, which produced a Risk Framework, Mitigation & Controls Library and related tooling
• Draws on expertise across staking operations, risk management, security and infrastructure
• Aims to be a recognised assurance and risk management standard for audits, assurance reviews and validator standards
• Offers node operators a transparent way to show risk awareness, operational maturity and security discipline

Lido's H1 2026 product update shows total staking TVL at 9.13M ETH at the half-year close, rising to 9.6M ETH by 25 August. The Lido Core Upgrade—Curated Module v2, Staking Router v3 and CSM v3—shipped in July with 0x02 validator support, and the DAO take rate reached 6.15% in H1, up 24%.

Lido flagged EIP-8363, the 'Tapered Issuance Burn' proposal, which would taper validator rewards toward zero as the staked share approaches 50% of ETH supply. Lido notes the proposal would materially compress staking rewards across the market, affecting its future, and says the DAO can still respond as the debate over issuance continues.

NEST, Lido's automated, rule-based LDO buyback mechanism, is live on mainnet after the Aug 5–8 on-chain vote. Under the LDO Accumulation Program, 2,320 stETH have been deployed, returning 14.8M LDO to the treasury, and outstanding LDO supply is down 1.8% to 879M. The mechanism links protocol performance to LDO via rules approved in a May Snapshot vote, funding regular buybacks from protocol revenue.

Lido is updating the EarnETH Vault fee structure, lowering fixed fees while increasing flexibility and tying a larger share of fees to vault performance. The shift moves EarnETH from a mostly platform-based structure (1% AUM + 10% performance) toward more performance-linked fees.

Lido is extending the 0% infrastructure fee on stVaults through the current period, keeping it at zero for all stVaults with 250+ ETH run by Identified Node Operators. The extension comes while the Ethereum entry queue remains long, with the fee waiver running through August 31, 2026 (announced as extended until October 31).

• Fee stays at 0% for eligible stVaults to ease conditions amid the long entry queue
• Applies to stVaults with 250+ ETH operated by Identified Node Operators
• Announced via Lido's official X account

The biggest evolution of Lido Core has launched on mainnet, introducing the new Decentralization Operator type within Curated Module v2 (Staking Router v3). First effects are already visible in the VaNOM dashboard as Curated operators compete for the new operator type.

Publicly traded crypto treasury Sharplink, one of the largest corporate holders of ETH, has selected Lido for a $200M ETH staking allocation. The deal gives Sharplink daily staking rewards while drawing on Lido's liquidity and onchain utility.

• Ranks among the largest public treasury staking commitments to Lido
• Announced via Lido's official blog on the partnership details

Instant withdrawals are now live on Lido Earn. Withdrawals are serviced through the Lido Earn buffer, so the majority of EarnETH/EarnUSD withdrawals are processed in just a few seconds rather than standard delays.