Lido

imToken and Lido launched a limited-time staking campaign that lets imToken users stake ETH through Lido directly in the wallet's Token/Stake function. Lido relayed the announcement via a retweet of imToken's post on X.

• Campaign goals: promote ETH staking via Lido inside the imToken app and reward participants
• Users can stake or swap stETH back to ETH through Lido's official channels or DEXs like 1inch

Lido Earn extended its depositor protection: EarnETH and EarnUSD vaults now carry onchain cover from Firelight as the first of two independent layers of loss coverage, applied automatically at the vault level with no action needed from depositors. Firelight absorbs eligible and approved losses first, within limits set per 30-day period — up to 5.7% of EarnETH's TVL and 8% of EarnUSD's TVL for the first period.

Any remaining loss falls to the Lido DAO's loss protection, which burns DAO-held shares from the initial deposits: $3M for EarnETH and $2M for EarnUSD, with the position able to grow via rewards or DAO votes. Illustration at $50M EarnUSD TVL: up to $4M from Firelight plus $2.1M from the DAO, or $6.1M combined in eligible and approved losses.

• Both layers are active for all Lido Earn depositors, with Firelight onchain coverage sitting on top of the DAO's first-loss position
• Firelight announced the onchain cover for Lido Earn vaults, with Lido relaying the news on X

Lido has launched built-in token Swaps in its UI, letting users exchange tokens on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base directly. The feature is powered by CoW Swap for execution.

• The Swap widget automatically adds an additional layer of price protection for larger swaps on top of CoW Swap using Chainlink Price Feeds, shielding users from unusually unfavorable swap rates
• Available now from the Lido UI

Announced via Lido's X thread on the same day as the L2 direct-staking rollout, expanding Lido from staking into general token swapping across three networks.

Lido Lend released a Technical Specifications document covering the protocol's inner workings, including an architecture summary, technical highlights, and Committee overview and composition. The publication serves as a reference for how the lending protocol is structured and governed.

• Details architecture, Committee structure, and key technical decisions
• Shared via Lido Finance's X account

Lido addressed the alleged Binance wallet drain incident, stating that stETH is not affected and the Lido staking protocol continues to operate normally, including withdrawals. Lido Earn has no direct exposure and is observing developments to manage risk and exposure accordingly, while all user-held stETH remains safe in the protocol.

Ethereum core developers decided on the ACDE #248 call to postpone the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet, which had been scheduled to activate on October 26, 2026. The delay allows further investigation into how EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 interact with existing mainnet contracts, with concerns centered on EIP-8037's gas-pricing changes and smart-contract compatibility.

• No new activation date has been set for the testnet fork
• Lido relayed the update to its community on X (post)

Lido launched 0x02 CSM on mainnet at csm.lido.fi on October 23, 2026, a new permissionless path for independent operators with more capital. Complementing the 32-ETH 0x01 CSM, 0x02 lets anyone run validators with a MaxEB of 2,048 ETH through the Community Staking Module. Lido detailed the rollout in an accompanying introduction post on its blog.

• Operators bond 32 ETH for the first key and 30 ETH per additional key, while the Lido protocol allocates the stake; with bond rebasing, the estimated capital multiplier is ~2.18x for one key, approaching ~2.26x with more keys vs. solo staking
• Capacity grows gradually: 0x02 CSM starts by seeding ~32 keys with 32-ETH deposits, with later capacity increases proposed via Easy Track
• 0x01 CSM will not be deprecated — both modules run in parallel on the same CSM codebase, and the DAO approved a combined ceiling of 20% of Lido Core TVL for permissionless modules
• One interface serves both modules; ICS and IDVTC keep their preferential parameters in 0x01 CSM only
• EIP-8148 proposes custom sweep thresholds for 0x02 validators; it remains a draft and inclusion in a future upgrade is not guaranteed

Lido Finance announced that Blockworks has published a B2 Token Transparency Filing for LDO. The filing is part of Blockworks' standardized, open-source disclosure framework covering token supply, allocations, transactions, and market structure.

• Structured disclosure of how the Lido protocol operates, who controls it, and where tokens went
• Published by Blockworks under its Token Transparency framework, alongside filings from other protocols
• Announced via Lido's X account on October 14

Lido Lend contributors unveiled the Guardian Security Council (GSC), a collateral-screening mechanism designed to protect markets and lenders from tainted assets and novel attack vectors. It is the latest feature introduced for the Lido Lend protocol.

• GSC screens collateral to keep tainted assets out of lending markets
• Aimed at shielding lenders from novel attack vectors
• Announced via the Lido Finance X account

Lido congratulated the @get_optimum team on its first mainnet deployment, which is being made freely available to all Ethereum node operators. Separately, Lido flagged operator progress with testing mump2p on the Hoodi testnet, with details shared on the Lido research forum.

• First mainnet deployment from Optimum, offered freely to node operators
• Lido operator testing of mump2p continues on Hoodi
• Announced via Lido's X account on June 9