Selling the rumor? Biggest Ethereum Merge staker Lido DAO loses 40% in 30 days
LDO price faces downside risks from "sell-the-news" sentiment coupled with a bearish technical setup. Lido DAO (LDO) has declined by more than 40% in the last 30 days with more room to fall in the coming days amid a potential sell-the-news event, i.e. the Merge.Lido DAO Ether deposits surge 160% in 2022Lido DAO is Ethereum's biggest staking service, having deposited over 4.14 million of the blockchain's native asset, Ether (ETH), into the Ethereum 2.0 smart contract on behalf of its users, according to the latest data.ETH 2.0 total value staked by provider. Source: GlassnodeIn comparison,....
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LDO price is up roughly 30% over the past day, gaining approximately 500% since mid-June. Lido DAO (LDO) price edged higher on Aug. 3, primarily due to similar upside moves elsewhere in the crypto market and a rising euphoria around Ethereum's network upgrade in September.On the daily chart, LDO's price reached an intraday high of $2.40 a day after bottoming out locally at $1.84. The sharp upside reversal amounted to nearly 30% gains in a day, suggesting traders' strengthening bullish bias for Lido DAO.LDO/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewLido DAO is a liquid staking solution for....
LDO has recently witnessed a growing bearish divergence between its price and key momentum oscillator. Lido DAO (LDO) price has skyrocketed by roughly 400% month-to-date to reach $2.22 on July 28, its highest level in over two months.LDO MergifiedLDO price has benefited majorly due to its association with Ethereum, the leading smart contract platform by total-value-locked (TVL) and market capitalization. Notably, LDO serves as a governance token inside the Lido DAO ecosystem, a project that offers staking services for Ethereum.$ETH move bringing the entire ecoystem with it. Best movers:....
In eight days Ethereum is planning to undergo one of the most intensive upgrades since the DAO hard fork in 2016, as The Merge aims to change the network’s consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). Amid the lead-up to The Merge, the decentralized finance (defi) and liquid staking protocol Lido’s total value locked (TVL) jumped 6.34% this week and the project’s native token increased by more than 23% against the U.S. dollar during the past seven days.
Liquid Staking Service Lido Sees Demand Ahead of The Merge
The Merge is coming....
It's not just ETH price that stands to benefit from Ethereum's move to proof-of-stake in September. After years of waiting, Ethereum is finally prepared to become a full-fledged proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. Besides Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH), the valuation of several other tokens have not only benefited greatly, but could also keep outperforming ETH after the Merge. Ethereum steps closer toward the MergeThe leading smart contract platform completed the last of its three public testnets dubbed "Goerli," on Aug. 11. Therefore, there should be no delays in Ethereum's "Merge,"....
Lido has around 40% of all the staked ETH on the Beacon Chain. One of the biggest Merge staking providers, Lido Finance has launched on two layer-2 networks Arbitrum and Optimism, a move it says further improves accessibility to Ethereum staking while reducing gas fees.The plan to expand to L2 was first unveiled in July when the team acknowledged that several layer-2 networks had “demonstrated economic activity,” with the new deployment to L2 networks Arbitrum and Optimism launched on Oct. 7. Lido provides liquid staking, which allows more flexibility for stakers as they can withdraw their....