DeFi Apps

Lido

Ethereum's leading decentralized liquid staking protocol for everyone

Available in 8 countries Last verified: Mar 2026
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Founded
2020
Users
300,000+
Total Funding
$145M
Employees
85+

🏢 Company Overview

Headquarters
Decentralized (DAO)
CEO
N/A (DAO-governed)
Founder
Konstantin Lomashuk, Vasiliy Shapovalov, Jordan Fish
Total Funding
$145M
Users
300,000+
GDPR No

ℹ️ About Lido

Lido is the largest liquid staking protocol enabling users to stake ETH and receive stETH tokens with daily rewards.

⚡ Key Features

No-minimum liquid ETH staking deposits
Automatic daily stETH reward rebasing
Modular stVaults for customizable staking
Curated professional node operator network
Cross-protocol DeFi stETH composability
On-chain DAO governance via LDO

💪 Strengths & Weaknesses

4 Pros 3 Cons
💪
Strengths
What it does well
Deepest stETH DeFi liquidity
Industry-leading audit coverage
No ETH minimum requirement
Institutional-grade V3 stVaults
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Weaknesses
Areas to improve
10% fee on rewards
Ethereum-only staking currently
Centralization risk from dominance

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