What Lido DAO governs

Lido DAO (LDO) is a DeFi protocol governance token, currently ranked 113th by market capitalization among the assets we track. Rather than being money itself, Lido DAO is a claim on a financial protocol. Its worth tracks the fees, liquidity, and usage of the application beneath it far more than any monetary narrative.

Lido DAO (LDO) is a decentralized autonomous organization that governs the Lido protocol, enabling users to stake their assets on Ethereum and other PoS networks with liquidity. It allows participants to earn staking rewards while maintaining the flexibility to trade their staked assets.

How value is supposed to accrue

Usage drives everything here: more deposits and more volume mean more fees, and the token's value depends on whether those fees flow back to LDO rather than evaporating to liquidity providers alone.

Background & fundamentals

In sector terms it is most often filed under Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20), Binance Coin (BNB) Token (BEP-20), and Solana (SOL) Token.

Where Lido DAO sits in the market

At $0.2408, Lido DAO carries a market capitalization of $215.69M. Around $18.85M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 8.74% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.

Lido DAO carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. LDO remains -97% beneath its all-time high of $6.96, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.

What the price history shows

Recent moves read 24-hour -4.99%, 7-day -5.58%, 30-day -9.50%, 1-year -62.13%. Across roughly the last 365 days of daily candles, LDO endured a peak-to-trough drawdown of about 82% before stabilizing.

Volatility profile

Recent action puts Lido DAO in the High-volatility band — it has been actively trading, with daily moves that would be unusual in traditional equities. Over the last 30 days the move totals -9.50%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.

How to evaluate a DeFi token like Lido DAO

For an asset of this type, three lenses matter most:

  • Protocol revenue — fees the application actually earns, and whether any of it reaches LDO holders.
  • Total value locked — how much capital trusts the protocol — and how sticky it is versus mercenary yield.
  • Token utility — whether LDO is load-bearing (governance over real value, fee rights) or decorative.

This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.