{"id":1916,"date":"2026-03-29T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:21:27","slug":"lido-reports-revenue-decline-in-2025-and-plans-ldo-buyback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/lido-reports-revenue-decline-in-2025-and-plans-ldo-buyback\/","title":{"rendered":"Lido Reports Revenue Decline in 2025 and Plans LDO Buyback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lido, the largest liquid staking platform on Ethereum, ended 2025 with total revenue of 40.5 million dollars. This represents a 23 percent drop compared to 52.4 million dollars recorded the previous year, according to a report released by the Lido Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization is now considering an automated buyback program for its LDO token, expected to launch in the second quarter of 2026. The goal is to better connect the token\u2019s value with the protocol\u2019s financial performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lido Faces Decline in Staking Revenue and Rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lido explained that its primary income source, staking fees, fell significantly from 48.5 million dollars to 37.4 million dollars. Additional pressure came from reduced execution layer rewards due to ongoing network scaling and lower consensus layer rewards tied to Ethereum\u2019s issuance design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall staking rewards across the protocol dropped by 18 percent in dollar terms, falling from about 1.03 billion dollars to 846.7 million dollars. Lido also lost market share in staked ETH, decreasing from more than 28 percent in 2024 to just above 24 percent by December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measured in ETH, the total value locked declined from 9.63 million ETH to 8.81 million ETH, marking an 8.5 percent decrease. The report linked this shift to capital moving toward exchange based staking, lower risk institutional options, and competing restaking platforms offering incentives through their own tokens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these challenges, Ethereum\u2019s staking environment has shown signs of recovery, with the network reaching new activity highs in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lido Prepares Expansion Strategy and Token Buyback Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data from CoinGecko shows that the LDO token was trading at 0.27 dollars as of March 27, reflecting a 7.3 percent drop over the previous week. The token remains close to its recent lows and near its all time bottom recorded earlier in March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lido is developing a buyback system under its Network Economic Support Tokenomics framework. This plan would allow the protocol to purchase LDO tokens from the open market using generated yields and allocate them into a liquidity pool involving LDO and wstETH, managed by the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team has already built a manual module that enables governance controlled token swaps, with technical validation expected in the second quarter. The buyback mechanism will only be activated once the treasury achieves a genuine surplus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lido Expands Ecosystem with New Products and Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the buyback plans, Lido launched Lido Earn last year, a platform designed for users seeking higher staking returns. It currently holds more than 77,000 ETH in total value locked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This expansion followed the introduction of the first stETH liquid staking exchange traded product in Europe by WisdomTree. The offering also integrates with major service providers such as BitGo, Hex Trust, Komainu, and Crypto Finance AG, giving users more options for custody and staking.#crypto#cryptonews https:\/\/coinsignals.net<\/a> https:\/\/t.me\/coinsignalpublic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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