Lido DAO Surges 54% in a Week as SEC Ruling Clears Path for Liquid Staking ETFs
Lido DAO (LDO) has posted an explosive rally, climbing over 54% in the past seven days and 19% in the last 24 hours, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission clarified that liquid staking tokens, including Lido’s stETH, do not qualify as securities.
The decision removes a major regulatory hurdle that has loomed over the sector for years, and analysts now believe liquid staking products could even be integrated into future ETFs.
With $33 billion in total value locked, Lido remains the largest liquid staking protocol, making it a prime beneficiary of the ruling. Institutional investors, previously cautious due to regulatory uncertainty, may now see Lido as a safer entry point into the staking market. Futures market sentiment has also shifted rapidly, with open interest in LDO surging 32.2% to $225 million.
Ethereum Rally Lifts Staking Demand
Ethereum’s recent push above $4,100, marking its highest level since December 2024, has further amplified interest in staking derivatives. Lido, which controls roughly 27% of all ETH staking, stands to gain directly from this momentum. Rising ETH prices not only boost staking rewards but also drive Lido’s revenue, which is heavily tied to its staking fee model. LDO has mirrored ETH’s rally, rebounding from July’s low of $0.86 to around $1.34, breaking above the $1.20 resistance for the first time since March 2025.
DeFi Yields See a Resurgence
The broader DeFi market has also been heating up, with total value locked reaching $153 billion — a two-year high. Lido and lending giant Aave lead the charge, with Lido alone generating an estimated $90 million in annualized staking revenue. Staking yields between 5% and 7% are pulling capital back into the ecosystem, although competition from rivals like Rocket Pool remains a factor. One cautionary note is that LDO has underperformed Ethereum by 22.45% over the past 90 days, signaling that governance challenges may still weigh on investor confidence.
What’s Next for Lido DAO?
The combination of regulatory clarity, Ethereum’s rally, and a recovering DeFi market has put Lido DAO in a strong position heading into the final quarter of 2025. Market watchers are keeping a close eye on potential developments around ETH staking ETFs and institutional inflows, both of which could serve as major catalysts for LDO’s next leg up.
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Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
