{"id":18303,"date":"2025-12-19T02:07:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/lido-dao-proposes-60m-budget-to-expand-beyond-liquid-staking\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T02:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:07:59","slug":"lido-dao-proposes-60m-budget-to-expand-beyond-liquid-staking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/lido-dao-proposes-60m-budget-to-expand-beyond-liquid-staking\/","title":{"rendered":"Lido DAO proposes $60m budget to expand beyond liquid staking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Lido DAO, the decentralized organization operating the largest liquid staking protocol in decentralized finance, has outlined plans to expand beyond its core Ethereum staking business in 2026, according to a proposal published by the organization.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_090bee68294683b9c51d0a56066d6208\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lido DAO has proposed a $60 million budget for 2026 to diversify beyond its Ethereum liquid staking focus.<\/li>\n<li>The plan aims to position Lido as a multi-product organization, expanding its offerings to create new revenue streams and enhance protocol resilience.<\/li>\n<li>The proposal, titled \u201c2026 Ecosystem Grant Request (EGG): Executing GOOSE-3,\u201d requires approval from Lido DAO token holders.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The proposal, titled \u201c2026 Ecosystem Grant Request (EGG): Executing GOOSE-3,\u201d details a $60 million budget allocated for development of new products as the protocol seeks to diversify beyond its single-product focus on staking, the document stated.<\/p>\n<p>The plan calls for the development of new earning products and vault structures designed for various user types, including on-chain treasuries and regulated entities, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed focus for the Foundations in 2026 shifts towards evolving Lido\u2019s position from a single-product protocol focused on liquid staking to an innovative organization with a product portfolio by expanding the product offering, creating new revenue streams and ensuring long-term protocol resilience,\u201d the proposal stated.<\/p>\n<p>Liquid staking protocols allow users to maintain liquidity of staked cryptocurrency assets while simultaneously earning staking rewards, a feature that has driven adoption in the decentralized finance sector.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal requires approval from Lido DAO token holders before implementation can proceed.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lido DAO, the decentralized organization operating the largest liquid staking protocol in decentralized finance, has outlined plans to expand beyond its core Ethereum staking business in 2026, according to a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18305,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18303\/revisions\/18305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}