That’s unbelievable—this move by
$LDO directly left people dumbfounded.
On Binance, LDOUSDT perpetuals surged from around 0.435 to about 0.501; over the past 24h it’s roughly +15.2%. The high touched around 0.505, with about 88.52 million in traded value (U) and nearly 690,000 trades. Open positions are around 44.17 million LDO, equivalent to about 22.14 million U. The funding rate is approximately +0.010%, and longs are still adding.
More importantly, the governance pace hasn’t stopped: the 9/21 Aragon Vote
#205 has already been executed, packaging up the LIP-37 execution delegation framework, DepositSecurityModule v5, and a 9,600 ETH deposit reserve cap. Immediately after that, Vote
#206 also adjusted the Staking Router parameters again. CoinDesk mentioned LDO in the DeFi wave when it was tallying the broad rise in copycats after yesterday’s session.
My feeling is that this isn’t purely an empty pump. The staking track always has a solid base in the ETH narrative, and with governance continuing to land in sequence, the chart and the story finally match up. Of course, if it climbs this steeply, you have to watch for giveback—but I’d rather see whether it can hold above 0.50.
$LDO #Lido #DeFi