Lido DAO (LDO): price, market cap and how it did against Bitcoin
Bottom line
Lido DAO (LDO) closed at $0.3416 on 4 November 2026, with a market capitalisation of $282.5M (rank 139) on 5 November 2026. On 30 October 2026 it was below its 200-day average of $0.3537, which is rising. Over 90 days it is 18.4 percentage points behind Bitcoin. Liquid Staking as a theme is +5.1% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks.
Price
$0.3416
as of 2026-11-04
Market cap
$282.5M
snapshot 2026-11-05
vs Bitcoin · 90d
−18.4 pts
as of 2026-10-30
30-day median volume
$55.9M
as of 2026-10-30
What it is · from the data we hold
What is Lido DAO (LDO)?
Lido DAO (LDO) is a crypto token that CoinGecko lists under infrastructure, decentralized finance (DeFi) and liquid staking governance tokens. We place it in the Liquid Staking theme, with 11 coins. Its highest daily close since 12 November 2021 was $5.51 on 13 November 2021; its lowest was $0.2397 on 30 June 2026.
01 · the tape, against its benchmark
How has Lido DAO moved against Bitcoin?
Lido DAO is -59.3% over one year, +4.8% over 90 days and -25.3% over 30 days. Annualised 30-day volatility is 98%. Its deepest fall from a high inside the last 90 days is 33%. It trades below its 200-day average, which is rising.
LDO · rebasedBitcoinLiquid Staking · equal weight
All three lines rebased to 100 at the first week each has data. Bitcoin is the opportunity-cost benchmark for crypto risk; the theme line is its equal-weight index of current rated members.
02 · returns, volatility and drawdown
What do Lido DAO's returns and risk look like?
7 days-11%
30 days-25%
90 days+4.8%
180 days-6.5%
1 year-59%
30-day volatility98% annualised
Deepest 90-day fall33%
200-day average$0.3537 · below · rising
50-day average$0.4105
03 · what the protocol actually earns
Does Lido DAO generate fees or revenue?
Lido DAO publishes 3 of the six network-economics series this site tracks: network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked. Network fees over the last four complete quarters is $624.7M. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token. Readings run to the Q3 2026 quarter.
Fees, last 30 days$57.8M
Revenue, last 30 days$3.5M
Fees, last 90 days$149.3M
Revenue, last 90 days$9.2M
Paid to token holders, last 30 days$0
Paid to token holders, last 90 days$3.0M
Active addresses a day, 30-day average244
Transactions, last 30 days9,060
Source: DefiLlama, daily figures summed to 2026-10-30. Fees are what users paid; revenue is the part the protocol keeps. Paid to token holders is the share of revenue DefiLlama counts as going to holders, through buybacks, burns or staking payouts. Active addresses are the wallets that used the protocol that day.
Network fees20 of 20 quarters
Last four quarters$624.7M-29%
Protocol revenue20 of 20 quarters
Last four quarters$56.0M-36%
Total value locked20 of 20 quarters
Latest quarter$26.4B-27%
Network fees
Protocol revenue
Total value locked
Complete calendar quarters only. A blank quarter is unavailable, not zero. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token.
04 · exact additive research priority
What does the evidence say about Lido DAO?
Lido DAO scores 52.0 out of 100 inside Liquid Staking, ranked 4 of 9 rated coins on 91% evidence. The four displayed point contributions add exactly to the total; missing evidence pulls only the affected factor toward neutral and lowers its stated coverage. It ranks research attention within one theme, never portfolio action, and it is not comparable across themes.
What it means: Cheap against its fees while its activity shrinks: the low price may simply reflect falling use.
12.2/35Price leadership
vs Bitcoin (90 days): −18.4 pts · vs its theme (30 days): −4.7 pts · below its 200-day average
100% evidence
11.2/30Usage growth
Fees -28.7% · revenue -36.1% · users —
70% evidence
17.1/20Value capture
Fee yield 221.14% · revenue yield 19.83%
100% evidence
11.5/15Liquidity & risk
Typical daily trading: $55.9M · price swings: 97.6% a year
100% evidence
This weakens if: The read weakens if 90-day strength against Bitcoin falls below zero with two weekly closes below the 200-day average, or native activity contracts for two complete calendar quarters.
No valuation section exists on this page, for any coin. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a token, and historical market capitalisation is not held at all, only a dated current snapshot, so no ten-year valuation band can be built honestly. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, the yield against that dated snapshot is shown above instead.
05 · the theme it competes in
How does Lido DAO compare with other Liquid Staking coins?
Lido DAO is one of 11 Liquid Staking coins here, 9 of which carry enough evidence to be rated and ranked. Lido DAO ranks 4 of those 9 on 91% evidence. The table below is the theme's own scorecard, in its own order, with this coin marked.
The Liquid Staking scorecard in its own order, with this coin marked. Scores are within-theme and are not comparable with coins in another theme. See the full Liquid Staking page.
Which crypto lists is Lido DAO on?
Lido DAO is on one of our crypto lists: Altcoins (DeFi coins). Every coin we track is in the full ranking on Cryptocurrencies by market cap. List membership comes from CoinGecko's categories and market-cap rank, never from a hand-picked list.
Next to it by size · every coin with a page
Which coins are closest to Lido DAO in market cap?
Lido DAO is number 95 by market cap among the 604 coins with a page on this site. The 4 just larger and the 4 just smaller are listed here, each with its theme, so the comparison crosses themes. Market cap is the snapshot dated 2026-11-05.
This page names 5 ways its own evidence about Lido DAO can mislead, all listed below. The largest is that crypto network activity is not company earnings: protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders. Price runs through 2026-11-04; market capitalisation is a separate snapshot dated 2026-11-05.
Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
Market capitalisation is a dated snapshot, not a point-in-time historical supply series, so yields computed against it inherit that lag.
No valuation band exists for any coin: historical market capitalisation is not held at all.
Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
The research score is relative to this coin's own theme only. It is not comparable across themes and is not an entry signal.
Price and technicalsPrice through 2026-11-04; moving averages and returns through 2026-10-30, from exchange closes; moving averages are computed, never scraped.
Protocol activityThrough 2026-10-30, for the series this token publishes.
Market capSnapshot dated 2026-11-05; no historical supply series is implied.
Decision useResearch priority within one theme. Not entry, exit, sizing or leverage instructions.
Questions the page should answer directly
Crypto analysis FAQs
These 9 answers cover the questions this page can settle from data it holds: what the category is, how the score is built, what the coverage gaps are, and what would change the read. Every answer below is also present in the page’s FAQ schema and in its plain-text rendition. None of them is a recommendation.
What is Lido DAO (LDO)?
Lido DAO (LDO) is a crypto token that CoinGecko lists under infrastructure, decentralized finance (DeFi) and liquid staking governance tokens. We place it in the Liquid Staking theme, with 11 coins. Its highest daily close since 12 November 2021 was $5.51 on 13 November 2021; its lowest was $0.2397 on 30 June 2026.
What is the market cap of Lido DAO?
Lido DAO's market capitalisation is $282.5M, ranking it 139 in the top-1,000 crypto universe, read on 5 November 2026. It is refreshed separately from the daily price.
Is Lido DAO beating Bitcoin?
Over 90 days Lido DAO is 18.4 percentage points behind Bitcoin: its own return minus Bitcoin's. Its theme, Liquid Staking, is +5.1% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Lido DAO trades below its 200-day average as of 4 November 2026.
What is Lido DAO's highest price?
The highest daily close we hold for Lido DAO is $5.51, on 13 November 2021, in records from 12 November 2021. The lowest is $0.2397, on 30 June 2026. The close on 4 November 2026, $0.3416, is 94% below that high.
Does Lido DAO have a P/E ratio?
No. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a crypto token, and no valuation band is shown on this page because the data to build one honestly does not exist: historical market capitalisation is not held, only a current snapshot. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, this page shows the yield against that dated snapshot instead.
What is Lido DAO's research score?
52/100 within Liquid Staking, ranked 4 of 9 rated Liquid Staking coins, on 91% evidence: 12.2 + 11.2 + 17.1 + 11.5 = 52.0. It is labelled “Mixed”. The score ranks research attention inside one theme, never portfolio action.
How much Lido DAO history does this page show?
Five years of weekly closes where they exist, plus 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity for the metrics Lido DAO actually publishes. Here that is network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked.
How much did Lido DAO earn in the last 30 days?
In the 30 days to 30 October 2026, DefiLlama shows $57.8M of fees and $3.5M of protocol revenue for Lido DAO. Over 90 days: $149.3M of fees and $9.2M of revenue. Fees are what users paid; revenue is the part the protocol keeps.
Does Lido DAO generate network fees?
Lido DAO's trailing twelve-month network fees is $624.7M, down 28.7% on the year-earlier period. Network activity is not token-holder earnings: whether it accrues to the token depends on the protocol's own burn, buyback and distribution rules.