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Paradigm Capital, a prominent player in the cryptocurrency investment space, has made a significant move involving 70 million Lido DAO (LDO) tokens amid the ongoing crypto bull market. In a strategic transfer that took place over the past six hours, Paradigm Capital moved 8.18 million LDO tokens worth approximately $11.29 million to Coinbase Prime.

Crypto prices today stirred a whirlpool of speculations among market watchers globally, showcasing mixed price actions. While Bitcoin (BTC) maintained a trading session in the green at the $75K level, altcoins mainly reflected a turbulent market sentiment.

LDO rallies 32% with bullish momentum building, supported by rising volume and positive metrics.

The crypto market continued its upward surge, posting a strong 7.41% increase over the past 24 hours and lifting the global market cap to an impressive $2.46 trillion. Trading volumes soared by an astounding 128.03%, touching $192.7 billion.

Lido DAO recorded a strong bull run as positive sentiment surrounds the crypto market. Data shows increased whale accumulation around the asset.

Lido DAO price fell sharply as the broader crypto market pared gains alongside Bitcoin's dip to near $70,700. On Oct. 31, the price of Lido DAO (LDO) declined over 10% to trade near $1.05 before regaining some ground.

TL;DR Synthetix has proposed acquiring Kwenta, an exchange derived from its ecosystem, to unify operations and enhance services. The acquisition values each KWENTA token at 17 SNX, with a token swap valued at $13.2 million. The integration would involve dissolving Kwenta's governance and merging it with SNX's Spartan Council.

Storj, a distributed cloud storage platform, has announced leadership changes as it targets a new growth chapter. The platform said in a press release on October 30 that Colby Winegar, until then the platform's chief revenue officer, had been promoted and would be taking over as the new chief executive officer.

Winegar previously served as the company's chief revenue office for a number of years.

DeFi protocol Synthetix is setting its sights on acquiring Kwenta, a derivatives exchange that emerged from Synthetix itself in 2020. The post Synthetix Eyes Acquisition of Former Spin-Off Kwenta to Bolster DeFi Derivatives appeared first on Cryptonews.

Lido has launched a new cross-chain staking system using Chainlink's CCIP technology, enabling users to stake ETH directly from Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism through a single transaction.

Lido has announced the integration of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enable cross-chain staking across Ethereum layer-2 networks such as Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism, according to an Oct. 29 statement shared with CryptoSlate.

GMX-Solana has adopted Chainlink's Data Streams as its official Oracle solution for price data, funding rates, and liquidations. In parallel, Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has facilitated cross-chain staking for Lido, broadening accessibility to staked Ethereum (ETH) on Layer-2 (L2) networks.

Lido Finance has launched a "community staking module" to enhance Ethereum staking accessibility, following approval from Lido DAO members.

Lido DAO has taken a big step toward decentralization by voting to add a community staking module, moving closer to a fully open and permissionless staking protocol.

Liquid staking protocol Lido launched its Community Staking Module (CSM) on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet on Oct. 25. The CSM allows any user staking ETH to become a solo validator.

LidoDAO has launched the Community Staking Module (CSM), a major advancement for solo staking on the Ethereum network. This new feature simplifies access to staking by lowering the entry requirements for node operators.

TL;DR Lido DAO has approved the activation of the Community Staking Module (CSM) on Ethereum, facilitating access for independent stakers to strengthen decentralization. The CSM allows validators to operate with a minimum capital of only 2.4 ETH, thereby reducing entry barriers for new participants.

Lido DAO voted to incorporate the community staking module, a step towards creating a fully permissionless staking protocol.

The new solution enables more independent stakers to participate, thereby focusing on Ethereum's decentralization and security.

The Community Staking Module allows anyone to become a network validator with only 2.4 ETH.

Synthetix, a well-known DeFi protocol for synthetic assets, has just announced the launch of version V3 on the layer-2 blockchain of Arbitrum.

The v3 launch marks the DeFi protocol's first big product rollout after a governance overhaul in October.

Lido DAO (LDO) approaches a critical resistance level as key technical and on-chain factors clash.

Storj, a blockchain network focused on storage and decentralized graphical processing units, continued its strong rally. Storj (STORJ) price soared to a high of $0.

The derivatives liquidity protocol Synthetix (SNX) witnessed more development activity than any other project in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector in the past 30 days, according to the crypto analytics firm Santiment. Synthetix aims to serve as a backend liquidity tool for user-facing DeFi projects, according to the protocol's whitepaper.

Lido Finance expands to Optimism, strengthening its position as the leading DeFi platform with over $25 billion in TVL, while its token LDO struggles despite ecosystem growth.

Lido Finance, the largest DeFi platform by assets under management, is expanding. The liquidity staking platform said it now supports the deployment of its stETH value-accruing token on Optimism, a layer-2 solution for Ethereum.

The Lido (LDO) short-term position continues to be compromised in the face of a market-wide correction phase, dragging the altcoin market to the mud. As of writing, the token has lost over 20% in value, representing a massive flip in investor sentiment.

POPCAT leads Lido DAO in market cap. The meme coin based on a viral cat named Oatmeal has achieved a market cap of 987M while Lido DAO nearly matches with 982M.

The SR-2 proposal wants to address many of the concerns currently dragging down the Synthetix protocol.

Synthetix community approves a major protocol overhaul with 99.4% support, aiming to revitalize the project through token redesign, multi-chain deployment, and governance restructuring.

A new proposal looking to completely reboot DeFi protocol Synthetix has garnered 99.4% approval from community members.

Recent reports from blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain revealed that the whale liquidated 150,428 INJ tokens, valued at approximately $3.29 million. The transaction involved swapping these tokens for an impressive 2.44 million LDO tokens, worth around $3.05 million at the time of the exchange.

Lido Finance recently reported a remarkable increase in its total value locked (TVL), which rose by 10.83% over the past week, reaching $25.18 billion as of September 23, 2024. This growth is primarily attributed to a significant surge in Ethereum's price, which has enhanced the value of assets staked through the platform.

Lido Finance reported that its total value locked (TVL) increased by 10.83% over the past week, reaching $25.18 billion as of Sept. 23. This growth is primarily attributed to a rise in Ethereum's token price, which boosted the value of assets staked through the platform.

Synthetix, a popular DeFi protocol, is facing challenges regarding its plans for Arbitrum, a layer-2 platform for Ethereum. According to the recent voting results, the community voted against its plans to extend its Long-Term Incentive Program (LTIP) grant.

Lido's performance has been disappointing over the past year. The token has seen a substantial drop of 35% year-to-date and continues to face challenges, with a recent 24-hour decline of 3.3%.

Based on Q3 returns, investors holding the other top DeFi blue chips were in losses, but not AAVE.

Lido has been on a bearish trend. However, an analyst's latest optimistic prediction of a potential multi-month rally offers hope.

Story Highlights The live price of Lido Dao is With a surge, Lido Dao could go as high as $5.782 by the end of 2024. LDO price with a potential surge could reach a maximum of $22.112 by 2030.

Snax Chain, built on OP Stack, launches September 15th, integrating Wormhole for secure, decentralized Synthetix V3 governance and cross-chain messaging.

Major Crypto exchange Coinbase has revealed additional listings this week. Specifically in the past day, Coinbase announced the addition of zkSync (ZK) to its listing road map.

Competition is mounting among DeFi derivatives protocols after Synthetix launched on Arbitrum in July.

In this bearish market sentiment, Nansen's CEO, Alex Svanevik has made a significant move that could trigger a sharp price drop in Lido DAO (LDO). On September 6, 2024, the on-chain analytic firm Lookonchain made a post on X (previously Twitter) that the CEO had dumped 3 million LDO tokens worth $2.89 million to Coinbase.

An early investor in LidoDAO, Alex Svanevik, divested the last LDO tokens from his wallet. Other whales are transacting the token, while ETH staking is facing challenges due to lower L1 fees.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Synthetix (SNX) is working toward launching its application blockchain, dubbed SNAXChain, according to a blog post published on September 4, 2024. Synthetix SNAXChain To Launch On Optimism's Superchain Infrastructure Ethereum-based derivatives liquidity protocol Synthetix is set to unveil SNAXChain, an application blockchain built on Optimism's Superchain infrastructure.