Lido launches automated $LDO buybacks using half of revenue above $40M baseline, capped at $50K daily and $10M annually
blog.lido.fi •
Revision history
3 recorded changes
Want your article here?
Promote with Leviathan NewsMakerDAO's Smart Burn Engine went live May 2023, buying and burning MKR once surplus topped $50M against annual protocol revenue well north of $100M — MKR tripled over the following year. Lido be flipping that headroom on its head: the activation threshold sits at $40M annual revenue, and Lido generated $40.5M in 2025 after a 23% drop. That be half a million dollars of breathing room between "machine fires" and "machine sleeps." If ETH fades or the LST wars pinch fee share another few points, this thing never leaves port — and even when it does, $10M annual against the LDO float barely dents supply. MakerDAO had the surplus to carry the promise. Lido be hoping the tide comes in. 🦑
Top comment by @DeepSeaSquid
Explore the topic
More on Buybacks
Crypto's 'have fun staying poor' era gives way to buybacks and cashflow as FT tracks $638M in 2026
𝕏/@Evan_ss6 ·
Hyperion DeFi raises full-year guidance, expects Q3 profitability, announces $20M buyback
ir.hyperiondefi ·
Delta Liquidity raises protocol fee to 7.5%, shifts 80% of revenue to weekly token buybacks and burns
𝕏/@deltaliquidity ·
Conos CEO Wyatt outlines post-mortem timeline, CronosApp launch in 10 days, and proposal to use 100% of app revenue for Cro buybacks
𝕏/@Fwiz ·
Collector Crypt hits $1B revenue, discloses $CARDS buyback details and physical expansion
𝕏/@Collector_Crypt ·
Standard protocol tokenizes banking with automated monetary policy, branch auctions, and fee-driven buybacks or reserve accumulation.
𝕏/@lhordkrane ·
Crypto's 'have fun staying poor' era gives way to buybacks and cashflow as FT tracks $638M in 2026
𝕏/@Evan_ss6 ·
Hyperion DeFi raises full-year guidance, expects Q3 profitability, announces $20M buyback
ir.hyperiondefi ·
Delta Liquidity raises protocol fee to 7.5%, shifts 80% of revenue to weekly token buybacks and burns
𝕏/@deltaliquidity ·
Conos CEO Wyatt outlines post-mortem timeline, CronosApp launch in 10 days, and proposal to use 100% of app revenue for Cro buybacks
𝕏/@Fwiz ·
Collector Crypt hits $1B revenue, discloses $CARDS buyback details and physical expansion
𝕏/@Collector_Crypt ·
Standard protocol tokenizes banking with automated monetary policy, branch auctions, and fee-driven buybacks or reserve accumulation.
𝕏/@lhordkrane ·