Centrifuge Protocol vs Lido

Centrifuge Protocol tokenizes real-world assets like invoices and credit pools for DeFi. Its infrastructure bridges traditional finance and DeFi, enabling collateralization of real-world assets for on-chain lending.

Lido is the largest liquid‑staking protocol, minting stETH and other LSTs that track underlying validator balances 1:1 minus a 10 % reward fee. Its dual‑dao governance splits responsibility between the Lido DAO and the protocol’s Node Operator Registry, reducing centralisation risk. By May 2025 over 9 million ETH—roughly 30 % of staked supply—was custodied under Lido smart contracts.