Lido vs Meteora

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.

Meteora is building the most secure, sustainable, and composable yield layer for Solana and DeFi. The protocol powers multiple liquidity models including DAMM, DLMM, Dynamic Bonding Curve, and Dynamic AMM pools. Liquidity providers benefit from dynamic fees, precise liquidity concentration, flexible strategies, and lending yields on stable pairs. Meteora has generated over $1.49 billion in fees, processed more than $259 billion in swap volume, and currently secures $823 million in total value locked. Revenue accrues from swap and trading fees collected across all pool types, with treasury and token holders sharing in protocol earnings.