Lido vs Orderly

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.

The Orderly Bridge tracks the assets deposited into Orderly, the omnichain order book infrastructure behind many perpetual DEXs. Users deposit from Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain and other networks, and their funds are settled on Orderly's own chain, where a shared central limit order book serves every front end built on Orderly. The bridged balance is the collateral used for trading across those venues.