governance

Lido's stETH Holders Get Veto Power: Decentralization Win?

Lido's stETH Holders Get Veto Power: Decentralization Win?

Those challenges have Lido Finance — a key player in the Ethereum staking landscape — charting a different course in decentralized governance. Through its democratizing protocol, the native cryptocurrency of the protocol, Lido Protocol, has heard a major proposal, LIP-28, that would reshape its power balance—perhaps profoundly—on this path. This...

Lido's stETH Governance: A Pragmatic Safety Net or Risky Experiment?

Lido's stETH Governance: A Pragmatic Safety Net or Risky Experiment?

Lido's proposing a power shift, LIP-28. Providing stETH holders a larger say, a veto at that. Sounds good, right? Decentralization, user empowerment, all the buzzwords. Wait, before we pop the bubbly let’s discuss risk. I’m not mainstreaming the criticism, nor am I defending it. Things are rarely black and white.Good...

Obol Collective Launches OBOL Token, Decentralizing Ethereum Staking Governance

Obol Collective Launches OBOL Token, Decentralizing Ethereum Staking Governance

Obol Collective formally released the OBOL Token on May 8th, 2025 in Zug, Switzerland – known as Crypto Valley for its influential blockchain ecosystem. The token powers governance and on-chain coordination for more than 800 active node operators. It locks in over $1 billion of ETH collateral across leading protocols...