Whale Trades $3.29M In INJ For $3.05M In LDO As Lido Continues To Thrive: Weekly Analytics Report (Sept 16-23, 2024)

Earlier this week, a whale executed a significant trade, selling 150,428 INJ tokens worth $3.29 million and purchasing 2.44 million LDO tokens valued at $3.05 million through Cumberland.

Lido Finance, along with Aave, continues to dominate as one of the most revenue-generating applications.

A whale sold 150,428 $INJ($3.29M) and bought 2.44M $LDO($3.05M) via #Cumberland in the past 30 hours.https://t.co/4L8vFWcIng pic.twitter.com/ESXmWIGoFJ

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 25, 2024

While Lido doesn’t currently share revenue with its stakers, the protocol has been strategically building up surplus funds, intending to implement revenue sharing with token holders in the future.

Watching $LDO closely.

Apart from @aave, it's the largest application making serious revenue. Currently no revenue share for stakers, but the protocol has diminishing operating budgets to generate surplus before implementing rev share with token holders.

Fat APP thesis. pic.twitter.com/AdgAmDKtwi

— naly (@defi_naly) September 25, 2024

Lido’s Weekly Performance (Sept 16-23, 2024)

Total Value Locked (TVL):
Lido’s TVL grew by 10.83%, reaching $25.18 billion, driven mainly by the rise in Ethereum’s price.

Ethereum Staking Activity:
In the past week, Lido saw a net unstaking of 26,528 ETH, signaling some movement away from the staking pool.

stETH Annual Percentage Rate (APR):
The 7-day stETH APR climbed by 27 basis points to hit 3.17%, attributed to increased network activity on Ethereum.

Multichain wstETH:
The amount of bridged wstETH decreased by 2.04%, now standing at 191,498 wstETH. Breakdown across various chains:
– Arbitrum: 85,086 wstETH (-1.56%)
– Optimism: 36,628 wstETH (-0.85%)
– Base: 27,689 wstETH (-5.07%)
– Polygon: 11,967 wstETH (+5.65%)
– BNB: 2,802 wstETH (-31.46%)