LDO is Lido DAO's governance token — the vote share over the largest staking pool in crypto, the operator set behind stETH and wstETH (both covered separately in this corpus). The contract 0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32 is the canonical deployment; our October 9, 2026 read shows $992 thousand of tracked pool liquidity at a $0.39 handle.
The honest mechanics: LDO is governance, not cash flow — it doesn't pay you a share of Lido's fee revenue, it buys influence over who gets to run validators and what the treasury does. Its risk is its dominance: Lido's share of staked ETH is large enough that regulators and the Ethereum community itself periodically debate capping it, and that debate is the LDO chart. A governance token on the biggest single point of staking centralization is a strange asset — know that is what it is.
Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the scan refreshes them. Verify the address on lido.fi's docs.
Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 50.02% of LDO's supply as of 2026-09-27 — meaningful concentration; watch whether the large accounts are pools and lockers or free wallets. Note these are token accounts: liquidity pools, exchange wallets and lockers count among them, so read this together with liquidity, not instead of it.
Price and safety history of LDO
Every dated snapshot we hold for LDO — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.
Date
Price
Market cap
Liquidity
Holders
Grade
2026-10-16
$0.4068
$337.49M
$936.06K
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B
2026-10-15
$0.4083
$338.75M
$930.36K
—
B
2026-10-14
$0.3987
$330.73M
$1.09M
—
B
2026-10-13
$0.4097
$339.90M
$1.13M
—
B
2026-10-12
$0.4172
$346.12M
$1.07M
—
B
2026-10-11
$0.4273
$354.49M
$1.03M
—
B
2026-10-09
$0.4197
$348.19M
$991.96K
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B
2026-10-08
$0.4367
$362.25M
$965.03K
63,889
C
2026-10-07
$0.4463
$370.22M
$951.01K
63,889
C
2026-10-06
$0.4647
$385.51M
$1.01M
64,169
C
2026-10-05
$0.4613
$382.69M
$1.02M
63,889
C
2026-10-04
$0.4554
$377.78M
$1.03M
63,889
C
2026-10-03
$0.4612
$382.61M
$1.01M
63,889
C
2026-10-02
$0.46
$381.59M
$1.14M
63,889
C
2026-10-01
$0.4376
$363.01M
$1.14M
63,889
C
2026-09-30
$0.4478
$371.44M
$1.08M
63,889
C
2026-09-27
$0.4846
$402.01M
$1.08M
63,889
C
2026-09-26
$0.4912
$407.50M
$853.83K
63,817
C
2026-09-21
$0.4413
$368.12M
$853.83K
63,817
C
2026-09-08
$0.39
—
$707.86K
—
B
Contract
0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32
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FAQ
Is LDO a safe token?
As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, LDO scores 80/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $991.96K. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.
Can you sell LDO, or is it a honeypot?
Our Ethereum read covers market structure, not sell-side contract behaviour like honeypots or transfer taxes, as of 2026-10-09. Before assuming you can exit freely, run the live scan above — it reads the contract directly.
Who holds most of LDO?
Per-wallet distribution for LDO wasn't resolved in the 2026-10-09 snapshot. Run the live scan, which reads holder concentration directly from the chain.
Can LDO's supply be inflated?
This snapshot grades market structure only — contract-level supply controls on Ethereum aren't assessed here yet. Run the live scanner, which reads the contract in real time.
What is the LDO contract address?
The LDO contract address on Ethereum is 0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.
Where can you buy LDO safely?
Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if LDO clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.
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