Lido launched a major staking upgrade introducing validator consolidation, new operator mechanisms and support for Ethereum’s 0x02 credentials.

Lido resolved a stETH rebase discrepancy caused by a missed 32 ETH validator deposit, updated its oracle, and confirmed no funds were at risk.

The liquid-staking giant is consolidating more than 8 million ether onto a lean validator architecture to drop overall network message traffic by nearly 30%.