Lido DAO Approves $60M 2026 Budget as stVaults and Lido Earn Expand Beyond stETH

Lido DAO approved a $60 million operating budget for 2026 and set a three-year plan to expand beyond liquid staking into yield vaults, institutional wrappers, and "real-business DeFi." The strategy follows staking yield compression, with base APRs cited at 3–5%, and includes Ethereum mainnet launches such as Lido V3 stVaults (Jan. 30, 2026) plus Lido Earn products EarnETH and EarnUSD.