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Welcome to Observer #26 & 27: The weekly roundup of Ethereum news and headlines. A Post-EthCC - Ethereum Community Conference Double Feature & **Six Month** Anniversary Edition! - 42(!!!) posts and threads this week 👇 - RT to help boost, or DM to help out! - blog version below

In the past couple of weeks, three major institutional reports have been published about the bullish outlook of Ethereum & $ETH: - "ETH: Digital Oil for the Digital Economy" by Etherealize - "Beyond Stablecoins: The Case for Ethereum" by Electric Capital ⚡️ - "Blockchains as

At its core, Lido is staking middleware. It abstracts Ethereum’s validator mechanics into an interface that enables ETH holders to delegate stake to hundreds of Node Operators across the globe, permissionlessly and at any size. The result: full participation in securing

Now, why Lido V3? Lido V3 introduces two distinct products: • Lido Core: The original engine powering stETH and distributed ETH staking through 600+ Node Operators. • stVaults: A customizable staking layer that enables bespoke staking setups catered to institutions, leveraged

stVaults enable tailored architecture, allowing institutions to choose: • Their own node operator • Custodial vs. non-custodial configurations • Whether to mint stETH • Reward routing and validator logic • Optional sidecar services (e.g. MEV strategies, pre-confirmation

Vaults eliminate opacity in institutional staking. Validator selection is public, node economics are auditable, rewards are on-chain & traceable, and liquidity is native. Transparency is built into the protocol design.

Lido V3 strengthens Ethereum by decentralizing stake flows. 95% of current stake sits with curated operators, but all new stake routes through DVT and CSM modules. Over time, this will organically rebalance Ethereum’s validator set, boosting resilience and geographic diversity.

Lido V3 is now live on testnet (Holesky), with mainnet launch scheduled for October 2025. Institutions, node operators, and asset managers can already: • Build and deploy vaults • Collaborate on strategy design • Select validator partners • Prepare custom

.Aave has $750M of wstETH Earning 0.44% on the Prime instance 🤝 Lido. Builders need deep lasting liquidity with consistent predictable yield. Our friends at f(x) Protocol just deposited another 3,000 $wstETH into the Aave Prime Instance, pushing their total to over

Big changes are coming to @EthereumFndn’s ecosystem development cluster to support real-world adoption. Here’s what’s changing and why it matters🧵

We're in Glamsterdam headliner scoping phase! See: forkcast.org/upgrade/glamst…. 🚨 This is a callout and a warning to the Ethereum community that decisions will be made *within the next few weeks on the next impactful feature/change to Ethereum.* 👇

🟢 SER NEWS: Lido added 1,185 ETH last month, bringing their total reserve to 37,164 ETH. Lido is ETH-aligned. Always has been.

This table is courtesy of world’s 3rd largest asset manager… The backdrop is eth, not btc. Fidelity: “Ethereum's design allows for a direct relationship between economic activity & net issuance & impacts all eth holders regardless of whether they are stakers.” Look at this.

Why do solo & home stakers matter for Ethereum? Solo stakers own their capital, control their configurations, and validate from home, making Ethereum more decentralized and censorship-resistant. Watch as Dmitriy Gusakov breaks down CSM at EthCC 👇

“We expect that by the end of the year, over 10% of Lido will be controlled by community stakers” Lido CSM has added 300+ net new Node Operators to Lido in just 8 months, with many home stakers joining from underserved regions. This is just the beginning.

CSM v2 launches this summer. A big step toward further decentralization, resilience, and community power in Ethereum staking 💙

The ticker is ETH. The season is summer. Stay liquid, stake with Lido.

Oscar Wilde's gain-without-growth point seems to be the root of a lot of discontent

$ETH is a productive asset

In my view, and the view of our model at EMJCapital ETH is going to $10,000. And almost no one understands why. Here’s what our model sees coming — and why the next leg up could catch everyone off guard 👇