Lido DAO news today is centered on a proposed lending product and a new institutional staking channel that could expand the protocol’s reach beyond liquid staking. Lido contributors unveiled Lido Lend, a decentralized lending market based on a modified fork of Morpho Blue, according to a proposal published on the Lido research forum on October 7 and reports published October 8, 2026. The product is not live and still requires approval from the Lido DAO.