Is LDO deflationary?

Key figures

Scores are 0–100 research shortcuts, not price forecasts. Sources: strong. Data as of Sep 6, 2026.

Supply history

Daily observed circulating supply from the market snapshot. Scheduled releases are shown separately below.

Upcoming releases

The published release schedule is complete. Remaining non-circulating supply is primarily DAO-controlled and proposal-dependent.

No calculable LDO release is published for the coming months.

How LDO supply changes

Founding-member vesting completed years ago. Treasury distributions are governance spending, not scheduled insider unlocks or burns.

Questions people ask about LDO supply

Is LDO deflationary?

LDO supply is expected to stay about flat over the next twelve months (0.0% policy). That figure is a published protocol policy, not a measured rate. Under its no permanent burn program program, tokens are held by the project, funded by dao treasury. No scheduled token releases are known for the next twelve months. Beneat Supply Watch ranks LDO #11 of 25 with an overall supply score of 74 out of 100, as of Sep 6, 2026.

When is the next LDO unlock?

No dated LDO release is published for the coming months: the published release schedule is complete. Remaining non-circulating supply is primarily DAO-controlled and proposal-dependent.

How much LDO is in circulation?

834.2M LDO is in circulation, about 83.4% of the 1.00B reference supply, with a market cap of $332M. Release progress is 4 of 5; expected completion: Founding vesting complete.

How does LDO supply change?

Founding-member vesting completed years ago. Treasury distributions are governance spending, not scheduled insider unlocks or burns. Program: No permanent burn program. Paid for by dao treasury. Destination: treasury and grants.

How reliable is this data?

LDO has strong sources: 2 cited documents, last checked Sep 6, 2026. Reconciliation against the published plan is "matched". Observed circulating supply is compared with calculable scheduled releases; opaque and dynamic flows remain outside the expectation.

Sources

• CoinGecko · Market and circulating-supply snapshot ↗2026-09-06
• Lido · LDO genesis allocation and vesting ↗2026-09-01

Reconciliation: matched. Observed circulating supply is compared with calculable scheduled releases; opaque and dynamic flows remain outside the expectation. Machine-readable data: /api/screener/deflationary and calendar for LDO.