By Isaac • October 15, 2026 11:10 am •
Lido has moved a common Ethereum staking chore behind a single button for users on four major Layer 2 networks.
ETH holders on Arbitrum, Base, Linea and Optimism can now stake through Lido’s main interface without manually bridging their assets to Ethereum and then moving the resulting liquid-staking token back to the network where they started. Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, handles the cross-chain instructions and transfers beneath that simpler user flow.
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The change is less about inventing a new staking product than removing friction from an existing one. Lido’s core staking system remains on Ethereum mainnet, while users receive wrapped staked Ether, or wstETH, that can be used on the originating Layer 2.
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