Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third

AI Summary The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time. fulltext: 138 chars | fulltext source: rss-fallback | summary method: extractive Original: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/27/lido-begins-moving-usd16-5-billion-in-staked-ether-to-cut-validator-count-by-a-third Source: CoinDesk