• A bullish trend in trading volume follows the Lido DAO (LDO) price surge.

  • The liquid staking protocol observed an 8.9% spike in total value locked (TVL).

Lido DAO’s LDO, a prominent liquid staking token (LST), landed in the top 3 crypto gainers with a 20.8% price surge over the past 24 hours. Significantly, this LST recorded a 38-day high of $1.446.

The entire U.S. election scenario triggered Bitcoin to hit an all-time high (ATH), subsequently leading to the altcoin market’s resurgence. Green candles and notable gains are dominating the crypto market today. Notably, the price surge of LDO is backed by a bullish uptick in trading volume. In the last 24 hours, LDO’s daily trading volume saw a 176.61% surge, reaching $305.5 million.

Amid this rally, the LDO market witnessed a massive whale transfer over the last 12 hours. Paradigm Capital transferred its entire 70 million LDO holdings in two transactions. According to Lookonchain data, the firm accumulated these tokens in May 2021. 

Paradigm Capital's Big Move with #LDO—they've shifted 70M LDO worth $96.6M $11.29M worth $LDO to #CoinbasePrime $85.31M to a new wallet Backstory: This stake was acquired in 2021, spending 15,120 #ETH valued at around $53.25M. Could this impact $LDO’s market… pic.twitter.com/Hkgy7Cmxfk

— TheNewsCrypto (@The_NewsCrypto) November 7, 2024

Meanwhile, the liquid staking protocol’s total value locked (TVL) increased by 8.76% over the past 24 hours. Based on DefiLlama data, the TVL jumped from $23.70 billion to $27.72 billion.

Let’s dive into the Lido DAO price increase analysis and the factors supporting its current gains.

Lido DAO (LDO) 24H Price Analysis

At the time of analysis, LDO traded at $1.37 with a market cap of $1.22 billion. As mentioned earlier, the altcoin’s price surge is accompanied by bullish trends in trading volume. This is evident from the pattern shown by the on-balance volume (OBV) indicator on the daily LDO price chart. The OBV appears to be on an upward trajectory, indicating rising buying pressure, which supports a potential bullish rally.

Analyzing the Fibonacci retracement is crucial for understanding and forecasting the fate of LDO’s bullish momentum. If the token fails to hold the support at $1.244 (38.2% Fibonacci level), the uptrend will begin to weaken. Furthermore, a bearish move could trigger a downturn toward critical support levels such as $1.119 (61.8% Fib) and $1.030 (78.6% Fib).

On the other hand, other tokens from this liquid staking protocol—stETH, WSTETH, and stMATIC—also recorded notable price gains. Lido Staked ETH (stETH) saw a brief uptick of 7.2%, reaching $2,814. Lido wstETH (WSTETH) spiked 7.95% to $3,333, while Lido Staked Matic (stMATIC) gained 5.2%, reaching $227.31.