Lido Executive Urges Ether Treasuries to Adopt Liquid Staking Strategies

Ether treasury companies give investors indirect exposure to ETH prices and onchain yields by holding the cryptocurrency. But U.S.-listed staking Ether ETFs can already offer native staking yields of about 2.72% annually. Lido argues that treasuries must keep assets productive in DeFi through liquid staking tokens, rather than relying solely on passive staking, to justify premiums over net asset value.

Kean Gilbert, Lido’s head of institutional relations, said at ETHCC 2026 on April 7, 2026, that companies could use ETH as collateral for loans and layer the resulting yield on top of staking returns. By March 2026, SharpLink Gaming had accumulated 14,516 ETH, or about $30.8 million, in staking rewards. Liquid staking generated 33% of those rewards, while native staking accounted for 66%.