Lido has added direct ETH staking from Arbitrum, Base, Linea and Optimism to its staking interface. Users receive wstETH on their own network without bridging manually, while the staking itself still happens on Ethereum mainnet.
Lido added direct ETH staking from four Layer 2 networks (Arbitrum, Base, Linea and Optimism) to its staking interface, the protocol announced Oct. 15. The flow runs on Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), so users can receive wstETH on their starting network without bridging to Ethereum and back.
How the staking flow works
On the Layer 2, a user's ETH is exchanged for wstETH from a dedicated liquidity pool on the same network, according to Lido. A Chainlink price feed reflects the Lido protocol's exchange rate rather than an exchange's market price.
The ETH deposited on the Layer 2 is automatically bridged to Ethereum and staked through Lido, and wstETH is sent back to replenish the local pool. wstETH is the wrapped version of stETH, whose balance stays fixed while its value reflects staking rewards.
Existing rails move into Lido's own interface
The launch brings existing cross-chain infrastructure into Lido's own front end. Lido introduced the rails in October 2024 for Arbitrum, Base and Optimism, with third-party frontends including XSwap, OpenOcean and Interport, and Linea followed in October 2025.
Users still pay Layer 2 transaction gas. For the background pool refill, Lido's technical fee documentation says cross-chain costs come from a separately funded contract balance, not from stakers' deposits.
Liquidity limits the fast route
The convenience depends on local liquidity, Chainlink's exchange-rate feed and CCIP, and on the return bridge that replenishes the pool. The fast route delivers tokens in the local transaction provided the pool has enough wstETH.
When a deposit exceeds available liquidity, Lido's interface can display a warning suggesting a wait of about an hour for wstETH to be replenished.
Source: The Defiant
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