Lido Begins $16.5B ETH Migration to Cut Validator Count According to CoinDesk, Lido has begun migrating more than 8 million ETH to its Curated Module v2 architecture, consolidating smaller validators into Ethereum’s post-Pectra large-validator design.
Lido estimates the move could reduce Ethereum’s total validator count by about one-third and cut attestation messages by roughly 29% per epoch
All 34 curated node operators will also be required to post ETH bonds for the first time. — link