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Launches π
Lido has expanded Aave v3.2 Liquid eModes to Base and Arbitrum, allowing users to leverage LRTs as collateral for borrowing wstETH. This update introduces new DeFi use cases, including auto-compounded staking, restaking rewards, and points farming, with reduced gas costs and faster confirmations. The ezETH-wstETH pair is now live, optimized for rewards maximization and unique third-party incentives. Access through Aave or automated platforms enables streamlined management with recursive borrowing and continuous monitoring. Future updates will include more L2 networks, collateral options, and institutional-focused incentives.
StakeWise introduces StakeWise Boost, enabling users to earn up to 10% ETH rewards with a single click. The feature leverages osETH to borrow ETH on Aave and restake it up to 14x, maximizing rewards while simplifying what was once a complex DeFi strategy. With built-in safety features, such as optimal borrowing calculations and protection against osETH depegs, Boost ensures security even for beginners.
Phase 1 caps borrowing at 15,000 ETH, with deposits ranging between 1,100-2,500 ETH, so early access is encouraged. While returns are volatile, users can adjust their positions if APY decreases.
Tren Finance Mainnet Goes Live on Arbitrum. Users have options to deposit assets as collateral to borrow $XY, stake $XY in the Insurance Pool for protocol security, and optimize with automated strategy Hooks.
f(x) Protocol launches v2.0, introducing fixed, zero-stress leverage trading on ETH with no funding fees or liquidations. Stability Pool users can earn triple yields through trading fees, ETH staking rewards, and FXN emissions. Initially, only xstETH and xfrxETH holders from V1 can migrate and open positions, with broader access after 80% migration. Leverage begins at 7X during the bootstrap phase, increasing to 10X upon stabilization. Thoroughly audited, f(x) v2.0 delivers a safer, smarter trading experience.
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Updates π°
The Ethereum Foundation has set up a new 3-of-5 multisig wallet using Safe, with an initial transaction initiated to transfer 50,000 ETH, pending signing. The wallet, located at 0x9fC3dc011b461664c835F2527fffb1169b3C213e, will be used for participation in the DeFi ecosystem, with a testing transaction already executed on Aave. The Foundation plans to transfer more funds to this wallet over time. Stay tuned for updates on their DeFi activities.
World Liberty Financial discloses strategic asset acquisitions, purchasing $47M in ETH, $47M in wBTC, $4.7M in Aave, LINK, TRX, and ENA.
Aerodrome has introduced $TRUMP trading and liquidity provision on Base, leveraging Ambient Global and Stargate Finance for bridging. Paired with $USDC, the pool is already receiving $AERO incentives to boost participation.
WalletConnect is now featured on Layer3, offering users the opportunity to explore its dynamic on-chain UX ecosystem.
Sandglass is now live on Eclipse Foundation with tETH as its first tradable asset, backed by multiple yield-bearing ETH derivatives like eETH, ezETH, and rswETH.
Users can trade tETH for YT to gain 68x more points and benefit from yield increases or trade for PT to secure fixed yield. Idle tETH holders can also provide liquidity to earn trading fees. NucleusEarn serves as the default yield provider for tETH across networks.
Lido DAO has integrated Treehouse Financeβs tETH, a liquid staking token based on stETH, offering users enhanced staking rewards and third-party integrations. tETH adjusts staking rewards via rebalancing, aligns rates with Ethereum's Network Staking Rewards, and remains DeFi-compatible. This collaboration supports Decentralized Offered Rates (DOR), using stETH liquidity to establish reference rates and enable advanced DeFi mechanisms like Forward Rate Agreements.
Upcoming β³
Liquity V2 Launching Jan 23. Prepare your ETH, wstETH, and rETH for borrowing with user-set rates, minting $BOLD stablecoin with real yield, staking $LQTY for liquidity incentives, and earning rewards from 15+ protocol forks.
Symbiotic teases upcoming mainnet launch
Orbit has announced an upcoming major UI update, aiming to simplify access to earning strategies on its platform. The redesign will showcase all available strategies with detailed insights, analytics, and a streamlined execution process, empowering usersβwhether seasoned traders or beginnersβto make informed decisions quickly. The update emphasizes transparency and ease, supporting high-yield opportunities, DeFi strategies, and AI-driven trading.
Airdrops πͺ
Story Protocol has launched a new quest for the Story IP x AI Carnival on Binance Wallet, featuring an 88,888 $IP prize pool.
WalletConnect has launched its first-ever community initiative, WalletConnect Quests, offering a 250K WCT prize pool. Participants can complete weekly challenges to earn rewards. Start your journey and explore WalletConnect through the Layer3 campaign.
Linea has partnered with Nansen.ai to enhance sybil detection for LXP holders, identifying 476k addresses with strong sybil signals now added to the blocklist, excluding them from LXP airdrop allocations.
Bedrock has reached the halfway point of the Berachain Epic, launching Week 4 in collaboration with Dolomite. Participants can complete tasks to earn a share of 150,000 Bedrock Diamonds and an exclusive OAT badge. Rewards include 100,000 Diamonds for task completers and a 50,000 bonus pool for OAT and ROCKBERA NFT holders. Donβt miss out!
Bucket Protocol is running a $10,000 $BUT giveaway campaign on Sui Wallet. Participants can deposit $BUCK to qualify for rewards. The campaign ends on January 21 at 17:00 UTC, offering users a chance to win by engaging with the Bucket ecosystem.
Farms π§π»βπΎ
Mountain Protocol launches USDM and wUSDM on zkSync Era, introducing a yield-bearing stablecoin ecosystem. USDM, pegged to $1, offers a 4.7% APY simply by holding, while wUSDM enables DeFi integrations by reflecting accumulated rewards in its price.
Users can trade both tokens on SyncSwap, leveraging $5M in liquidity and earning over 25% APR in incentivized pools. Backed by short-term US treasuries and regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, USDM combines yield generation with robust transparency.
Avantis introduces multi-collateral USDC borrowing powered by Morpho on Base, enabling users to leverage BTC or ETH to borrow USDC for trading and increasing vault deposits. Users can repay seamlessly post-trade while earning boosted Avantis XP and yields, with APYs for locked deposits potentially exceeding Morpho's borrowing costs. Supported markets include cbETH, wstETH, cbBTC, and ETH.
ZKsync Ignite kicks off Period 2 with a boosted budget of 9.5M ZK tokens, a 58.3% increase from Period 1. Key updates include expanded budgets for DEXs (+102.5%), lending (+22.3%), and perpetuals (+32%), alongside 74 incentivized pools (+37%). Top opportunities offer up to 175% APR on pairs like ZK/WETH and USDC/WETH.
WOOFi's @zksync Earn vaults now offer enhanced $ZK incentives, providing over 30% yield on single-sided $ETH deposits.
Provide GHO liquidity on Spectra for stkGHO Mar 2025 PT to earn incentives from SPECTRA reward pool for up to 40% APR on Ethereum. With more than $8M TVL, the pool delivers good returns with good liquidity and low impermanent loss risk.
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