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TL;DR:
Arc’s mainnet launched — BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa secure the network directly, with Aave, Uniswap, Kraken, and MetaMask in the launch ecosystem
Tera Portföy, a Turkish asset manager, failed to meet redemptions on ~$7.5B, threatening DeFi carry-trade products like Tori and Piku
Strata’s Neutrl Market unpaused at a 49% NUSD loss — jrNUSD wiped to zero, srNUSD absorbs the remainder
Nostra was exploited for ~$3.5M via a manipulated oracle price; market fully paused
The SEC granted a temporary exemption for onchain trading of tokenized US stocks — a major regulatory milestone
DeFi📈
Arc’s mainnet launched—BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, and others secure the network directly, with Aave, Uniswap, Kraken, and MetaMask among the launch ecosystem.
Hyperliquid launches manual borrows, allowing users to borrow quote assets (USDC and USDT) using HYPE and BTC as collateral.
Aero Lite launched on Arc — Aerodrome’s first deployment outside Base since launch, setting up liquidity infrastructure (swaps with USDC gas, LP rewards) ahead of a full launch.
Derive proposed V3 —a zkVM-based exchange replacing Derive Chain entirely — adds cross-margined portfolios and stronger self-custody. V2 balances migrate automatically.
Lighter is adding binary options and prediction markets, expanding its perps-only platform into event trading.
Metronome claimed it recovered its backing (6,367 msETH, 4.57M msUSD, ~$16-20M) within seven weeks — no token dilution, no outside recapitalization. Recovery was funded by protective loops built ahead of disclosure, an $8M USDC loan against treasury wstETH via Cap, and buybacks of synth assets at an average ~50% discount.
msUSD is still trading below $1 even though backing is claimed to have fully recovered
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Issues⚠️
Tera Portföy, a Turkish asset manager, failed to meet redemptions on ~$7.5B in funds — including a money market fund, supposedly the safest corner of the market — following Pusula Portföy’s collapse days earlier.
This threatens DeFi carry-trade products like Tori and Piku, whose Turkish lira exposure could turn a mark-to-market wobble into a real liquidity freeze if the underlying funds stay gated.
Strata’s Neutrl Market is unpausing following Neutrl’s redemption program deployment, which set NUSD’s reference value at $0.51 — a 49% loss that wipes out jrNUSD entirely (written to zero) while srNUSD absorbs the remainder, with srNUSD/NUSD now at 1.24.
Withdrawals settle in sNUSD once the 48-hour timelock elapses; deposits remain disabled. Neutrl’s redemption program is expected to stay open until November 14.
Nostra’s money market on Starknet was exploited for ~$3.5M via a manipulated NSTR oracle price, letting an attacker borrow ETH, STRK, USDC, USDT, WBTC, and DAI against inflated NSTR collateral. The market is fully paused — lending, borrowing, withdrawals, and liquidations disabled — while the team traces funds and assesses total impact.
0x’s analysis found ~80% of 84,163 Uniswap v4 hooks are malicious — luring traders with attractive quotes while charging up to 18% in hidden fees or delivering up to 50% less value than advertised.
→ Verify hooks before trading against them; Uniswap runs a hook allowlist.
LayerZero reportedly lost control of a critical private key managing Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin deployment, prompting a migration to Chainlink CCIP. Allegations include operational security failures and misrepresenting the incident to officials — unconfirmed by LayerZero directly.
Wind Downs:
A proposal to wind down Balancer and distribute its treasury to BAL holders is now live on the governance forum, with a Snapshot vote expected September 25-29. Nothing changes yet — pools and withdrawals function normally until the vote concludes.
CoinEx is shutting down after nine years, citing declining revenue and rising compliance costs. Spot trading ends September 29, withdrawals stay open until December 22, and the CEO confirmed reserves exceed 100% — all assets fully backed. CoinEx will buy back all CET at its original listing price of 0.005 USDT, uncapped. Unwithdrawn funds after the deadline face a 5% monthly fee.
Stablecoins/RWA🪙
PancakeSwap launched Pre-Access Portal, offering tokenized indirect exposure to pre-IPO private companies — fully onchain and self-custodial, accessible via Binance Wallet. First project reveal coming soon.
Kraken launched xStocks Vaults — deposit SPYx, QQQx, or NVDAx to earn ~1.8-2% yield via Kamino on Solana, while keeping full price exposure.
Euler and Uniswap are adding support for rTokens — Reality’s 1,700+ tokenized US stocks, 1:1 backed by custody, giving direct Nasdaq/NYSE liquidity 24/7.
Prediction Markets🔮
Pascal, a prediction market backed by Wintermute, launched Midterms Rewards through November 4 — 255K USDC split between trading on midterms prediction markets (15K USDC weekly pool) and referring active traders via a VIP referral program.
Perps DEX📉📈
NEAR integrated Hyperliquid perps directly into near.com with confidentiality by default — Confidential Intents hide the link between accounts and trades while keeping order books visible. Confidential TVL hit $70M at launch. Users still handle their own tax tracking.
Kraken’s parent Payward is building permissioned Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets specifically for US clients — a step toward compliant US access to Hyperliquid’s perpetuals infrastructure.
News🗞️
The CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, but Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the SEC and CFTC are moving to create clarity through existing regulatory authority instead — pointing to CFTC Chairman Mike Selig’s response as a signal that both agencies are stepping up.
Seven Senate Democrats, including Gillibrand, Warner, Gallego, and Alsobrooks, issued a statement committing to bipartisan work on passing the CLARITY Act before year-end — an early signal of renewed talks after the bill’s earlier stall.
The SEC grants a temporary conditional exemption enabling onchain trading of tokenized US stocks, marking a major regulatory milestone for blockchain-based securities.
GM Labs established a $10M GMX market-making fund from the treasury, using the protocol’s combined Open Interest across all chains as its reference point.
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