IRS States Crypto Staking Rewards Taxable, Tensor Foundation Rewards Claim Checker Now Live, Maximize Your Rewards : Exclusive Airdrop Guide, and many more...

Launches 🚀

• Panoptic launches its mainnet on Ethereum, introducing the first on-chain, permissionless options protocol. The platform offers traders perpetual options on any token, passive LPs earnings without IL, and active LPs enhanced earnings on Uniswap positions. Early contributors and LPs receive boosted rewards.

• Wormhole and Mayan Finance power 10-second native cross-chain swaps now live on Rango Exchange, an advanced protocol for seamless multi-blockchain asset swaps.

• Moonwell introduces the PT-LBTC-29MAY2025/cbBTC Isolated Market on Base. This market features Pendle's Principal Token for Lombard Finance's LBTC, maturing May 29, 2025, unlocking new fixed-rate Bitcoin strategies. It drives cbBTC borrowing demand, increasing returns for Frontier Vault depositors.

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• DIA launches Lasernet on testnet, an ETH Layer-2 engineered for oracle infrastructure, to enhance scalability and decentralization.

  
  Built on Ethereum in collaboration with Conduit, Optimism, Celestia and Hyperlane; Lasernet enables trustless, decentralized, and permissionless data delivery for blockchain applications, with pull- and push-based oracles now available for testing on Ethereum Sepolia. The mainnet launch is planned for Q1 2025.

  • Today in DeFi is supported by DIA.

  

• Perennial introduces Perennial Intents, novel intent layer designed to enhance

  liquidity and provide a CEX-like trading experience for perpetuals in DeFi.

  It offers guaranteed price execution, seamless one-click trading, and deep

  liquidity by combining intent-based order matching with AMM settlement, while

  the new "Petals" program rewards active traders with points.

  • Today in DeFi is supported by Perennial Finance..

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Upcoming ⏳

• f(x) Protocol V2 by Aladdin DAO is almost here,
  bringing unlimited upside potential: Up to 10X leverage on ETH with no individual liquidations and 0 funding fees. fxUSD will supercharge your yield, with the USD Delta-Neutral strategy for massive yields without market exposure.

  • Today in DeFi is supported by f(x) Protocol

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Updates 📰

• The U.S. IRS confirms that crypto staking rewards are taxable, providing clarity on the tax treatment of staking income

• HyperLend introduces HYPE to its Core Pool and adds stHYPE to its Isolated Pools, expanding its lending and staking options.

• Ether.fi's $eBTC is now cross-chain, allowing users to natively mint or bridge on Arbitrum, Base, and Corn platforms.

• Sui Bridge now supports $USDT, enabling Ethereum users to transfer assets like ETH and USDT to the Sui DeFi ecosystem with enhanced speed and security.

• Sonic Labs announces upgraded tokenomics following four governance proposals on Fantom, including a ~200M $S airdrop. Post-launch, the network plans an extended airdrop campaign, ecosystem growth funding, and validator rewards with capped supply expansion at 15% until 2031. Multiple burn mechanisms aim to reduce $S supply effectively.

• Kernel DAO adds three new assets to its platform: uniBTC by Bedrock DeFi, stBTC by Lorenzo Protocol, and asBNB by Astherus Hub. Users can now restake to unlock new opportunities.

• Fluid welcomes KelpDAO's $rsETH to its ecosystem with the launch of rsETH-ETH/wstETH and rsETH/wstETH vaults. These additions enhance liquidity and staking opportunities within the network.

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Airdrops 🪂

• Tensor Foundation announces the end of Season 4 and launches the rewards claim checker for eligible participants. Check your rewards now.

• Ink opens the DeFi Training Grounds, offering participants a chance to prove their skills, ascend to DeFi Wizard status, and win ETH. Start your journey now by selecting your first challenge.

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Farms 🧑🏻‍🌾

• Deposit cbBTC and borrow USDC on Base or Ethereum mainnet to earn your share of $150,000 in incentives through the Merit Program from ACI. These incentives will be distributed over three months. For more details, click here.

  • Today in DeFi is supported by ACI

• Superform Labs launches the Animal Farm protocol, offering 10x CRED rewards for $PIGGY deposits in the Piggy Bank. Deposits of $PIGGY/$ETH Uniswap LP into The Slop Bucket earn 90.6% APY in $PIGGY plus 10x CRED.

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