Jupiter, Quai, and Network3 Claims Now Live, Spectra Launches on Sonic Labs, Upcoming Events and Token Unlocks, and more...
Launches π
LayerZero V2 is now live on Aptos, allowing applications and tokens from over 100 supported chains to connect to the Aptos blockchain. Aptos is designed as a secure and scalable Layer 1 with high throughput and low latency for developers and users.
Moonwell has introduced physical Moonwell Cards, enabling users to use their onchain assets for shopping, dining, and travel at over 44 million merchants worldwide. The cards are now available for order, providing a convenient way to access digital assets in everyday transactions.
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. 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. Now open for all, this marks a new era in effortless and secure trading.
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Updates π°
Kaito AI has launched the Yapper Leaderboard Launchpad, focusing on pre-TGE projects to address information asymmetry and foster market consensus. Starting with 21 projects, three are selected weekly for voting, with the highest-voted project moving to the "To Launch" section and their leaderboard debuting seven days later.
Votes, weighted equally between Yappers and Kaito Holders, lock for seven days upon submission. Voting begins on Friday, January 24th.
Spectra is now live on SonicLabs, featuring a 2x dApp Multiplier. Users can access fixed rates, leverage points and yield, and interact with pools, including scUSD from Rings Protocol and stS from Beets Finance.
Aerodromeβs Public Goods Fund has locked 2.7 million $AERO as $veAERO, now representing approximately 17% of the $veAERO voting supply. The fund supports liquidity and high-impact pools to promote growth in the Base ecosystem.
Along with the Flight School Program and community Relay deposits, around 27% of protocol fees and incentives are compounding into $veAERO to bolster public goods initiatives.
Usual has partnered with Arrakis Finance to launch a new USUAL/wETH vault on Arrakis Pro, a non-custodial onchain market-making protocol. This collaboration provides enhanced liquidity management for the USUAL token.
YieldNest has launched Nest AI, an autonomous DeFAI agent that optimizes DeFi strategies, reallocates assets, and maximizes yield without human input. Features include decision-making transparency, messaging platform integration, and AI-generated visuals. The $NEST token powers Nest AI, offering potential exclusive benefits for holders.
Nexus has partnered with Halliday, a platform streamlining Web3 payments. Hallidayβs end-to-end solution enables users to acquire and manage onchain assets with a single click, enhancing the ease of Web3 transactions.
Upcoming β³
Unichain has announced that builders on its platform will be eligible for upcoming Superchain rewards, offering incentives to support development and innovation within its ecosystem.
Frax Finance is conducting a community temperature check to approve a $5M initial investment in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), with an additional $10M contingent on the partnership's success. This investment aims to align FRAX with the administration's vision of establishing the United States as a global cryptocurrency leader while onboarding Americans to DeFi.
Airdrops πͺ
Jupiter has launched claims for Jupuary 2025, now live for eligible participants.
Avalon Labs has partnered with Binance Wallet for a $300,000 campaign ahead of Avalonβs TGE. Participants can swap a minimum of 10 USDT to USDa via Binance Wallet and complete social media tasks to earn rewards from the total pool. Full details are available on Binance's campaign page.
Quai Network has launched Wave 2 for $QUAI claims, allowing participants in testnets or the previous social media rewards program to claim their rewards at claims.qu.ai. Galxe rewards will be added to the portal soon, with additional details available on their blog.
Timeswap has announced an ecosystem airdrop, allocating 0.5% of the TIME supply to Hypurr and Nansen stakers as of January 15, 2025, with distribution scheduled post-TGE.
Network3 announced an airdrop of $N3 tokens to all physical miner participants, scheduled for January 23 at 4 AM UTC. Eligibility is based on prior purchases and holdings of $N3C and $N3E, which also determine allocation ratios. The $N3C-to-$N3 conversion will open by January 26, with more updates to follow.
Farms π§π»βπΎ
Pendle has reintroduced syrupUSDC (24 Apr 2025) with enhanced rewards, offering a 5x boost on Syrup Drips in the new pool. Syrup allows users to access Maple's overcollateralized institutional lending with a 20-27% target APY, currently at 20.4%. Those with syrupUSDC (30 Jan 2025) positions can easily migrate via the Pendle dashboard. Note that depositing directly on Pendle provides an instant 5x Drips boost, with LP incentives starting Thursday at 00:00 UTC.
Kamino has introduced $JTO restaking with a 5,000 $JTO launch campaign in collaboration with Jito. Two new $JTO vaults, ezJTO-JTO and kyJTO-JTO, will each receive 2,500 $JTO incentives over the next month. Restaking supports the first Node Consensus Network powered by Jito's TipRouter, which distributes MEV rewards and promotes Solana's ecosystem growth.
Users can stake $JTO through Renzo or Kyros vaults.
Derive has launched staking rewards for DRV, allowing participants to earn weekly rewards starting at 250,000 stDRV. Stakers can also engage in governance on the platform.
Liquity has allocated 75,000 $LUSD to incentivize Curve pools for BOLD/USDC and BOLD/LUSD during the first two weeks. Additional rewards, including PIL and over 15 friendly fork incentives, will also be available. Incentives begin tomorrow.
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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