LWID: RAILGUN Enables Private DeFi, Nansen launches trading terminal, MakinaFi Recovers from 3.8M exploit, and many more...
Launches🚀
Twyne, a borrowing optimization protocol, was rolled out to all Aave users, allowing borrowers to pay a fee to raise their liquidation threshold by using unused credit from other lenders. The feature effectively extends Aave’s default LT caps (example: 80% → 95%), enabling larger liquidation buffers or more aggressive looping
HyENA Trade, a perps dex using USDe as margin, opened public access after a gated launch, cutting trading fees by ~50%, removing invite requirements, and offering 12% boosted collateral APR for both long and short positions.
RAILGUN, a DeFi privacy protocol, announced their privacy tool, RAILGUN_connect, was successfully tested on CoW Swap, allowing private 0zk addresses to use existing DeFi frontends. The tool enables private borrowing, lending, and swaps on Ethereum without new chains or trusted validators.
Glider, a portfolio automation protocol, launched gas-free, one-click trading for any token with no setup required. Early users earn 5× points on the first $10M in volume (5 points per $10 traded).
Ondo Finance launched tokenized stocks and ETFs on Solana, bringing 200+ TradFi assets on-chain across equities, bonds, commodities, and indexes.
Nansen, a trading analytics platform, opened its trading terminal access to all users, enabling cross-chain trading across Solana and Base. Trades carry a 0.25% fee for free users and 0.10% for Pro and non-custodial in-app wallets.
Updates 📰
Pendle is replacing vePENDLE with sPENDLE, a liquid staking token with a 14-day withdrawal period that removes multi-year locks. Protocol revenue will fund PENDLE buybacks distributed to eligible sPENDLE holders, alongside a shift to an algorithmic emissions model that cuts emissions by ~30%.
Maple launched on Base, bringing syrupUSDC/USDT to the ecosystem. The team is planning Aave support next.
Euler went live on Hyperliquid via HypurrFi, with the public launch of Mewler enabling earn, lend, and borrow. Deposits are open for Earn Vaults (curated by Clearstar Labs).
MegaETH launched a live global stress test, pushing 18k–35k real TPS to showcase real-time performance and ultra-low fees. Community investors received starter ETH, while others can use the uncapped native bridge.
HyperLend announced HPL, its upcoming native token, with tokenomics allocated 30.14% for ecosystem growth/incentives, 25% genesis, 22.5% core contributors, 17.36% strategic investors, and 5% liquidity.
Reya, a perps DEX, launched Phase 1 spot trading, allowing users to buy/sell and hold ETH directly inside their Spot Margin Account, enabling spot-perp strategies like cash-and-carry or funding capture without deploying extra USDC.
Solayer, formerly a restaking protocol on Solana, launched a $35M ecosystem fund to back revenue-generating, high-throughput applications building on infiniSVM, a blockchain that uses hardware to accelerate their performance. The fund targets DeFi, payments, consumer, and AI apps.
Injective completed its January community buyback, burning over $198,000 worth of INJ.
dYdX is offering 50% trading fee rebates for all traders through January, cutting effective costs across its markets as a near-term incentive to boost activity.
Issues ⚠️
ZachXBT reported a $282M+ theft in BTC and LTC from a hardware-wallet social engineering scam on Jan 10, 2026 (11 pm UTC). The attacker began swapping the stolen funds into XMR via instant exchanges, triggering a sharp Monero price spike. Some BTC was also bridged to Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin via THORChain.
Paradex, a perp DEX with its own underlying chain (similar to Hyperliquid) was temporarily down for maintenance and is reportedly rolling back blockchain state to fix an issue from a database migration error that briefly displayed Bitcoin’s price as $0, triggering mass liquidations across the platform. Operations are back to normal now.
MakinaFi was exploited for 1,299 ETH (~$4.13M), according to PeckShield. PeckShield said the attacker was frontrun by an MEV builder address, with funds currently held across two wallets (~$3.3M and ~$880K).
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