Moonwell Discloses $1.7M Exploit, Ink Launches Lending Protocol, Farm 25%+ APR with ETH Loop, and more...
Launches 🚀
Tydro launched as Ink’s native lending protocol built on Aave v3, bringing decentralized credit markets to the Ink ecosystem. Users can supply, borrow, and earn yield on assets like USDT0, USDG, wETH, kBTC, and GHO, while developers gain access to composable liquidity for new on-chain products.
Jupiter launched Ultra v3, its most advanced trading infrastructure upgrade yet, featuring ShadowLane — a private, in-house landing engine with sub-second precision and 3x improved execution speed. The update adds 34x stronger MEV protection, real-time slippage estimation, and enhanced gasless support for Token-2022 and memecoin pairs.
Ultra v3 also revives inactive markets through just-in-time routing and integrates natively across Jupiter Web, Mobile, and Wallet for seamless multi-platform trading. Legacy API support will sunset as partners migrate to the new Ultra API powered by the Iris router.
Updates 📰
Berachain launched BEND, a Morpho-based lending layer developed with Re7 Labs to enable borrowing and lending within its ecosystem. The protocol extends Berachain’s Proof of Liquidity model by allowing users to earn on assets like HONEY while deepening onchain credit markets. BEND introduces native markets for HONEY, ETH, BTC, and major stablecoins, bridging the chain’s base yield from BERA staking with HONEY’s stable unit of account.
The system aims to serve as a programmable credit infrastructure for builders, linking liquidity, lending, and incentives into a unified onchain economy.
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Issues ⚠️
Moonwell suffered a $1.7M exploit on Base amid the Oct 10 market crash triggered by 100% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. The attacker exploited oracle-DEX price gaps during Binance’s margin system failure, flash-loaning cbBTC and USDC to borrow and dump VIRTUAL, MORPHO, and AERO. Liquidations failed as oracle spreads topped 30%, leaving $1.7M bad debt covered by $2.7M Base reserves. Over $12M total liquidations occurred across all chains.
ZachXBT detailed a case where a U.S. victim lost $3.05M (1.2M XRP) through an Ellipal wallet exploit, with funds traced to Tron and later laundered via Huione-linked OTC desks — an illicit Southeast Asian marketplace recently sanctioned by the U.S. The investigation revealed over 120 Ripple-to-Tron swaps through Bridgers and highlighted the dangers of confusion between custodial and non-custodial wallets.
ZachXBT urged faster reporting to prevent laundering, warned against predatory recovery firms, and noted the lack of strong victim support within the Ripple ecosystem.
Upcoming ⏳
The upcoming $SEA token will launch in Q1 2026, with 50% of supply allocated to the community and half of platform revenue used to buy back $SEA. It will be integrated across the platform for staking and ecosystem rewards. OpenSea’s roadmap includes perps trading, true cross-chain abstraction, and a mobile app in closed alpha — positioning the platform as a unified venue to “trade everything.”
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Airdrops 🪂
HyperSwap announced the SWAP Genesis event, marking the launch of its native token and next growth phase on HyperEVM. SWAP will power liquidity mining, staking, and community incentives, with 75% of protocol revenue allocated to buybacks and 25% of supply airdropped to early participants.
The total supply is 100M tokens, distributed among community, investors, liquidity mining, contributors, and future airdrops — with no vesting for community or early investors.
HyperSwap adopts a high-float, low-FDV model for fairer distribution and introduces xSWAP, a vested token redeemable 1:1 for SWAP after six months, encouraging long-term ecosystem alignment.
Hybra Finance announced its token generation event (TGE), marking a new phase for liquidity on HyperEVM. Since launch, the DEX has processed $2.7B in volume and generated $5.3M in fees, driven by its adaptive fee engine and G33 model — an enhanced ve(3,3) system introducing gHYBR, a yield-bearing version of HYBR.
The launch sprint runs from Oct 20–27, offering double points for V4 pools and referral rewards ahead of airdrop and trading starting Oct 28–29.
f(x) Protocol announced that 20% of SigmaDotMoney’s $SIGMA token supply will be airdropped to veFXN holders. SigmaDotMoney, a friendly fork of f(x) Protocol, will debut on Binance Alpha on October 21, with eligible users able to claim their airdrop through Binance Alpha Points once trading opens.
Dolomite reminded users that there are only 48 hours left to claim their $DOLO airdrop and execute Minerals options before the October 21 deadline.
Beacon launched its Points System, rewarding users for in-app activity, on-chain trades, and network referrals. Points can be converted to $BCN at TGE, with leaderboards tracking top contributors. The system is live across both mobile and desktop via the Beacon app.
Enso Network is now live on mainnet, alongside the launch of its native token $ENSO on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Enso powers Web3’s shared engine—letting developers build once and deploy everywhere with no manual blockchain integrations or wasted time.
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Farms 🧑🏻🌾
Beefy highlighted a surge in DeFi yields across its vaults, urging users to act early this season. Current top rates include 130% APY on msUSD/USDT0, and 9% APY on WETH/weETH.
Ether.fi highlighted new weETH farming opportunities on Gearbox Protocol, offering yields of up to 43% APY plus additional rewards for participants.
Equilibria spotlighted wstUSDN by SmarDex on Ethereum, now offering over 83% Pendle-boosted APY — a jump from its ~54% base yield — powered by Equilibria’s 220% vePENDLE boost.
Clearstar Labs launched its V2 vault on Morpho, featuring a custom fixed-rate market-making algorithm that scans top lending venues for optimal variable yields per asset.
The new system allows depositors to earn from fixed-yield lending while also benefiting from variable rates when idle, effectively combining both markets.
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