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Dec 18, 2024

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sBTC is live on Stacks Mainnet, enabling Bitcoin DeFi with 1:1 BTC backing, institutional signer networks, and Bitcoin finality. Phase 1 offers deposit-only functionality, a 1,000 BTC cap, and ~5% annual rewards. Withdrawals and cap increases are set for Q1 2025.
Tren Finance’s Liquidity Generation Event (LGE) launches on December 17th to support its Arbitrum mainnet. The Single Sided Liquidity (SSL) program simplifies participation by allowing USDT-only deposits, minting XY tokens at a 1:1 ratio for liquidity creation and stability through automated management.
Sonic Labs has launched its mainnet explorer, powered by Etherscan, allowing users to explore blocks ahead of the public launch.
Jumper has launched Jumper Wrapped, showcasing your year on-chain, including top swaps, explored chains.
Pendle has launched new Aave pools for aUSDC and aUSDT (expiring June 26, 2025) on Arbitrum and other networks. Claiming to unlock enhanced yield opportunities, including fixed yields, while driving liquidity to Aave’s stablecoin markets. vePENDLE voting is live, with LP incentives starting Thursday.

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.
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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.
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Wormhole integrates Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) on Sui, enabling developers to seamlessly incorporate native $USDC transfers into their dApps with just 3 lines of code.
Spectra has started the migration to $SPECTRA on Base, with the bridge open until December 15, 2025. APW and veAPW holders can migrate at their own pace

Lido has launched the Lido Community Staking Tribes (LCST) initiative, empowering Ethereum-aligned organizations and DAOs to support contributors in becoming solo stakers through the Lido Community Staking Module (CSM). The first participant, Drop, will have four contributors begin solo staking, supported by co-branded DappNode hardware and guidance from Lido Community Lifeguards. LCST offers training, workshops, and promotional support to upskill participants while strengthening Ethereum's security.
Maple proposes MIP-011 to end MPL conversion to $SYRUP by April 30, 2025, and MIP-012 to limit governance voting to stSYRUP holders. MPL and xMPL holders must convert to participate. Details are on the Maple governance forum.

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.
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Nest, Plume Network’s flagship staking protocol for real-world assets (RWAs), allows users to deposit stablecoins into professionally managed vaults and earn yields from assets like tokenized real estate and private credit. Nest will launch with Plume’s mainnet, and pre-deposit registration is now open for future rewards.
Kelp DAO hints its upcoming tokenomics reveal, set to drop tomorrow.
Frax Finance introduces ¤UI, a Universal Interface simplifying DeFi with AI-powered real-time routing via Odos Protocol and access to Fraxtal, its $250M TVL Sovereign L2. The new UI integrates core Frax products and partnerships, streamlining DeFi for mass adoption.
Wormhole and Nuffle Labs launch native multichain restaking with EigenLayer, enabling staking from any chain without bridging, unified liquidity, and access to 100+ AVSs.

Pudgy Penguins has launched $PENGU, now available for eligible parties to claim. The claim page will remain live for 88 days, after which unclaimed tokens will be permanently locked in the smart contract
Fuel launches its Genesis Drop, allocating 1 billion FUEL (10% of total supply) to over 200,000 addresses. Claims open Dec 19, 2024, and close Jan 19, 2025. In total, 20% of FUEL supply is reserved for community initiatives.
Aligned Foundation announces the Genesis Drop Registration, offering $ALIGN tokens to 891,322 addresses. Eligible addresses were selected based on holding tokens from various ecosystems at their all-time lows.
Magic Eden’s first memecoin claim drops on December 20, featuring mumu_bull limited to 5,000 users.
Elys Network’s launch will feature an airdrop, the Elys App (Swap, Liquidity Pools, Staking), a Reward Center, and a CEX listing, all available on the first day of launch.
Shardeum’s Atomium Stage 4 is live! Earn XP, badges, NFTs, and $SHM airdrops by completing quests, referring friends, and running validator
Renzo’s Season 3 claims are live with 400M $REZ allocated to 81,684 wallets. Claim period runs from Dec 17 to Mar 17

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.
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Levva's $LVVA Token Sale is now live on Fjord Foundry, offering up to 80.8% APY on ETH and USDC. With $4M peak TVL in three months and partnerships with Pendle, Lombard Finance, and EtherFi, Levva delivers multi-chain exposure, zero principal risk, and audited security by Quantstamp.
Elixir users who locked elxETH can now convert and stake deUSD to earn liquid yield and potions.

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