SEC Approves Hashdex Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF, This Week's Upcoming Events and Token Unlocks, and many more...

Dec 20, 2024

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Levva's $LVVA Token Generation Event is live through Fjord Foundry, boasting $4M peak TVL in three months and partnerships with Lombard Finance, EtherFi, and Pendle. Limited spots available.
Wormhole is now live on Berachain's testnet.
Ethena Labs' USDe and sUSDe are now live on Swell, with Swell committing significant chain-wide incentives and sequencer profits to sUSDe protocol-owned liquidity.
Dinero introduces iETH, a native ETH liquid staking token (LST) for Ink, powered by LayerZero. iETH is now live for staking.
Covalent is now live on Ink mainnet, offering multichain data access for DeFi innovation. Built on the Superchain and powered by Kraken, Ink combines Ethereum security with scalable, low-cost transactions. Developers can access data from 100+ networks, create precise queries, and leverage real-time blockchain insights.
Pencils Protocol launches Pencils DEX, a decentralized exchange designed to maximize liquidity, enable cross-chain interaction, and provide advanced trading tools for projects and LPs. Key features include tailored fees, cross-chain compatibility, and an optimized user experience.
Hyperlane is now live on Swellchain, enabling asset bridging for protocols like Renzo Protocol's ezETH and pzETH.

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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The U.S. SEC has approved Hashdex's Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto index ETF for listing on Nasdaq
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis advocates for Congress to grant the Federal Reserve authority to own Bitcoin, highlighting potential regulatory developments in the cryptocurrency space.
Aave has initiated a governance vote to integrate its $22 billion lending market with Sonic, highlighting fee monetization as a potential additional income source for the platform.
Rabby Wallet has integrated Sonic Chain, enabling features like portfolio tracking, transaction simulation, security engine, and approval revoking. This integration supports all EVM chains and 115 chains overall.
Usual announces UsualM, an evolution integrating M^0's stablecoin infrastructure as collateral for $USD0. This integration enhances transparency, security, and interoperability while diversifying $USD0’s backing. UsualM also introduces features like permissioned unwrapping, pausing, and blacklisting for added safety.
Frax Finance highlights its partnership with Symbiotic Finance, a leader in shared security with $2.5B TVL. Together, they aim to enhance Fraxtal's security for oracles, asset bridging, and future consensus mechanisms. Symbiotic's significant allocation to FRAX restaking reflects confidence in Frax's growing ecosystem, now at $250M TVL.

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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Reserve plans to launch the Reserve Index Protocol, enabling decentralized token folios (DTFs) that allow users to invest in entire narratives with a single click. The protocol introduces $RSR burns and larger baskets without collateral plugins, launching on Ethereum, Base, and Solana. Audits for Ethereum are underway, with Solana scheduled for January.

Fuel announces the launch of its Genesis Drop, allowing eligible participants to claim $FUEL on Fuel Ignition. Staking and delegation are now live, enabling anyone to join Fuel's decentralized sequencer network on Fuel Ignition and Ethereum.
Swellchain, a restaking hub powered by Proof of Restake, is now live. Users can bridge and hold assets before December 31 to claim a share of 31,250,000 $SWELL and explore upcoming dApps like Euler Finance, Ambient Finance, and more. Swellchain's stablecoin strategy centers on Ethena Labs' $USDe and $sUSDe, with significant $SWELL rewards allocated to USDe holders and liquidity providers.
Maple's $SYRUP is now live on Binance Wallet Alpha. To celebrate, the first 5,000 participants who purchase at least 200 $SYRUP tokens will receive a 100 $SYRUP bonus.

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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WalletConnect launches staking rewards for WCT holders, with weekly payouts starting December 19, 2024. Early stakers also receive their first rewards on the same day.
Corn launches Baby Corn Program V2 to celebrate its Bitcoin Secured Network. Participants can earn 4.5M Babylon Points over 45 days by committing liquidity to eligible pools paired with $BTCN on Curve. Points, matching Kernels as multipliers, will be live and trackable in the Corn App within 48 hours, with more pools to be announced soon.

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