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Launches 🚀
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement clarifying that certain liquid staking activities may not constitute securities transactions under federal law. The guidance focuses on protocols that issue liquid staking receipt tokens in exchange for staked crypto assets, noting that—depending on the specific facts and circumstances—these activities do not involve the offer or sale of securities under Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 3(a)(10) of the Exchange Act of 1934.
Pendle launches Boros, a new platform for trading funding rates, launching on Arbitrum with support for Binance BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT pairs. Boros uses Yield Units (YUs), similar to Pendle’s YTs, to represent yield per unit of collateral. Initial open interest is capped at $10M per pool with 1.2x leverage, with plans to scale based on system performance.
The platform enables margin-based yield trading across DeFi, TradFi, and offchain rates, starting with crypto funding rates.
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Updates 📰
Phantom acquired Solsniper, a high-speed trading platform on Solana known for wallet tracking and token monitoring tools. The move brings experienced developers into Phantom as it expands beyond wallet services toward a broader consumer finance platform.
Additional acquisitions are planned to support this growth.
Dexari officially launched on the Apple App Store and Google Play, removing invite codes and opening access to all users. The self-custodial trading app, powered by Hyperliquid, supports spot and perpetual trading with up to 40x leverage, integrated charting tools, onramps, and cross-chain balance management via OneBalance.
Gauntlet is curating Mantle’s $150M+ cmETH restaking vault on Symbiotic, in collaboration with P2P Validator and A41, optimizing non-slashable yield for cmETH holders. The vault consolidates multiple whitelisted strategies under Mantle’s LRT framework, with Gauntlet allocating collateral across networks based on tailored risk profiles.
As part of Symbiotic’s restaking infrastructure, the vault enables shared security and generates both staker rewards and Symbiotic points.
Reya integrated wstETH as collateral, allowing Lido-staked ETH to be used for trading margin on its platform. The update enables users to earn staking yield while trading, with support for srUSD, rUSD, and wstETH.
SEDA went live on Hyperliquid EVM mainnet, enabling developers to access over 11 million data feeds spanning U.S. equities, ETFs, crypto, and private equity. The integration brings institutional-grade data infrastructure to Hyperliquid, powered by the $SEDA token.
Angstrom released its v1 whitepaper, introducing a DEX design that uses offchain auctions to redirect arbitrage value back to LPs and swappers. A top-of-block auction and a batch clearing auction improve execution fairness, minimize slippage, and resist MEV, coordinated by a high-frequency validator network.
OnRe launched ONyc on Kamino Finance, enabling users to borrow, lend, and loop using reinsurance-backed yield as collateral. ONyc is a stablecoin-backed, yield-bearing asset with real-time NAV feeds via Chainlink, offering base yields over 14% and 5x Ethena points. A $200K incentive pool and up to $20M in rewards support borrowing and looping strategies to scale RWA exposure on Solana.
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Particle Network introduced the Universal Transaction Layer, a settlement infrastructure designed for RWAs, stablecoins, and digital assets. Built on its Universal Accounts system—already processing $670M—the new layer aims to streamline cross-chain transactions at scale. The launch includes an integration with Circle Gateway to enable stablecoin settlements across chains.
The initiative targets growing RWA and tokenization markets.
Alchemix announced v3, introducing up to 90% LTV self-repaying loans, a new Meta-Yield Token for simplified yield strategies, and fixed-duration redemptions to enhance alUSD and alETH peg stability.
A system-wide audit and testnet will precede the full launch.
YieldBasis is an upcoming protocol aiming to turn BTC into a yield-generating asset without impermanent loss. It uses a 2× leveraged position with borrowed crvUSD to maintain a 1:1 BTC price track while earning Curve trading fees. Users receive ybBTC upon deposit and can either hold it to earn fees or stake it for YB token emissions and governance.
The system auto-rebalances to maintain target leverage, offering a simplified yield solution for BTC liquidity providers.
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Airdrops 🪂
INFINIT introduced the IN token, a utility and governance asset for its AI-driven DeFi platform. IN enables staking for protocol fee rewards, access to premium features, and participation in governance. The protocol will also implement “attention-based tokenomics,” distributing IN based on agent and strategy usage.
Token allocation includes 49.5% for ecosystem growth, 25.5% for investors, 20% for core contributors, and 5% for an initial airdrop. Total supply is capped at 1 billion with vesting schedules applied across all categories. Airdrop eligibility details will be announced next week.
Succinct launched its Prover Network on mainnet, introducing the PROVE token to support payments and security across its zero-knowledge proving ecosystem. The network secures over $4B in TVL for protocols like Polygon, Mantle, Celestia, and Across. With Ethereum and major rollups shifting toward ZK finality, Succinct positions itself as the proving infrastructure for blockchain scalability.
The PROVE airdrop is now live, and staking is available to support the network.
SatLayer Foundation opened registration for the SlayDrop, its community airdrop campaign. The initiative follows a year of ecosystem participation and development on Bitcoin. Further details are available on the SatLayer Foundation blog.
Noble ended Season 1 and launched Season 2 of its USDN points program, starting with Hyperliquid integration. Season 1 points holders will receive 5% of the $NOBLE token supply. Season 2 offers 2–5% based on TVL targets.
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Liminal introduced 3× leverage for BTC positions, offering enhanced yield options. The protocol now projects a 30-day APY of approximately 10.1% at 1×, 13.4% at 2×, and 15.1% at 3× leverage.
The feature is designed to increase returns while maintaining a neutral strategy structure.
YieldFi announced the launch of the USDC/yUSD pool on TermMax, offering fixed-duration lending with a 10.68% APY. The yield includes 8.37% base APY and 2.3% in TMX rewards.
Users earn 1x YieldFi point per dollar of yUSD supplied.
Treehouse’s tETH is now live on Euler Finance Arbitrum, allowing users to supply it as collateral for leveraged strategies and fixed income farming. The integration expands tETH’s composability across chains and unlocks new yield opportunities on L2.
OpenEden and Resolv launched a new cUSDO–wstUSR StableSurge pool on Balancer, combining real-world and crypto-native collateral. LPs earn staked yield from both assets along with 10x Bills points and 30x Resolv points, marking the first dual-yield pool of its kind.
Clearpool announced the upcoming launch of cpUSD and Credit Pools under its PayFi initiative, aimed at ensuring stablecoin transactions are backed by reliable liquidity. The update is part of Clearpool’s broader push to expand stablecoin infrastructure.
Arcadia Finance launched Season 2 points on Superform, with vaults offering up to 14.26% APY on USDC. Users can also earn Arcadia Points and 5x Superform points. Available pools include cbBTC (0.82% APY), USDC (14.26%), and WETH (3.87%).
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