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GMX V2 Live

GMX launches v2 beta on Arbitrum and Avalanche. The upgrade enables new markets, multiple collateral types, improved UX, low-fee swaps for traders, and new incentives for LPs.

Base Bridge Live, Mainnet Soon

Base L2 is now open for bridging. Base mainnet will launch on Aug 9, along with the Onchain Summer campaign where users will be able to mint NFTs from leading companies.

f(x) Protocol Live

Built by AladdinDAO, leveraged ETH protocol f(x) protocol is live on Ethereum. Users can supply ETH or stETH to mint fETH (stable ETH) or xETH (leveraged long ETH token).

Pika V4 Full Release

Perpetual DEX Pika v4 is now fully launched on OP mainnet after a month of beta phase. Pika also launched the reward program on Aug 1 to incentivize LPs, traders, and PIKA stakers.

Trader Joe Limit Orders

Trader Joe launches on-chain limit orders on Arbitrum and Avalanche, allowing users to set up automated buy or sell orders that execute with no fees or price impact.

Polygon zkSync Drama

The Polygon Zero team posts an article saying that "Matter Labs (zkSync devs) recently released a proving system called Boojum that includes a substantial amount of source code that is copy-pasted from performance-critical components of the Plonky2 library" without the original copyrights or clear attribution to the original authors, i.e. the Polygon Zero team.

CRV Acquisition, Fixed-Rate Lending via Auctions…