Today in DeFi - Solana Pay for Shopify, Zapper Protocol & $ZAP Token, $ZK Airdrop Claim June 17th, >25% on USDT + Airdrop, and more...

Updates 📰

• Helio, a crypto payment company, upgraded its Solana Pay plugin for Shopify. The upgrade brings enhanced features for Shopify merchants, including stablecoin payouts, sub-1-second transactions, discounts for NFT holders, etc.

• Mint, an L2 for NFT, launched Mint Fast Bridge for users to move assets between Mint and other chains.

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Upcoming ⏳

• Zapper Finance, a defi portfolio dashboard, introduced Zapper Protocol. Zapper Protocol aims to make on-chain data easier to read and will be by the ZAP token, which is slated to launch in Q4 this year.

• StarkWare plans to launch L3. L3s will be similar to customizable appchains but with greater reductions in fees and costs for both developers and users.

• Asymmetry Finance, a staking & synthetic dollars protocol, partners with Ampleforth and Paid Network to launch afUSD. afUSD will be a high-yield algorithmic stablecoin that aims to be an alternative to Ethena’s USDe.

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Airdrops 🪂

• zkSync’s ZK airdrop claiming will start June 17th and end January 3rd, 2025.

• Orderly Network has allocated 100M $ORDER to the retroactive airdrop. $NEAR traders must bind their wallets before June 27th to receive their tokens.

• AO, a computing protocol built on Arweave’s data storage layer, launched the $AO token mint. $AR holders are receiving $AO, and users can earn $AO by bridging stETH to Arweave.

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Farms 🧑🏻‍🌾

• Stake your GHO to earn ~22.14% APR from AAVE and Merit Program

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>25% on USDT + Airdrop