Morpho Launches V2 Vaults, HyperDrive Discloses Exploit, USDH Live on Hyperliquid Spot, and many more...
Launches 🚀
Morpho launched Vaults V2 on Ethereum, introducing a new standard for noncustodial asset curation. The upgrade enables vaults to allocate across all current and future Morpho protocols, adds advanced risk management, role-based governance, and customizable access controls. Vaults V2 supports in-kind redemptions for instant exits and is secured by multiple audits, formal verification, and a $1.5M bug bounty. Deployments to more chains will follow.
Solstice teased its launch for tomorrow, describing itself as fully backed and fully Solana. The project positions as a native Solana initiative, set to go live soon.
Oro went live on Meteora, bringing vaulted yield-bearing gold to Solana. Users can buy via KYC, or swap into $GOLD through Jupiter and Meteora without KYC. Each token is fully backed 1:1 by vaulted gold held with regulated custodians, audited, and redeemable.
Gopher launched its testnet, a Cosmos-based L1 delivering verifiable AI-ready data with on-chain economic governance. Users can claim faucet tokens, stake, and vote to earn Gopher Points through the Testnet Takeoff Quest. The emissions model enables governance-driven token distribution, aiming to power $GOAI at TGE and position Gopher as the “truth layer” of the AI economy.
Lighter launched its public mainnet after 8 months in private beta, offering low-cost, low-latency perpetuals on Ethereum L2 with custom ZK circuits for verifiable matching and liquidations. Season 2 of its points program has begun, running through year-end. The platform now counts 188K+ accounts and 50K+ daily actives, with new features including an upgraded block explorer, listings on DefiLlama and Artemis, and expanded API fee structures for market makers and HFTs while keeping retail trading free.
Multiplier, a Decentralized GameFi Project, launched its early beta on Solana, introducing gamified capital markets for early users.
Infinex launched Infinex Perps, offering a CEX-like onchain trading experience powered by Hyperliquid. Users can trade 100+ markets with up to 40x leverage, fund with any asset without bridging, and access advanced features like drag-and-drop TP/SL, instant position reversals, and trade history rollups. For a limited time, traders receive 80% fee cashback.
Neura launched its public testnet, introducing a sovereign infrastructure built to handle stablecoin settlement at scale with compliance and resilience. Users can bridge, stake, and explore dApps to earn leaderboard rewards while stress-testing the network designed as financial rails for global finance.
Updates đź“°
Hyperliquid enabled permissionless spot quote assets on mainnet, allowing stable asset deployers to designate quote status under onchain rules. The first deployment is USDH by Native Markets, with HYPE/USDH trading now live and further pairs to follow via Dutch auctions.
Pendle went live on Plasma, bringing fixed yield products to a global audience through Plasma’s digital bank. At launch, five markets are available—sUSDe, USDe, syrupUSDT, USDai, and sUSDai—with $900K in weekly XPL incentives to boost YT, LP, and PT yields. Pendle positions this as a step toward cultivating a broad yield economy and expanding DeFi access worldwide.
Aave enabled limit orders on its swap feature via CoWSwap, starting with support on Arbitrum and expanding to more networks soon.
Circle launched USYC on Solana, a tokenized money market fund that accrues yield through token price increases and can redeem to/from USDC onchain. With daily pricing, SPL-native integration, and oracle updates, USYC allows lending protocols, perp platforms, and vault strategies to use it as yield-bearing collateral, aiming to unlock underutilized capital for eligible users.
DeFi Saver launched an Aave protocol explorer through DeFi Explore, featuring live transaction feeds, detailed market stats, full position histories, and price simulations. The tool supports six EVM chains, including Plasma, and is now live.
Pendle confirmed it was not hacked after reports of suspicious activity. The incident involved a compromised wallet that was drained, with the exploiter minting and dumping PT and YT. All user funds remain safe.
Phantom introduced Phantom Cash, combining crypto with everyday payments. Users can link banks or cards, buy and sell crypto with no stablecoin fees, and pay via Apple Pay, Google Pay, or VISA. Powered by Bridge’s fully backed CASH stablecoin, Phantom Cash aims for global merchant adoption through Stripe, positioning Phantom as a full money hub beyond crypto.
Klyra introduced its trading platform offering instant access to a wide range of assets from a single account. The service emphasizes pure execution without margin management or position micromanaging, branding it as a new way to “Trade to Win.”
Rabby Wallet added support for Plasma in Rabby Swap, enabling seamless swaps directly within the wallet.
Meteora introduced PMX, a decentralized prediction market on Solana powered by its liquidity layer. Users can create markets, trade outcomes, and provide liquidity, with LPs earning fees from trading volume plus their initial capital back at resolution. For example, a $10K seed in a $50K pool with $100M volume could return $90K. The model positions LPs to profit from overall activity rather than picking outcomes.
Fomo went live on Base, offering a social-first trading platform where users can discover, trade, and share Base coins. The launch includes zero trading fees on Base for the month.
Backpack added Aptos support, enabling swaps, bridging, and collecting directly in the wallet. Users can also earn part of $50K+ in rewards, including $20K through Panora.
Jupiter launched a contest alongside its mobile app update, letting users view real PnL natively in-app for the first time. To join, users just check their PnL, share it on X, and compete for 10 prizes of $1,000 each. The contest runs for one week.
Issues ⚠️
Hyperdrive suffered an exploit on June 27 affecting its Primary and Treasury USDT0 markets, with ~$773K drained across BNB and ETH. All markets were paused, patched, and audited, with operations now fully restored and affected users reimbursed. The attack was traced to a known threat actor, and a full post-mortem will follow.
PeckShield reported that kHYPE, the staked HYPE token from Kinetiq, briefly lost its peg between Sept 24–27, dropping to 0.8802. The deviation has since been corrected, with the peg restored.
Kinto announced the shutdown of Kinto Wallet. Users with more than $30 can withdraw remaining assets starting October 5 via the withdrawal portal, with a CVR portal launching within 48 hours.
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