Today in DeFi - Velodrome & Aerodrome Frontend Exploit, StakeWise V3 Live, Cryptex V2 on Arbitrum, NFT Lending on Solana, and more...

Launches 🚀

• StakeWise V3 Live
  StakeWise V3 is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. V3 introduces a new approach to liquid staking, “any node operator and staker on Ethereum can mint osETH, a liquid staking token, to represent ETH staked on their nodes.” V3 also comes with a marketplace of staking offers through smart contracts called Vaults.

• Cryptex V2 on Arbitrum
  Cryptex launches V2 (Pi) on Arbitrum. Pi has a perpetual DEX that allows users to long or short on multiple assets with up to 100x leverage. The v2 platform is built on Perennial Labs’ infrastructure.

Updates 🆕

• Chainlink v0.2 Staking Live
  Chainlink enables Priority Migration for staking v0.2. Existing v0.1 stakers can now migrate their staked LINK and accrued rewards to v0.2 during the nine-day period.

• Maple x Circle
  Maple Finance partners with Circle to expand USDC adoption via Maple's Secured Lending pool.

• Myso Supports Swaps
  Lending protocol Myso Finance now allows users to conduct p2p token swaps at size with zero slippage and zero swap fees.

Upcoming ⏳

• F(x) Protocol fUSD
  F(x) protocol proposes to issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin fUSD with three options to (or not to) launch the stablecoin and boost liquidity.

• SynFutures V3 on Blast
  Perp DEX SynFutures sets to launch its V3 (currently on testnet) on Blast L2.

Hacks

• Velodrome & Aerodrome Frontend Exploit
  Velodrome and Aerodrome frontends are compromised. The team is investigating and users are advised to NOT interact with the two protocols.

Airdrops 🪂

• dYdX Chain Full Trading
  The dYdX chain ends its Beta Stage and launches Full Trading with trading rewards. Traders can earn trading rewards up to but not exceeding, 90% of a fill’s net-trading fees, paid in $DYDX (~50,000 DYDX per day).
  Besides trading rewards, dYdX governance sets aside $20M for a 6-month Launch Incentives Program. 80% of rewards will go towards trading activity, while 20% will go towards market maker activity.

• Levana Airdrop Confirmed
  Cosmos-based perp swap Levana will do an airdrop. Users have to fill out a form and trade/farm on Levana to be eligible.

• Poolshark FIN Token
  Poolshark protocol introduces the FIN token. FIN can be used for Staking & earning Multiplier Points, Season Rewards, and Options Liquidity Mining.

Farms 🧑🏻‍🌾

• Maverick GHO-USDC Pools
  Maverick launches GHO-USDC pools. LPs get to supply liquidity to earn trading fees and extra GHO rewards.

• Clearpool New Borrower Pool
  BastionTrading launches a new borrower pool on Clearpool Optimism. Users can lend USDT to the pool and earn returns and additional rewards in $OP

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