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New Product and Protocols 🚀

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• Axios Finance, a fixed-rate, fixed-duration lending protocol powered by Fuel Network, launched its beta mainnet, opening limited invite access for early community members via an invite-only rollout.

• Phoenix AI launched AlphaNet AI DEX, opening access to its first wave of whitelisted users. The launch includes AI-based algo execution to reduce slippage, proprietary ML models for market analysis, and click-to-deploy quantitative strategies

• Dango launched its Mainnet Alpha, enabling spot trading with ETH and USDC deposits from Ethereum and live testing of its core exchange infrastructure. The early release includes the Dango chain, with perps, points, and a public mainnet planned later this month, and a potential TGE hinted at for the summer.

• tread.fi, a crypto trading terminal and execution layer that lets users trade spot and perps across CEXs and DEXs, integrates Nado, a unified-margin CLOB DEX for spot, perps, and money markets, allowing traders to route volume through tread.fi while interacting with Nado and potentially accumulating points on both ecosystems via tread.fi and Nado.

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• Based ended BASED Season 2 on Jan 3, stopping Gold distribution as it prepares for the $BASED token launch in Q1 2026. Eligible users must sign terms for the upcoming genesis event, with more details to be announced soon.

• Fogo said the final snapshot has been completed ahead of the $FOGO launch, which is scheduled for January 13. The team added that there are currently no active Fogo Flames seasons.

• Brevis said claims for the $BREV airdrop will open on January 6 at 13:00 UTC, with a 30-day claim window available for eligible users.

• DeepNode AI said its $DN token generation event is scheduled for January 9, signaling the upcoming launch of the protocol’s native token.

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• Katana announced that more than $55k in Vaultbridge and AUSD treasury yield will be distributed to users via donations to Katana Yearn vaults, increasing the value per ERC-4626 vault share (yvvbTokens) without requiring any user action.

• Pendle relaunched jrUSDe and srUSDe markets with an April 2, 2026 maturity, offering renewed yield and points exposure. srUSDe targets Aave USD as a floor APR, while jrUSDe provides amplified exposure to the spread versus sUSDe, with Pendle incentives including Strata and Sats points.

• OnRe’s ONyc market on DeFiCarrot Boost currently offers over 20% APY, with additional incentives funded alongside Global Dollar and an acceleration of OnRe points for ONyc depositors.

• Ostium launched Points Season 2, introducing weekly Boost Windows with 2× points and 50% lower fees on rotating assets, alongside a new points model that is no longer volume-only. The season is capped at 25M points, with the first Boost Window focused on Oil, Gold, Copper, and PLTR.

• InfiniFi announced a one-week TAU Chapter takeover, temporarily boosting multipliers across its points program. During the period, the TAU Max Vault earns up to 18× points, while the TAU ETH and BTC Carry Vaults receive 15× multipliers.

• Jupiter Lend launched JupUSD integrations, enabling users to earn lending rewards, promotional incentives, and native yield via Earn Vaults. The update also introduces new borrow vaults for SOL, JupSOL, and JLP against JupUSD.

• Cascade, a perps DEX backed by Polychain and Variant, will reopen its pre-deposit on January 7 at 5 PM UTC with an additional $1M allocation and a $10K per-account cap after the previous round filled instantly.

• HyENA raised the HLPe vault cap to $30 million, with HLPe YT holders earning boosted rewards including 70x Ethena Points until mid-January, 5x Upshift Points, and USDe yield from the vault.

• Nexira opened its New Year’s airdrop campaign, offering task-based rewards and up to 50M Ruby points convertible to $NEXI at TGE, as part of early user incentives from Nexira.

• Altura launched a 7-day incentive offering $500 USDC in daily bonuses for users who deposit and hold USDT0, with rewards claimable via Merkl starting next week on Altura and Merkl.

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New Protocols 🚀

• Synthesis Trade’s public beta launch introduces a unified aggregator for prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, allowing cross-platform trading with one wallet and real-time order books for events from sports to politics.

• Spreads Finance announced its launch with an initial USDC product that mints sprUSD and allocates capital into delta-neutral perp strategies to earn funding-rate carry, staking yield, and points. The protocol lets users choose between a yield-focused vault backed by basis carry or a points- and airdrop-focused vault

Airdrop Catalysts 📈

• EigenCloud proposed ELIP-12, which would create an Incentives Committee to actively direct EIGEN emissions toward productive stake, active AVSs, and real fee generation. If passed, only fee-paying AVSs would be eligible for incentives, a proposed 20% fee would be applied to AVS rewards subsidized by EIGEN, and protocol fees would begin flowing back to EIGEN.

• Solstice’s $SLX token sale raised $923K, missing its $4M target after offering 5% of supply on Legion. Weak demand was possibly driven by high FDV, a 50% TGE unlock, holiday timing, and broader ICO fatigue.

• Lido’s 2026 roadmap focuses on launching Lido V3 with stVaults, expanding institutional access via stETH-based ETPs/ETFs, and upgrading Lido Core with a market-driven validator router.

• trade.xyz will reduce funding rates across all XYZ perpetual markets by applying a 0.5 scaling factor to Hyperliquid’s funding formula, lowering baseline funding to roughly 5.5% annualized. The change is intended to make funding less aggressive, particularly during weekend price discovery.

• Resolv expanded into altcoin money markets by launching a delta-neutral “Altcoin Cluster,” starting with HYPE and SOL. Positions are fully hedged via Binance and Hyperliquid, targeting 10–15% neutral yields with allocation capped at 10%. Earn Points by holding Resolv assets.

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• Lighter launched the LIT token, with protocol revenue tracked on-chain and allocated between growth and buybacks. Supply is split 50% to the ecosystem and 50% to team and investors, including a 25% FDV airdrop from past points seasons. LIT token is sent to your Lighter account, with spot trading now live.

• Infinex sale registration opens Dec 27, with referral boosts offering 3× for sharing and 10× for Patrons. Separately, Jack reported that Infinex has revised its ICO valuation to $99.99 million, down from the previously indicated $ 300 million.

• Superform has postponed the $UP TGE, originally expected around December 23, citing timing issues around the Legion sale, MiCA transition ending December 26, and weak holiday market conditions. The team said it is operationally ready, with 15% of supply already bridged to Base, and will share a full year-end update with next steps on December 30.

• Espresso Systems opened its airdrop eligibility checker and registration portal, allowing users to verify status ahead of claims expected in early 2026. Registration requires KYC via Authena, with users needing at least 30 Humanity Points, but no NFT mint is required.

• Dolomite has oDOLO rewards live. Suppliers of HONEY, USDC, BERA, USD1, srUSD, BYUSD, WBTC, or ETH can claim oDOLO rewards today.

Farming Alpha🧑🏻‍🌾

• Neutrl increased the sNUSD market cap on Pendle to $60M, expanding capacity for fixed yield via PT, variable yield, and Neutrl Points via YT, or balanced exposure through LPs. LP and YT-sNUSD positions earn up to 25× Neutrl Points.

• Resolv Labs launched an RLP/USDC market on Morpho, offering up to 20%+ APR with leverage of up to 7× on Arbitrum. The market is curated by Gauntlet and Hyperithm

• Yearn said its curated Term Labs USDS vault completed a 6-week $445K fixed-rate loan and has rolled into a new 8-week $500K loan at 6.5% APY. The vault continues to earn 1× points from CapMoney on the posted collateral.

• Liminal launched xHYPE as a tokenized HYPE carry trade that earns native yield from HYPE funding rates and kHYPE staking while remaining usable across DeFi.

• Seamless Protocol launched a new siUSD/USDC Leverage Token on Ethereum mainnet, targeting an 11× leverage ratio with yield sourced from infiniFi’s siUSD.

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Airdrop Claims

• Lighter launched the LIT token, with protocol revenue tracked on-chain and allocated between growth and buybacks. Supply is split 50% to the ecosystem and 50% to team and investors, including a 25% FDV airdrop from past points seasons. LIT token is sent to your Lighter account, with spot trading now live.

  • The team hinted at next steps with the phrase “S3e you at TGE” on Discord, suggesting a potential Season 3, though no formal details have been announced. Claim here

• Dolomite has oDOLO rewards live. Suppliers of HONEY, USDC, BERA, USD1, srUSD, BYUSD, WBTC, or ETH can claim oDOLO rewards today. Claim here

Airdrop Checkers

• Brevis launched its airdrop eligibility checker, allowing users to verify eligibility and complete required steps ahead of the claim phase. The portal is open until Jan 3 and currently only displays eligibility status, with claim timing and allocation details to be announced later; users qualifying via X or Discord must submit a separate EVM address. Check here

• HeyElsaAI said its airdrop eligibility checker will go live in early January 2026, with both V1 and V2 points counted toward allocations. The team noted anti-sybil filtering will be applied before final eligibility, rewarding genuine usage, and added that a tentative TGE is planned for January, while Wallchain’s Epoch 2 is expected to begin after TGE with details to follow.

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