Fogo Upcoming Airdrop, Based App Announced TGE, Jupiter Launched Stablecoin With Incentives, and more...
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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.
