Top DeFi news to pay attention to this week ๐ง
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@aeroxyz unifies Aerodrome and Velodrome on Oct 22. Aero launches across Base, Ethereum, OP Mainnet, Arc, Ink, Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum. AERO converts 1:1; VELO at roughly 0.044 AERO.
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@fablesfi TGE on Oct 20, the Robinhood Chain DEX launches $FABLES with ve(3,3) voting, staking and emissions. Airdrop claims open at TGE.
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@fhenix's confidential computing launches on mainnet on Oct 21.
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@Kinetiq_xyz's Elysium approaches mainnet. The Hyperliquid L2 targets Oct 20, subject to the governance outcome. It settles to HyperEVM and uses HYPE for gas.
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@Lighter_xyz is expanding beyond perps with an upcoming options product. Investor Q3 call is on Oct 21.
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@infiniFi unveils $INFI. Tokenomics are out, with 45% allocated to the ecosystem, including a community airdrop. TGE is coming soon.
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@StandX_Official cancelled its token launch and will distribute DUSD instead. Trading switches to reduce-only on Oct 20. Allocation checker: Oct 26. Claims: Nov 1, with no lockup.
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@jumperapp opens a trading campaign this week for 2,500 waitlist traders and the top 2,500 Jumper Pass users. $JUMP incentives and up to $232K USDC in weekly rewards.
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@Starknet voting on whether to research becoming an independent, post-quantum L1 ends on Oct 22.
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@osmosis's proposal to stop new $OSMO issuance and fund staking rewards from protocol revenue opens for voting on Oct 20. At the current burn rate, roughly 2% of supply would burn annually without new minting to offset it.