The integration of Agora’s earnAUSD Vault into Tria Earn enables users to access institutional-grade stablecoin yield with one-click deposits from any chain, abstracting cross-chain complexity.

2025 revealed two dominant VC strategies: high-volume participation across stages and selective, high-capital lead investments. Corporate VCs led by deal count, while firms like a16z, Pantera, and Paradigm dominated by capital deployed.

2025 revealed two dominant VC strategies: high-volume participation across stages and selective, high-capital lead investments. Corporate VCs led by deal count, while firms like a16z, Pantera, and Paradigm dominated by capital deployed.

Waitlist is now open for everyone. Tria's Perp DEX will offer fast order execution without any bridging, freedom to use any funding source, trade any asset across any chain, and open any position type.

Xpin Network is running a new incentive campaign in partnership with Gate. The event runs from January 19 to January 26, 2026 (UTC), with 132.5M XPIN distributed across different incentives. 

Alongside the campaign, XPIN continues to roll out ecosystem updates, integrations, and incentive programs, with the latest developments highlighted below.

Oriole Insights — the new predictions platform for tracking community sentiment across the crypto market. This week, we review its latest listings on Up/Down and ROI Markets, along with the top-trending polls.

Digital asset investment products recorded their largest weekly inflows since October 2025, led by Bitcoin and supported by Ethereum and Solana, though spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $394M in net outflows on Jan 16.

As of Jan 20, institutional accumulation remains active, with Strategy announcing the acquisition of 22,305 BTC ($2.13B) and BitMine staking an additional $270M in ETH.

Ethereum processed 2,812,123 transactions on January 15, 2026, marking its highest daily transaction count on record.

This surge follows the increase in the block gas limit to 60M, which has expanded network capacity and coincided with a steady rise in new Ethereum addresses on a 30-day rolling average.

ℹ️ The milestone highlights:

- Sustained on-chain activity growth

- Strong network usage despite market cycles

- Increasing demand from DeFi, L2s, and Real-World Applications

This record reinforces Ethereum’s position as the most actively used smart contract network.

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Pendle is overhauling its long-standing vePENDLE lockup system by introducing sPENDLE, a liquid staking token designed to improve usability, flexibility, and capital efficiency across the protocol.

1️⃣ Key Changes

- sPENDLE replaces vePENDLE: Users can now stay liquid while earning protocol rewards, with a 14-day withdrawal period

- Rewards funded by PENDLE buybacks from the open market

- No multi-year lockups required to earn rewards or participate in governance.

- sPENDLE is freely transferable and usable across DeFi

2️⃣ Emissions & Governance Update

- Manual gauge voting will be phased out

- An algorithmic emissions model will replace it, expected to reduce token emissions by ~30%

- Existing vePENDLE holders will receive boosted sPENDLE during a two-year transition period

3️⃣ How It Worked vs. Now

- Previously, users deposited yield-bearing assets (e.g. stETH) and received vePENDLE, gaining voting power and bonus rewards while their principal continued earning base yield

- With sPENDLE, users still earn those rewards — but without locking capital long-term

- In simple terms: base yield remains intact, while previously locked value becomes liquid and reusable

4️⃣ Timeline & Stats

- sPENDLE staking goes live: January 20

- New vePENDLE locks paused: January 29 (snapshot taken to calculate conversion boosts)

- Total Value Locked: Over $3B as of Tuesday

5️⃣ Why It Matters

- This shift turns long-term locked positions into flexible, liquid capital, lowering the barrier to entry and making Pendle more attractive to a broader range of DeFi users and investors

Perpetual DEXs hit record trading volumes in 2025 as demand for on-chain leverage surged. Market leadership, however, stayed firmly in the hands of Hyperliquid, Lighter and Aster.