Uniswap has gone live on OKX's X Layer, an Ethereum layer-2 network launched in 2024, where it will function as the chain's preferred decentralized exchange. The integration connects X Layer users to Uniswap's token pairs and liquidity pools at layer-2 transaction costs, with no additional fees from Uniswap Labs, and forms a key part of OKX's phase-two DeFi rollout strategy.

According to the company's Monday announcement, Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought 24,266 ETH over the past week, raising its treasury to about 4.17 million ETH, or roughly 3.4% of circulating supply. Chair Tom Lee is urging shareholder approval to increase authorized shares ahead of Thursday's annual meeting in Las Vegas to support a 5% supply target.

Nexo introduced "Zero-interest Credit", a fixed-term borrowing product for Bitcoin and Ether holders with no interest. Borrowers set size and duration upfront, face no liquidation before maturity, and can settle in stablecoins or with collateral; the structured model previously facilitated over $140 million in 2025 via private and OTC channels.

Temple Digital Group has introduced a private institutional trading platform on the Canton Network, offering round-the-clock access to cryptocurrencies and stablecoins through a non-custodial, central limit order book model. The live venue supports asset managers, market makers and financial institutions, with support for tokenized equities and commodities targeted for 2026. Recent activity on Canton also includes tokenized US Treasury financing trials and plans to bring JPM Coin and tokenized Treasurys onto the network.

Babylon, a protocol for native Bitcoin staking and lending, received $15 million via a BABY token sale to fund its trustless collateral infrastructure on Wednesday. The team is building vaults that let BTC serve as onchain collateral without wrappers or custodians, with Aave V4 testing planned for Q1 2026 and a joint launch targeted for April 2026.

The Flow Foundation published a technical post-mortem on Tuesday detailing a Dec. 27 protocol exploit that enabled counterfeit tokens, with confirmed losses of about $3.9 million. Validators halted the network within six hours and resumed operations two days later under a governance-approved recovery that preserved legitimate history and destroyed fake assets.

In a Tuesday announcement, MarketVector Indexes unveiled two benchmarks for stablecoin infrastructure and real‑world asset tokenization, while Amplify ETFs introduced TKNQ and STBQ to track them. The funds list on NYSE Arca and offer regulated, indirect exposure. Stablecoins total $308.6 billion and tokenized RWAs about $19.6 billion, with USDT near 60% and USDC around 24%.

Polymarket and Parcl have entered a partnership to create real estate prediction markets that settle using Parcl's daily housing price indexes. Following the announcement, Parcl's PRCL token gained roughly 120% over 24 hours as the firms outlined a phased rollout focused on major US cities and onchain settlement via Solana.

Grayscale said it will distribute cash from Ethereum staking rewards to Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) holders, with an estimated payout of about $0.08 per share. The distribution is scheduled for Tuesday, based on positions at Monday's market close, after the firm enabled Ether staking on Oct. 6 via institutional custodians and third-party validators.