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The latest developments in DeFi👇 • Arbitrum announced the return of the Arbitrum Odyssey program. Odyssey participants can complete on-chain activities in exchange for badges • Injective introduced inEVM, enabling Ethereum devs to seamlessly deploy their dApps on Injective. A few months ago, Injective also enabled the migration of Solana dApps to Injective • Optimism announced OP Airdrop #3 for those who participated in Optimism governance. There are still >500M OP tokens left for future airdrops. • Eclipse mainnet, an Ethereum L2 powered by the Solana Virtual Machine, was introduced. Its goal is to unite Solana’s performance with Ethereum’s security • Polygon announced the migration of Canto, an alt-L1 with >$40M TVL, to an Ethereum L2 built with Polygon CDK • Yearn Finance released yETH, a token that gives holders exposure to a basket of ETH liquid staking derivatives and went live on Base • Sturdy Finance introduced Sturdy V2, a new iteration of the protocol that will enable the permissionless creation of new lending markets. The release of V2 is scheduled for October 2023 • Centrifuge announced its deployment on Base & Arbitrum. Centrifuge is one of the largest real-world assets protocols • Aztec, a privacy Ethereum L2, announced Fernet, which will enable Aztec to have decentralized sequencers. No other major L2 currently has decentralized sequencers • Velodrome introduced its new concentrated liquidity AMM, Velodrome Slipstream. The AMM will be heading to audit soon • SSV Network launched a distributed validator technology network mainnet. Its goal is to decentralize Ethereum staking • Movement, a network of modular Move-based blockchains, was introduced. The project also revealed M1, a modular Layer 1 that is allegedly able to support 160K TPS • GammaSwap, a DeFi primitive that enables trading volatility, went live on Arbitrum. The protocol has no token (yet) but raised money from VCs If you like this post, a like & a retweet would be much appreciated🫡