DEX

On Wednesday, Lighter said users must stake LIT to deposit into its Lighter Liquidity Pool, with a 1:10 ratio allowing 1 LIT to unlock up to 10 USDC. The change takes effect immediately for new participants, while existing depositors have a two‑week grace period ending Jan. 28; fee waivers kick in at 100 LIT staked.

Sui confirmed a mainnet stall on 14 January that disrupted transactions and access to dApps for nearly three hours. Explorer data highlighted repeated system-level entries and reduced throughput as validators failed to consistently finalize blocks. Earlier that day, TVL was about $1.05 billion, DEX volume near $371 million, and SUI traded around $1.90.

Updated on January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTC, this roundup highlights hiring across Web3. According to Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin reached $95,500, while OP Labs, Uniswap, BitGo and others list roles with defined salary ranges, experience levels and remote or on-site options in engineering, go-to-market, and operations.

Perpetual decentralized exchanges are expanding rapidly, with CoinGecko data showing their share of derivatives revenue increasing from 2.1% in January 2023 to 11.7% in November 2025. Delphi Digital's 2026 outlook argues that these onchain venues are structurally more efficient than fragmented and costly TradFi infrastructure, while Cantor Fitzgerald models a long-term price path for Hyperliquid's HYPE token based on a 15% compound annual growth rate and planned buybacks. Perp DEX trading volume also tripled in 2025 to $12.09 trillion, though it remains small beside the $846 trillion notional value of outstanding OTC derivatives reported in June 2025.

On January 14, 2026, XRPL developer and Xaman founder Wietse Wind warned XRP users of a broad scam campaign involving fake accounts, impersonated support and fraudulent websites. He stressed there are no giveaways and urged reliance on in‑app support. RippleX says Permissioned Domains is nearing activation, and rippled v3.0 fixes entered a two‑week window.

As of January 13, 2026, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act to clarify that crypto software developers who do not custody user funds should not be treated as money transmitters. The bipartisan measure sits within broader congressional work on crypto policy, including debates on stablecoins and decentralized finance.

On January 12, 2026, SlowMist released an audit report on the Truebit Protocol exploit that drained about $26 million in ETH. The report attributes the incident to an unchecked addition operation in the Purchase contract's price calculation, compiled with Solidity 0.6.10 without SafeMath overflow protection. The attack briefly pushed Uniswap's daily trading fee capture revenue above $1.4 million, largely driven by TRU-related trading.

MYX Finance rose around 11 percent over the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, and pushed above a key $4 breakout level after moving sideways since 11 October. DeFiLlama data showed the DEX had more than $1.92 billion in prior week perpetuals volume and a TVL recovery from $27 million in December to about $33 million.

India's Financial Intelligence Unit introduced stricter onboarding checks for crypto platforms, including live selfie verification and collection of location data. Income Tax Department officials argue that decentralization and cross‑border features hinder tax enforcement, while gains from crypto sales remain taxed at 30% under current law.

On January 10, 2026, BlockSec's Phalcon flagged suspicious transactions against Arbitrum's Futureswap and estimated losses of around $395,000 after a suspected exploit that drained USDC via repeated changePosition calls. BlockSec said it tried to contact the team without success and noted the closed-source contract leaves the root cause under investigation.