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Synthetix releases the 2026 roadmap, covering six major directions:Stock Buybacks and Restoration of USD Pegged Exchange Rate: All trading revenues will be used for SNX stock buybacks and USD buybacks. The goal is to achieve a stable USD pegged exchange rate by the end of the second quarter.Multi-Collateral Trading (April): Native deposits of ETH, cbBTC, and other assets as collateral on Synthetix Perps - releasing billions of dollars of idle Ethereum mainnet funds.Basis Trading Vault (Second Quarter): Popularizing access to delta-neutral basis trading strategies, with stablecoin assets represented as supported by basis trading.Synthetix Liquidity Pool (SLP) Public Release (Second Quarter): A community-owned market-making vault - no management fees, no performance fees, currently in private beta testing with an annualized yield of about 45%.Market Expansion: The cryptocurrency market expands in the first quarter, the commodities market begins to expand in April, the foreign exchange market starts expanding in June, and pre-release perpetual contracts for highly anticipated tokens.Digital Dollar Vision: Transitioning sUSD to a fully decentralized, basis trading-collateralized stablecoin—supported by a Perp DEX that uniquely owns the native stablecoin.Synthetix states that 2026 is the year of Synthetix's return, with a clear goal: to provide the best perpetual trading experience in the DeFi space, relying on the security, composability, and neutrality of the Ethereum mainnet.

According to Arkham data, at 12:58, 8.36 million SNX (worth approximately 4 million USD) was transferred from Synthetix to an anonymous address (starting with 0x0848...).

According to Arkham data, at 14:01, 8.36 million SNX (worth approximately 3.88 million USD) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0x0848...) to Null Address.

Synthetix announced on the X platform that the Synthetix perpetual contract DEX is now officially live on the Ethereum mainnet.This private beta test version is only accessible to 500 whitelisted traders, with a deposit limit of 40,000 USDT per user. The withdrawal function will not be enabled at launch and will open within 7 days. The platform uses a hybrid CLOB model with on-chain asset custody and off-chain matching to bypass mainnet delays and high gas costs.The first batch supports BTC, ETH, and SOL perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage, and plans to introduce multi-collateral margin, RWA support, and incentive programs. The platform is provided with market making and liquidity by SLP Vault, and Synthetix aims to become the first successful CLOB perp trading platform on the Ethereum mainnet. Additionally, the official announcement states that the incentive program will be launched in early Q1 2026.

According to Cointelegraph, the perpetual contract trading platform Synthetix has announced its return to the Ethereum mainnet. Its founder Kain Warwick stated that previously, high gas fees and network congestion forced derivatives platforms, including Synthetix, to migrate to Layer 2 networks or other alternative blockchains. However, the transaction fees on the Ethereum mainnet have significantly decreased, making it capable of running high-frequency financial applications again.It is reported that Synthetix migrated to the Ethereum Layer 2 network Optimism in 2022 and subsequently expanded to Arbitrum and Base. Etherscan data shows that on Wednesday, the average gas fee on Ethereum was about 0.71 gwei, a decrease of nearly 26 times from 18.85 gwei on the same day a year ago. Warwick pointed out that with the progress of scaling both Layer 2 and the mainnet, it is now possible to run critical infrastructure on the mainnet.He believes that the Ethereum mainnet possesses the most significant liquidity, assets, and margin in the crypto world, making it the most efficient on-chain market, and anticipates that other decentralized exchanges for perpetual contracts will also follow suit in returning. He also stated that 2025 will be the most significant year for Ethereum since the merge in 2022, with more attention being given to the needs of network builders.

The decentralized derivatives protocol Synthetix announced its return to the Ethereum mainnet on December 17.Synthetix Liquidity Providers (SLP) will launch at the same time, and SLP access will be on a whitelist basis, with plans to open it to all users as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the decentralized GPU rendering solution provider Render has been the project with the most unfollows by X (Twitter) top figures. The new unfollowers of this project include DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas).In addition, the project with the most unfollows by X top figures also includes Synthetix.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized derivatives protocol Synthetix announced that it will soon launch a perpetual contract decentralized trading platform (Perp DEX) on the Ethereum mainnet. To conduct stress testing before the official launch, Synthetix will hold a trading competition, inviting top traders in the industry to participate. The ultimate champion will receive a prize of $1 million.

ChainCatcher news, Synthetix and Infinex founder Kain Warwick stated that the Synthetix team is deeply exploring the plan to return to the Ethereum mainnet. The last cycle failed for many reasons, and there are no excuses.Two years have passed, and the Ethereum mainnet clearly needs a modern, high-performance decentralized exchange for perpetual contracts. Synthetix has returned to its startup state, aiming to rejoin the decentralized exchanges in the EVM ecosystem. The off-chain order book features a batch settlement engine that operates similarly to an optimistic sequencer but keeps all funds on the mainnet. In my opinion, this is the best design for perps today.

ChainCatcher news, Synthetix founder Kain released the latest update on the sUSD de-pegging issue. The current sUSD price is $0.990619, and it is about to regain its peg. Although this period has been harsh, the launch of the mainnet pre-staking activities will ultimately help sUSD return to normal.Previously, on April 18, the Synthetix stablecoin sUSD de-pegged further to $0.7. Synthetix subsequently announced an emergency solution, and the USD 420 pool will be launched and incentivized. SNX stakers in the 420 pool can deposit sUSD to earn a share of 5 million SNX over 12 months. The deposited sUSD will be locked for one year and can be fully withdrawn after the activity ends.Synthetix founder Kain commented on the emergency plan, "This is one of the worst immediate solutions to create demand for sUSD from the user base."

ChainCatcher message, Bithumb announced that according to the "Virtual Asset Trading Warning Stock Designation Guidelines," starting from June 27, 2025, at 15:00, Felaz (FLZ) will be designated as a trading warning stock, and its deposit services will be suspended due to the difficulty in confirming its utility and project performance, as well as poor on-chain activity and trading conditions.At the same time, Synthetix (SNX) has resolved the reasons for the warning designation and has lifted the trading warning stock designation, restoring deposit services. Bithumb will continue to monitor virtual assets, communicate with external experts and foundations, and maintain the trading environment.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized finance platform Synthetix announced that it will gradually phase out all of its Layer-2 deployments on the Base network on July 7, 2025, refocusing on the Ethereum mainnet, and will disable Base trading and close the LP treasury. The plan will be implemented in phases.Synthetix stated that the decision to gradually phase out its L2 deployments stems from ongoing infrastructure instability and liquidity fragmentation.

ChainCatcher news, Synthetix founder kain.avax posted on the X platform that he has built a development environment with Cursor and designed a new client project, and will later add servers/databases to make the project more robust. Claude Opus has submitted a 10,000-line code Pull Request, and he spent 40 minutes rebuilding the entire project, which is now almost operational.Previously, the stablecoin sUSD launched by Synthetix became unpegged. The SCCP-409 proposal has been approved, providing additional support for the peg of sUSD. The staking requirement for sUSD for debt forgiveness (jubilee) participants has been increased from 10% to 20% to promote the restoration of sUSD's peg.

ChainCatcher news, Bithumb announced that the trading warning status of Synthetix (SNX) has been extended, while the trading support for Assemble AI (ASM) will be terminated. DAXA member companies may take measures to protect users, such as urging caution, designating trading warning projects, and terminating trading support.Synthetix (SNX): Trading warning status extended until the 4th week of June (June 23 to June 27) for stricter review.Assemble AI (ASM): Trading support will be terminated on June 30, 2025, at 15:00, and withdrawal support will be terminated on July 30, 2025, at 15:00.Bithumb reminds users to complete the withdrawal of relevant virtual assets before the withdrawal support ends and to be aware that technical support may cease after the withdrawal support ends.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, contributors from Synthetix and Derive have jointly withdrawn a $27 million transaction proposal, under which Synthetix would acquire the decentralized options platform Derive (formerly known as Lyra).The Derive team stated: After thoughtful discussions and community feedback, the SIP-415 and DIP proposals to merge Synthetix and Derive have been mutually withdrawn.Previously, Synthetix proposed to acquire the options protocol Derive in exchange for $27 million worth of tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the decentralized finance platform Synthetix has canceled its acquisition plan for the crypto options platform Derive worth $27 million due to negative feedback from the community. The acquisition was originally planned to exchange SNX and DRV tokens at a ratio of 1:27.Members of the Derive community expressed concerns about the token exchange ratio and the overall benefits of the acquisition for the platform. Some users claimed that Derive's revenue is actually higher than Synthetix's, and there are no clauses in the protocol that limit Synthetix from issuing additional tokens that could dilute value. Synthetix's strategic director Ben Celermajer stated that while some community members believed the deal was reasonable, both parties agreed to terminate the acquisition plan, which was originally intended to promote collaboration, due to the lack of expected response.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized finance protocol Synthetix proposed on May 14 to acquire the decentralized options platform Derive (formerly known as Lyra) with a total transaction value of approximately $27 million. According to the SIP-415 proposal, Synthetix will issue up to 29.3 million SNX tokens at a ratio of 27:1 (with a 3-month lock-up and 9-month linear release) in exchange for Derive's DRV tokens.This acquisition requires approval from Synthetix's Spartan Council and Derive's governance body. If the transaction is completed, Synthetix will integrate Derive's order book perpetual contract trading technology and development team, further accelerating the construction of a derivatives protocol on the Ethereum mainnet. Derive's modular order book design and options mechanism experience will directly enhance Synthetix's core competitiveness, and its developed App-chain technology stack can be immediately deployed to the mainnet.This will be Synthetix's third ecological integration action in the past six months, following the acquisitions of Kwenta and TLX. Synthetix founder Kain Warwick stated that this integration will simplify the protocol architecture and governance, promoting the development of the derivatives platform.

ChainCatcher message, Synthetix stated on its official blog that, according to the SCCP-403 proposal, Synthetix has officially completed the transition to the 420 staking pool, and all old SNX staking positions have been liquidated as planned. However, most positions can still be restored. If users are historical stakers who have not yet migrated to the 420 pool, please make sure to follow the steps below as soon as possible. This upgrade will drive the Synthetix system to fully support future products, including the upcoming Perps v4 perpetual contract platform, automated Vaults, and other core features.Key rule explanation: If a user's staking position has a collateral ratio (C-Ratio) below 160% at the time of liquidation, that staking position has been permanently liquidated and cannot be restored. If the collateral ratio at the time of liquidation is ≥160%, your staking position can be restored, but the migration must be completed within 6 months from the date of liquidation. Important notes after restoration: The migrated staking position will retain the debt size at the time of liquidation, and users can repay the debt at any time to unlock SNX tokens; the new pool allows stakers to gradually reduce their debt within 12 months (subject to certain conditions). Specific rules and the sUSD staking reward program will be announced in the coming weeks. Users can apply to participate in the sUSD staking test.