Gate News message, April 21 — Arkham announced the launch of its decentralized trading functionality, integrated exclusively with the Solana ecosystem, as it pivots from centralized exchange services to target Solana's thriving DEX market. The new feature incorporates decentralized trading into Ark

Ripple's XRP launched on Solana as a wrapped cross-chain asset on April 17, partnering with Hex Trust and others. This move, aimed at boosting liquidity and expanding access to Solana's DEX ecosystem, highlights Solana's growing role in cross-chain tokenization.

Pi Network will launch its V23 upgrade next month, featuring smart contracts, a DApp ecosystem, and a decentralized exchange. With over 18 million KYC-verified users, this upgrade moves Pi towards practical applications and utility in its ecosystem.

SunWukong has introduced BLESS/USDT perpetual contracts on its decentralized derivatives platform, offering leverage of up to 20x, as announced on April 15.

According to DefiLlama data, on April 10 on-chain Perp DEX market trading volume fell, with Aster’s trading volume in second place. The major trading volume rankings were, in order: Hyperliquid, TradeXYZ, and Aster.

On April 10, the Bitcoin price broke through $72k again. According to Coinglass data, the funding rates on major trading platforms show that the market’s bearish sentiment is strengthening. Funding rates are used to balance the contract price with the asset price; a rate below 0.005% indicates that the market is broadly bearish.

April 9 news: After TradeXYZ’s trading volume doubled yesterday, it fell back, and Hyperliquid’s overall trading volume dropped below $10 billion. Based on the current ranking of major Perp DEX trading volumes, Hyperliquid, TradeXYZ, and EdgeX occupy the top three spots.

The decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter launched a Token Verification API (VRFD) on April 8, allowing developers to implement programmatic verification during token creation. The API uses a three-step process; developers must burn 1,000 JUP tokens to submit a verification request, and it requires no Gas fees. The initiative aims to become the standard foundational infrastructure for Solana projects.

Solana decentralized exchange Stabble issues an emergency notice urging liquidity providers to withdraw funds due to a security risk involving a former North Korean employee. The warning was disclosed by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, in the context of a U.S. warning about the infiltration of North Korean technical personnel. Stabble emphasizes that no attack has happened yet and will conduct a new security audit.

Gate News update, April 7, the decentralized exchange Aster and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced that they have reached a partnership. Both sides are moving forward with deep coordination at the ecosystem level and exploring integration options for each of their tokens. Based on the details of the collaboration, USD1 will become the exclusive settlement asset for Aster’s TradFi perpetual contracts on the platform.