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Jupiter unveiled 8 major DeFi upgrades at Solana Breakpoint 2025, transforming the platform into a full-scale DeFi hub. Key highlights include: - **JupUSD Stablecoin**: A new dollar-backed stablecoin built with Ethena, designed to work directly inside Jupiter's products. - **Ultra V3 Trading Engine**: Features Iris router, ShadowLane transaction landing, and Predictive Execution with 100x performance improvements. - **Jupiter Lend**: Exited beta and hit $1B in supply in just 8 days, now fully open source. - **New Trading Terminal**: All-in-one terminal bringing spot trading, perps, wallet tracking, and market data together. Jupiter also acquired RainFi to strengthen peer-to-peer lending capabilities.

Tensor Foundation announced the acquisition of Tensor Marketplace and the Tensorians NFT series in November 2025. Under new management: - All market transaction fees will flow into the TNSR treasury - 21.6% of unlocked token supply will be burned - Unlocked tokens will be relocked for three years Earlier in August, Tensor became the first NFT marketplace to embrace Metaplex Core, streamlining data management into a single on-chain account. The platform also revamped its trading interface for faster navigation and real-time analytics.

Uniswap v4 launched in January 2025, introducing a significant architectural overhaul with "Hooks" - allowing developers to execute custom code before and after swaps. Key features: - **Hooks**: Enable limit orders, custom oracles, fee management, and automated liquidity strategies - **Gas Savings**: Creating new pools is up to 99.99% cheaper than previous versions - **Native ETH Support**: Significant additional savings for ETH pairs - **150+ Hooks**: Already developed, introducing dynamic fees to automated liquidity management The v4 codebase underwent nine audits and a $2.35M security competition with over 500 participants. A $15.5M bug bounty was launched to secure the modular design.