Welcome to Superchain Sunday - our weekly newsletter! Every Sunday, we will provide you with the latest news and updates in the world of the Superchain.
The OP Stack accounts for over 46.9% of all Layer 2 transactions. The Superchain sees 11.8M daily transactions, 43.1% of all Layer 2 transactions. The network boasts 692 Unique Apps, contributing to the Optimism Collective. It is estimated that 591.2 ETH will be contributed to the Optimism Collective in February—Data Fetched from the Superchain Health Dashboard.
Superchain Space Denver served as the coordination hub for the Superchain ecosystem during ETHDenver. The event brought together top developers, builders, and ecosystem contributors for two days of discussions, networking, and hands-on collaboration. Attendees participated in talks and workshops covering key topics such as Superchain Interop, the role of DAOs in the Superchain, and strategies for scaling Web3 adoption.
Beyond this builders connected over shared challenges and opportunities, strengthening alignment across rollups and fostering innovation within the Superchain. As the ecosystem continues to grow, these conversations and relationships formed in Denver will help shape the next phase of the Superchain. Watch our short recap video here.
Season 1 of the Lisk airdrop has officially ended. Over the past 100 days, thousands of participants engaged with Lisk by exploring dApps, interacting with smart contracts, and completing ecosystem tasks to earn LSK rewards. This campaign was designed not just for rewards but also to onboard and educate users. With 277,000 new accounts and over 48 million transactions recorded, the success of Season 1 highlights the growing engagement within the Lisk community.
As the season wraps up, participants can expect payouts within 2-3 weeks, with fairness measures in place to ensure rewards go to legitimate users. Lisk has implemented sybil-resistant verification and partnered with Nomis to strengthen anti-abuse protections. Additionally, 10 fair participants will receive surprise rewards, and Lisk of Life NFT holders will be given a special token of appreciation. With Season 2 set to begin on March 24, the momentum continues, offering more opportunities to engage with Lisk’s expanding ecosystem. Read the full details here.
Mint Blockchain is launching their native token $MINT to drive NFT programmability and large-scale applications. The token unlock schedule is structured for gradual distribution: MintCore gets 18% over 12 quarters, Launch Contributors receive 20% over eight quarters after a six-month cliff, and the Community Airdrop distributes 12%, mostly at TGE, with the rest allocated to Mint Forest V3 users in 2026. The MintDAO Treasury holds 50%, unlocking periodically over the next 36 months.
To reward real users, Mint Blockchain is offering incentives to MintID NFT Stakers, Mint Forest users, Mint Expedition MP & NFT Holders, and Mint Big Bang Winners. Participants in NFT Legends Season and the Mint x OKX Pioneer Explorer NFT program will also benefit. More rewards will follow as Mint’s roadmap progresses, shaping the future of NFT applications. Claim your Mint tokens here!
BOB has launched BOB Rise, a DeFi incentive campaign aimed at growing its Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem by rewarding liquidity providers and boosting borrowing and lending of Bitcoin liquid staking tokens (LSTs). Backed by a 750,000 OP token grant, the campaign runs from February 26 to June 25, 2025, offering users a share of these rewards for depositing BTC into DeFi protocols on BOB. Participants can earn incentives every 8 hours and claim them at any time, up to a month after the campaign ends.
The campaign includes five key DeFi protocols: Oku (Uniswap) for advanced trading, Euler for decentralized lending, HybridBTC.pendle vault by Veda for automated BTC yield, Gamma for Uniswap liquidity management, and Hourglass for time-locked capital rewards. This initiative highlights the potential of Hybrid BTC, BOB’s multi-chain Bitcoin yield layer, which bridges Bitcoin’s liquidity with Ethereum’s scalability. Learn more about Rise here.
Lombard Finance and Ether.fi are introducing Basis Trade Vaults, designed to enhance the yield potential of idle Bitcoin and Ethereum assets. While BTC and ETH are fundamental to the digital economy, they often sit unused. The rise of basis trading and liquid staking tokens (LSTs) in 2023/24 unlocked new yield opportunities, and now, these vaults take it a step further. By combining LSTs/LRTs with staking rewards and a delta=1 basis trade, users maintain full exposure to BTC and ETH, benefiting from price appreciation while earning yield from funding spreads.
The strategy works by exploiting the difference between spot and perpetual futures prices. Users deposit LBTC or weETH as collateral, leverage their position by borrowing stablecoins, and short perpetual contracts to lock in the funding spread. The vault stays hedged, ensuring market volatility doesn’t impact safety. If funding flips negative or borrowing costs rise, the system automatically adjusts leverage. Yield comes from perp funding spreads (estimated at 10-20%), leveraged staking rewards, and point incentives, turning idle BTC and ETH into efficient yield engines. Follow Derive to stay up to date on the launch.
A proposal has been submitted to allocate 160,000 Cyber tokens from the DAO treasury to seed liquidity on Solana and Base, with 80,000 tokens deployed on each chain. The goal is to expand Cyber’s reach, improve market accessibility, and engage active crypto and AI-driven communities. By bridging these tokens securely using OFT standards, liquidity pools like CYBER/USDC, CYBER/SOL, and CYBER/ETH will be established on platforms such as Jupiter and Meteora on Solana and Aerodrome and Velodrome on Base. This move is expected to increase trading volume, deepen liquidity, and tighten spreads.
The initiative will roll out in three phases: first, bridging the tokens and setting up liquidity pools; second, monitoring performance and adjusting strategies; and third, optimizing liquidity based on key performance indicators. The success of the proposal will be measured by liquidity depth, low slippage, and sustained market engagement. By bringing Cyber tokens to these growing ecosystems, the DAO aims to strengthen its position in the market and drive broader adoption. Read the full proposal here.
The Superchain has grown to 30 different OP Chains, each with its flourishing Ecosystem. These are some extra stories to make your Sunday that much more Super.
~Disclaimer: This newsletter is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice