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TownSquare, an infrastructure platform focused on institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage services, has announced a $100 million USD1 token liquidity program—a strategic initiative designed to bring institutional-grade and cross-chain yield opportunities to a broader user base via World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin and institutional yield strategies. Previously, TownSquare collaborated with the World Liberty Financial DeFi team to integrate the USD1 token onto Monad, a high-performance EVM-compatible chain, and received official incentives from the Monad Foundation. The team stated that this new liquidity program marks TownSquare’s continued commitment to expanding DeFi’s real-world applicability and delivering institutional strategy yields to more assets. Currently, the project’s official website has launched its cross-chain lending functionality, while its yield vault product is listed as “Coming Soon.” According to official information, the project has previously completed a funding round backed by Monad, a16z, Aptos, Solana Bonk, and other U.S. and European angel investors and VCs. The founding team includes alumni from Coinbase, Meta, Accenture, and market-making firms. Details about the project’s next funding round have not yet been disclosed.
WEEX Exchange has announced the launch of its Meme Ecosystem Week. Users can trade the following meme tokens—PEPE, PENGU, BONK, DOGS, NOT, WIF, FARTCOIN, and TURBO—to share in a $60,000 reward pool. Event Period: May 6, 18:00 – May 16, 18:00 (UTC+8). During the event: - New users who make a net deposit of ≥100 USDT and execute their first spot trade in any of the eligible tokens will receive a mystery box airdrop worth up to $18. - Both new and existing users whose cumulative spot trading volume in the eligible tokens reaches ≥1,000 USDT are eligible to share in a $30,000 prize pool.