https://dexwatch.com/news/ Dated, sourced updates on decentralized exchanges: exploits, token launches, new venues, fee changes. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:16:19 GMT https://dexwatch.com/news/pancakeswap-flip-fee-vote-passes/ https://dexwatch.com/news/pancakeswap-flip-fee-vote-passes/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT veCAKE holders approved The Flip on 24 October with about 71% in favour. LP fee share on v3 and Infinity pools rises to 88%; daily CAKE emissions step down from 22,500 to 7,000. https://dexwatch.com/news/gmx-gmtrade-merger-builder-fees-solana/ https://dexwatch.com/news/gmx-gmtrade-merger-builder-fees-solana/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT GMTrade, the Solana deployment spun out of GMX in late 2025, is back under the GMX brand. On 23 October GMX opened Builder Fees on Solana; a governance post routes Solana revenue to GMX buybacks from 28 October. https://dexwatch.com/news/trade-xyz-jio-pre-ipo-perp-hyperliquid/ https://dexwatch.com/news/trade-xyz-jio-pre-ipo-perp-hyperliquid/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The HIP-3 builder trade.xyz opened a USDC-settled perpetual on Jio Platforms ahead of its IPO, with up to 5x leverage. It joins earlier pre-IPO markets such as SpaceX and Cerebras. https://dexwatch.com/news/uniswap-aggregator-hooks-live/ https://dexwatch.com/news/uniswap-aggregator-hooks-live/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Uniswap Labs launched hooks that wrap external liquidity from Fluid, Curve and PancakeSwap as v4 pools. Trades through them pay Uniswap protocol fees that feed UNI burns. https://dexwatch.com/news/fca-defi-guidance-consultation/ https://dexwatch.com/news/fca-defi-guidance-consultation/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Guidance Consultation GC26/7 explains how operational-resilience and financial-crime rules apply to FCA firms that use DeFi. Comments close 18 November 2026; final guidance is planned for January 2027. https://dexwatch.com/news/lighter-plans-cftc-dcm-dco-filing/ https://dexwatch.com/news/lighter-plans-cftc-dcm-dco-filing/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On a 21 October investor call, founder Vladimir Novakovski said Lighter intends to apply for DCM and DCO status. Nothing has been filed yet; review can take up to 280 days. https://dexwatch.com/news/arcus-perp-fee-schedules-split/ https://dexwatch.com/news/arcus-perp-fee-schedules-split/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT From 23 October crypto perps on Arcus cost 0.015%/0.045% maker/taker at Tier 0, while RWA perps keep zero maker fees. Tier thresholds are halved; multi-asset collateral and a mobile app arrived the same week. https://dexwatch.com/news/lighter-launches-binary-options/ https://dexwatch.com/news/lighter-launches-binary-options/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lighter's first options product is a fully funded Up/Down contract settled every 15 minutes on Chainlink prices, paying 1 USDC per winning share. No leverage, no liquidations; European options are planned next. https://dexwatch.com/news/jupiter-yolo-1000x-beta/ https://dexwatch.com/news/jupiter-yolo-1000x-beta/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT YOLO simulates positions on SOL, BTC and ETH against real prices and pays winners from a pool; profits can be queued with no guaranteed payout time. Jupiter says it is unaudited and separate from Jupiter Perps. https://dexwatch.com/news/standx-shuts-down-cancels-token/ https://dexwatch.com/news/standx-shuts-down-cancels-token/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The BNB Chain and Solana perp DEX founded by ex-Binance Futures head Aaron Gong announced its wind-down on 15 October. Trading went reduce-only on 20 October; withdrawals close 31 January 2027. https://dexwatch.com/news/true-token-listing-moved-to-december/ https://dexwatch.com/news/true-token-listing-moved-to-december/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Solana perp DEX TRUE had scheduled its token listing for 15 October. The foundation's site now states the listing on TRUE DEX for 1 December 2026, 18:00 CET. The token is not tradable yet. https://dexwatch.com/news/bulk-aura-challenger-series-season-1/ https://dexwatch.com/news/bulk-aura-challenger-series-season-1/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Season 1 of Bulk's ranked trading league runs 10 October to 5 December 2026. Traders are ranked weekly by Trading AURA; the USDC prize pool is 12.5% of net revenue. No token has been announced. https://dexwatch.com/news/cftc-anprm-regulation-ctx-cam/ https://dexwatch.com/news/cftc-anprm-regulation-ctx-cam/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On 5 October the CFTC issued an advance notice proposing a framework for leveraged, margined or financed retail crypto trades and a new 'crypto asset market' registration. DeFi venues are not addressed directly. https://dexwatch.com/news/velocity-opens-drift-recovery-claims/ https://dexwatch.com/news/velocity-opens-drift-recovery-claims/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Claims for the DFX recovery token opened on 1 October, one token per USDT lost in the April exploit. The pool held 3.11M USDT against $295M of losses; pledged funds from Tether were not yet included.