Dear Rubicans! 🎉 As we enter the second week of Rubic’s B-Day celebration, let’s take a moment to reflect on the exciting events that have unfolded over the past few days. 🥳✨
Summary:
- Taiko Testnet Integration
- Upcoming UI/UX Update
- A Whopping 156% Staking APR
- Rubic’s Birthday Campaign on Layer 3
- Rubic’s September Statistics
Development
- Taiko Testnet Integration
This week, we successfully integrated Taiko Testnet and its bridge into https://testnet.rubic.exchange. With Taiko’s bridge within our App, you can now enjoy effortless swaps between Taiko and Sepolia testnets. Dive into the world of Taiko on Rubic, engage in swaps, and activate your wallet for a chance to participate in a potential Taiko airdrop.
2. Upcoming UI/UX Update
Dear Rubicans, we’re putting in tireless efforts to elevate our current UI/UX. Our goal is to maintain simplicity while infusing even more power and style into Rubic. This update will not only enhance the intuitiveness of our interface, but also elevate the overall experience when interacting with our app.
Dive into our New UI Testing Period! 🔥
Hop onto our Discord, snag a unique role, and partake in our UI Beta test.
Discord: https://discord.gg/7EYzPbWKFQ
Guild: https://guild.xyz/rubic
Zealy: https://zealy.io/c/rubic/invite/M098ENVoS1PH4CYrG1sC5
We value your feedback! 🟩
Stay tuned for the exciting changes! 🚀💫
3. Cross-Chain Providers Update
We’re excited to announce that LI.FI has expanded its role as a Cross-Chain Provider, now extending its support to three additional networks: Base, zkSync, and Polygon zkEVM.
Furthermore, as part of this integration, LI.FI introduces a broader range of providers, enhancing our network’s capabilities, including Celer Cicle, Gnosis Bridge, and Omni Bridge, all contributing to better swap rates and an improved user experience. 🌐💰
Moreover, our development team has been hard at work integrating the updated version of Symbiosis. This update will bring faster rate calculations, enabling us to improve platform efficiency.
4. Staking APR Update
This week, we’re thrilled to announce a whopping 156% APR in ETH for our stakers!
Not enrolled into Rubic Staking yet? Visit the link below to not miss out on big gains you could be accruing — you won’t regret it.
https://rubic.exchange/staking
Marketing
- Rubic’s 3rd Anniversary! 🎂 🎉
Celebrate Rubic’s Anniversary! 🎂 Join a 4-week journey on Base, Mantle, Linea, and zkSync; get a chance to earn from a 1.5M+ RBC reward pool! 🌟
Hop in at https://rubic.exchange/birthday3
Also available on Galxe: https://galxe.com/Rubic/campaign/GCUEeUsjqX
Intract: https://www.intract.io/events/651144e011637231bb08116a
QuestN: https://app.questn.com/event/818361379227976033
Layer3: https://layer3.xyz/quests/rubic-on-base! 🟩
🗓 Schedule:
9/25–10/1: Base & Aerodrome
10/2–8: Mantle & FusionX
10/9–15: Linea & SyncSwap
10/16–22: zkSyncEra & SyncSwap
Facilitators: Symbiosis, Squid, ChangeNOW, and XY Finance.
👉 Dive in:
https://cryptorubic.medium.com/rubics-3-year-anniversary-a-celebratory-promotion-fe6a05097aa9
Accumulate points and activate your wallet with an ‘all-in-one’ experience across four leading blockchains, their bridges, & #DEXs — enabling seamless token swaps while bridging.
Each week:
🔄 Swap to/from/on the spotlighted network through a designated DEX.
👍 Like & Retweet our announcement post 1/5 on X
📲 Follow us & our esteemed partners
🔓 Read the Article
🔐 Get your Cross-Chain Passport — Nomis
💰 Hold $RBC to amplify your rewards’ share!
The core aim of our campaign is to plunge our users into the dynamic ecosystems of these emerging blockchains and to let them earn exciting rewards! 🎁
2. Rubic’s Birthday Campaign on Layer 3
Celebrating Rubic’s 3 years of innovation, with Layer3!
Starting with a week on Base, then Linea and zkSync!
Discover the details below! 🟩
https://x.com/layer3xyz/status/1708833324163064260?s=46&t=TL01V2rIAI_5MdCzRPfQYQ
3. Mantle Journey Verified Protocol
Rubic is now a verified protocol on Mantle Journey! Earn 50 MJ Miles for bridging to & from Mantle while participating in Rubic’s Bday!
Execute swaps on Mantle and unlock your share of 1.5M RBC as part of our Anniversary campaign!
Explore Mantle Journey with Rubic and partake in our promotions!
https://www.mantle.xyz/blog/announcements/mantle-journey-miles-guide 🚀
4. Scroll Sepolia Campaign
The Scroll Sepolia Galxe campaign concluded last week, and today, 1,000 lucky participants received their RBC rewards. 🎁
Check your Rubic SwapToEarn profile to see if you’ve won: https://app.rubic.exchange/swap-to-earn
https://x.com/cryptorubic/status/1704454536780185702?s=46&t=TL01V2rIAI_5MdCzRPfQYQ
5. Rubic’s September Statistics
In September, L2s soared past 50% of total transactions — both Base and Linea are gaining momentum, with #Linea now accounting for 17% of all cross-chain transactions as a target chain, surpassing BSC and Arbitrum.
For on-chain swaps, zkSync remains undefeated!
6. Updated Ecosystem
We’ve got a brand new update to our ecosystem infographic to share, which now features the whole range of our 70+ blockchains, including Testnets and Non-EVMs, 30+ bridges, and 60+ DEXs.
Check it out below. 🟩
7. XOX Labs DeFi Alliance
We’re participating in a new contest where you can win a share of $7,000 by following a number of activities found below, so check it out and join up!
There will be special quests from us every week! This week, complete cross-chain swaps to and from Linea Network on https://app.rubic.exchange/ and participate in the reward pool!
Explore the Campaign:
https://www.intract.io/events/651a73606a5c0f6d303495f9
Stay tuned for more. 🟩
https://x.com/xox_labs/status/1708814599506874819?s=46&t=TL01V2rIAI_5MdCzRPfQYQ
8. Rubic x Arthera AMA
Today, we participated in an outstanding AMA session alongside our colleagues from Arthera Testnet: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MnxnMYPrXyJO. 🚀✨
https://twitter.com/artherachain/status/1709608620114002053?t=U2SGj7_bXXinMqXWUhooKA&s=19
9. New SDK Integrations
Introducing Broccoliswap! 🥦
Broccoliswap is a multi-token, multi-chain aggregator created by DegenX using Rubic’s custom implementation. It’s designed for a seamless and user-friendly cross-chain swapping experience.
Experience decentralized finance at its finest with Rubic’s Cross-Chain Tools.