Opinion
I was curious to see what was happening at Linea, because I had partially played the Base DEX meta and did pretty well. As for the token, DYOR, I'm still thinking about it myself. I'm bothered by the principle of farming and endless token inflation, even though $AERO didn't prevent it from performing fiercely, but there was a low base effect. Here, there is already almost $200m FDV and current inflation of ~55% per year. I immediately felt a touch of nostalgia for $CAKE, $BSW, and others, on which I had accelerated my deposit. I admit that there may be a performance of several Xs at the moment of TGE Linea, but then the token awaits a sad outcome purely based on the numbers on paper and raging inflation.
You can also take a look at farming strategies, because the APR there is really good.
What's up with Linea and Etherex?
Linea's TVL has grown by 64% over the past week thanks to the launch of Etherex.
🔘TVL: $286M
🔘9.7M unique addresses
🔘270k transactions per day
Consensys acquired Nile and used it as the basis for Etherex, the new main DEX on the Linea network. The team remained the same, the same one that developed Ramses on Arbitrum and Shadow on Sonic. The $NILE token was crushed, and all liquidity flowed to Etherex. There was a mechanism for converting the $NILE token to $REX, and judging by the chats, people were able to pull out up to 100% profit.
Many wrote about liquidity pools in Etherex (https://t.co/yAKpuNsYY2) and the high returns you can expect, for example, the weETH/ETH pair with an APR of 27.4% even now, and in the early days, people were getting 1000%+ APR there. For farming, we will receive $REX tokens, which can be swapped directly on the platform.
🔘Price: $0.51 | FDV: $179M | CA 0x5c1bf4b7563c460282617a0304e3cde133200f70 (https://t.co/Nds80nnOOE)
🔴But won't the influx of new funds to the platform increase pressure on the glass?
After all, this is another farming platform where each user receives $REX tokens right here and now as income for their liquidity and transfers them to the glass at the same second to earn a return.
According to Dashboard TVL, the current TVL is $140m, and DEX has generated $1.3m in profits for LP providers in 7 days.
At first, I thought that with such a large TVL and such high interest rates, the token would quickly be sold out, because the pressure on the market would be enormous. And I can't really imagine the token growing for farmers, because you get your reward in $REX tokens. In a week, you got $100 REX from $1,000, which is $50 today at a price of $0.5, but if the token gives x2, then the market cap will have to withstand $100. This was my main skepticism, but the returns have calmed down and $1.3m in rewards for a project with a TVL of $180m pose little threat.
🔘The project is supported by top partners such as Linea and Consensys, and there are plans to make DEX a key liquidity center for ether.
🔘In a recent interview, it was stated (https://t.co/V6tEondhMt) that Etherex will be the main recipient of native revenue and that TVL growth on Linea will directly stimulate Etherex growth.
🔘It is also important to note the support of Joseph Lubin, (https://t.co/K3LvIrRIYa) CEO of Consensys & Chairman of SharpLink, which is the largest treasury holder of ETH. It is quite possible that part of SharpLink's liquidity could be directed to Etherex, which would be a powerful catalyst for growth.
Excited to see @Etherexfi live on @LineaBuild. Etherex is a vibrant MetaDEX that reflects the best of Ethereum principles: credible neutrality, deep composability, and aligned incentives. $REX unlocks a new layer of liquidity coordination for Linea and the broader Consensys ecosystem. This is an important step forward — toward a modular, programmable DeFi stack where liquidity, governance, and utility converge in ways that better serve users and builders.
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