Changelog

Introducing the Native BTC Lending Beta for qualified participants.

Highlights:

• Lending Beta: Early access to Chainflip's new lending functionality

• New Yield Opportunities: Lenders can now earn yield on their assets

The lending beta marks a significant expansion of Chainflip's protocol capabilities.

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Full EVM wallet support now live for liquidity provision and lending.

Highlights:

• Full EVM Support: EVM wallets can now access LP and lending functionality directly

• Broader Accessibility: Reduced barriers for users already in the EVM ecosystem

This update expands access to Chainflip's core features for the broader EVM user base.

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Launched Chainflip Frenzy as a festive marketing campaign to celebrate a record-breaking year.

Highlights:

• Interactive Campaign: Gamified marketing experience for the community

• Celebration: Celebrate Chainflip's achievements and win merch

• Community Engagement: Bringing the community together during the festive season

Chainflip Frenzy celebrates the protocol's milestone achievements with an engaging campaign.

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Major protocol upgrade removing dependencies and improving reliability.

This upgrade lays the foundation for Native $BTC Lending, removes Polkadot RPC dependencies, and enables full EVM wallet support. A major milestone as we move toward the end of 2025.

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Phantom wallet users can now swap directly through Chainflip.

Native Integration and Seamless UX: Phantom wallet now supports cross-chain swaps enabled by Chainflip via Li.Fi.

This integration brings Chainflip's cross-chain swaps to Phantom's extensive user base.

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MetaMask users can now access cross-chain swaps thanks to Chainflip via Rango

Highlights:

• MetaMask BTC Support: Users can now execute Bitcoin swaps through MetaMask

• Chainflip via Rango: Swap BTC without leaving the MetaMask interface

  This integration brings cross-chain swaps to the masses through MetaMask.

  
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Major protocol upgrade with several important improvements and new features.

Highlights:

• Oracle Swaps: Engines now witness Chainlink oracles to provide reference prices for safer swap execution.

• Improved Bitcoin Fee Estimation: More reliable transaction egresses for swaps and liquidity withdrawals.

• Polkadot Deprecation: All DOT assets migrate to Assethub. Relay chain support will be phased out.

• Delegated Staking: Validator accounts can now link to Operator accounts to receive delegated FLIP and increase auction bids.

• CCM Refund Parameters: Cross-chain messages can now attach to swap refund parameters, enabling more advanced integrations.

• DCA Enhancements: Dollar-cost averaging swaps now support 1-block intervals.

This upgrade strengthens protocol reliability, unlocks new staking mechanics, and simplifies integration pathways for builders and validators.

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2x faster BTC & ETH swaps

We’ve reduced block confirmations required for swaps on BTC and ETH, doubling speed and improving UX across the board.

• BTC: 3 → 2 confirmations

• ETH: 6 → 3 confirmations

This change improves execution times, shortens integration loops for partners, and tightens the overall swap experience, especially for high-volume users.

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Fortifying economic security

We’ve implemented the first wave of validator reforms to better align incentives, improve network stability, and prepare for delegated staking.

• Backup validators removed, reducing emissions by 20%

• Set size reduced with higher minimum bids

• Native FLIP transfers enabled between validator accounts

These changes raise the bar for validator participation and set the stage for long-term network hardening.

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We’ve overhauled how Stablecoin Strategies behave, giving LPs more control, smarter automation, and stronger APY potential.

What’s New

Dynamic Spread Adjustment
LPs can now set different buy and sell spreads that automatically adapt over time based on asset balance and market flow.

→ For example:

If you’re overweight in USDT, the strategy will widen your buy range for USDC and tighten your sell range for USDT, encouraging rebalancing in the right direction.

This dynamic, asymmetric pricing makes strategies more responsive, capital-efficient, and better positioned to capture yield opportunities.

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Smarter quotes, better execution

The old quoting system often showed prices that didn’t reflect actual swap execution, as LPs front ran each other right before execution, and users ended up with much better prices as a result. This update introduces a smarter backend model to fix that.

Quote Accuracy Improvement

The new quoter accounts for LP behaviour during execution time vs quotes provided, since now we can connect quotes vs executed prices

Better listings, better indexing

We’re making it easier to discover Chainflip, both through major aggregator platforms and organic search.

DefiLlama Adapters Live

• Chainflip is now listed across multiple DefiLlama Yield pages:

  • Stablecoins

  • Projects

  • General Yields

• Improves visibility alongside other top DeFi protocols

• Not eligible for bridge listings (no EVM contracts required)

Technical SEO Improvements

• Reduced duplicate content

• Fixed broken links and crawl issues

• Improved page structure and internal linking

More eyes, cleaner indexing, and a stronger foundation for long-term discovery.

Less guesswork, more confidence

We’ve overhauled the LP deposit and withdrawal flow to make it easier, and safer, for liquidity providers to manage their funds.

• Wallet connection support: LPs can now connect their wallet directly to guide the process

• Smarter flow detection: System checks for correct asset and amount before confirming

• Error reduction: Helps prevent accidental deposits of unsupported or incorrect tokens

• Clearer UI: More visible status indicators and actionable next steps

This change was driven by direct LP feedback and is designed to reduce friction and eliminate common errors in the LP process.

Cleaner metrics, smarter context

This update refines how we present trading volume and broker stats across the Explorer, reducing confusion and surfacing the right numbers for each user type.

Swap Stats Toggle

• New toggle lets users switch between:

  • Filled Volume (default): How much LPs fill in pools

  • Swap Volume: Total inflow per swap request

• Tooltips added for clarity around both metrics

• Affects Volume, Boost, and DCA stats, not Latest Swaps or Top Sources/Destinations

Broker Stats 2.0

• New structure for Main vs Affiliate Brokers

• Shows separate metrics for:

  • Broker’s own swaps, volume, fees

  • Swaps/volume routed via 'Affiliates'

• 3-tab chart view: Volume, Swaps, Fees

• Export functionality + advanced filters

• Uses new dropdown components for smoother UX

LP Stats Refresh

• Replaced old area charts with stacked bar charts for consistency

• Titles, tooltips, and stat labels clarified

• All LP volume is now labelled 'Filled Volume'

This update clears up long-standing double-counting confusion, better aligns stats with actual protocol behaviour, and lays the groundwork for future Explorer insights.