GMX liquidity providers gain new borrowing options as Radiant's money market now accepts GLV tokens as collateral.
Key developments:
- GLV [WETH-USDC] and GLV [BTC-USDC] tokens now eligible for collateral use
- ~$60 million in liquidity unlocked for GMX V2 LPs
- Enhanced capital efficiency for existing liquidity positions
What this means: GMX V2 liquidity providers can now borrow against their positions without withdrawing from pools, maximizing capital utilization across DeFi protocols.
This follows Venus Protocol's similar integration of GM tokens, showing growing institutional acceptance of GMX liquidity tokens as valuable collateral assets.
GMX Expands to MegaETH for Real-Time Perpetual Trading
**GMX is deploying on MegaETH**, a new blockchain designed for real-time trading with sub-10-millisecond blocks and 100,000+ TPS capacity. **Key features of the deployment:** - Full launch in early February following MegaETH mainnet - Complete suite available from day one: perpetual trading, swaps, GLV, leaderboard, and referral system - Enables previously impossible onchain strategies including HFT, CEX-level arbitrage, and institutional-grade execution **GMX's track record:** - 4+ years of operation - $350B+ in processed volume - 745,000+ traders served - 40,000+ liquidity providers MegaETH's technical infrastructure includes 10ms blocks (targeting 1ms), ultra-low latency, in-memory computation, and optimized EVM execution. The combination aims to bring institutional-grade perpetual trading onchain with real-time responsiveness and complex DeFi composability without performance degradation.
GMX Labs Seeks 2026-2027 Funding Through DAO Vote

GMX Labs has submitted a funding proposal for the 2026-2027 period, now live for voting on Snapshot. **Key Details:** - Tokenholders can cast their votes on the proposal - Vote accessible at [Snapshot](https://snapshot.box/#/s:gmx.eth/) - Follows previous governance activity, including an August 2025 proposal for GMX-Solana expansion The proposal represents a standard governance process for the decentralized exchange protocol, allowing token holders to decide on operational funding for the next two years.
🔄 IP/USD Perpetual Swap Now Live with 25x Leverage

A new perpetual swap for IP/USD is now available for trading. **Key Details:** - Trade Story Protocol's token with up to **25x leverage** - Available across **four chains**: Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum Mainnet - Traders can take long or short positions on $IP The perpetual swap enables leveraged trading of Story Protocol's native token across multiple networks, expanding access for onchain traders.
GMX Launches LIT/USD Perpetual Market with 25x Leverage Across Four Chains

GMX has introduced a new **LIT/USD perpetual trading market** available on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BNB Chain. **Key Features:** - Up to **25x leverage** trading - Fair pricing powered by [Chainlink Data Streams](http://chainlink.com) - Risk parameters optimized by Chaos Labs Edge Risk Oracle - User-provided liquidity model with **45,000+ liquidity providers** - LPs earn from three fee sources - Competitive trading fees with fast onchain execution The market leverages GMX's existing infrastructure, which includes price impact capped at 0.5%, coin-margined perpetuals, and features like TWAP orders and depth charts. Trade now at [app.gmx.io](http://app.gmx.io)
GMX Launches Gold Trading with Bitcoin Collateral Across Six Chains

GMX has introduced a new **XAUT/USD perpetual market** for trading Tether Gold with up to **25x leverage**. **Key Features:** - Available across **six blockchains**: Arbitrum, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Solana, and Avalanche - Backed by **BTC-USDC liquidity**, allowing traders to use Bitcoin as collateral - Enables simultaneous exposure to both gold and Bitcoin price movements This synthetic perpetual contract expands GMX's asset offerings beyond traditional crypto markets. The cross-chain functionality allows users to trade from their preferred network while settling on Avalanche. The market uses XAUT, Tether's gold-backed token where each token represents physical gold reserves. Two liquidity pools support trading: a single-asset XAUT pool and a dual-asset XAUT-USDT pool. Traders can now access precious metals exposure while maintaining crypto collateral positions.