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Elysium, a DeFi chain from Kinetiq built for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, is now live on Layer3. Layer3 announced the listing with a curated start page guiding users into the chain's offerings.
The announcement shares no further details on Elysium's features, token, or any Layer3 quests or rewards tied to the listing.
AmpleHQ's integration with bleeep, a verifiable trading intelligence platform for perpetual markets, has started rolling out. The first users are in and running perps strategies on autopilot, with more wallets getting access over the next 24 hours, per Layer3.
The integration lets users research markets, build strategies, backtest, swap, and execute perps trades in one place, powered by bleeep's agent running strategies within defined execution and risk limits. It follows AmpleHQ's recent launch on the Arc network.
Layer3 announced Soneium Season, a collection of activations spanning the Soneium ecosystem, with a link pointing users to the hub of quests and campaigns on the network. Soneium is Sony's Ethereum Layer 2, and Layer3 hosts its Soneium Score proof-of-contribution program, where seasonal quests feed into Activity, Liquidity, NFT, and Bonus scoring.
The announcement names no single reward pool or end date; it directs users to the collection page to browse the included activations.
Layer3 announced that real-world assets are now live on Sumex Labs, letting users trade tokenized stocks through st0x_io and see where their trading volume ranks on the leaderboard. The competition runs across 4 epochs with $2,500 in rewards per epoch and $10,000 total up for grabs, with a link provided to join.

Layer3 has opened an all-time trading leaderboard, letting users check where their cumulative trading activity ranks on the platform. The announcement points users to a dedicated leaderboard page to see their standing alongside other traders, adding a long-term ranking layer on top of Layer3's period-based competitions and perps campaigns.
Layer3 shared a video walkthrough of perps on its platform, highlighting that users who already trade perpetuals across venues can now follow that activity in one place and compete on Layer3. The clip, posted alongside a link to the competitions page, shows what's inside the perps experience in the Layer3 marketplace.
The preview adds to Layer3's lineup of trading campaigns, which currently includes competitions tied to venues like Ondo Perps and Lighter.
Lighter is now live on Layer3 Competitions, letting users trade on the Lighter platform and compete for rewards. Participants climb the leaderboard, with trading volume counting toward their rank.
The competition adds to Layer3's lineup of trading-focused campaigns and runs directly inside the Layer3 marketplace.
Layer3 announced that AmpleHQ, a yield protocol, has landed on the Arc network. It is designed to put users' assets to work — depositing, teaming up with others, and earning — while their principal stays theirs.
Layer3 has launched its first Ondo Perps trading competition, now live on the platform. Participants can trade Ondo Perps, climb the leaderboard, and compete for rewards.

Layer3 has launched a curated collection spotlighting projects building on Arc following the Arc mainnet going live. The collection is independently curated by Layer3 and is not an official project partnership, per the platform's note. It serves as a discovery page for builders on the newly launched network.
Layer3 V3 went live featuring a chain-agnostic embedded Layer3 Wallet with one-click rewards, Solana integration, staking, native trading, and new rewards mechanisms.
The Layer3 Foundation launched the L3 governance and utility token on Ethereum and Base, opening claims for the genesis airdrop distributing 5% of total supply to early users and CUBE minters.
Layer3 closed a $15 million Series A co-led by ParaFi and Greenfield One, bringing total disclosed funding to $21.2 million alongside previously unannounced rounds.
Layer3 introduced CUBEs (Credentials to Unify Blockchain Events), ERC-721 tokens minted on Base that unify onchain Quest completions into portable identity credentials.
Layer3 launched Quests — guided, narrative-driven series of bounties — as the core interactive discovery format for exploring web3 protocols and earning rewards.
Layer3 raised a $2.5 million seed round from Electric Capital, ParaFi Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Mirana Ventures, and others.
Brandon Kumar and Dariya Khojasteh co-founded Layer3 as a platform to help anyone discover and contribute to web3 through DAOs and bounties.
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