Quickswap

QuickSwap's governance vote on whether to deprecate the DEX's Soneium deployment from the QuickSwap UI is heading toward passage: 98.3% of votes cast so far are "Yes", with roughly 2 days of voting remaining. The proposal cites cutting operating costs as the aim, noting only about $21K is available for trading on the deployment.

Voting closes Wednesday, October 21 at 12:00 PM UTC, with the poll open to QUICK token holders. The outcome will determine the future of the Soneium integration.

QuickSwap has brought its QUICK staking pool live on Base, letting stakers earn ETH rewards funded 100% by yield generated through the QuickSwap Treasury. QuickSwap says no protocol revenue is diverted to fund the rewards and no new token emissions are used, giving the token more utility while cutting QUICK emissions. The pool replaces the QUICK Syrup pool, keeping protocol revenue available for buybacks.

QuickSwap co-founder Sameep Singhania highlighted that since July, every swap on QuickSwap first checks an order book before executing. The routing comes from the DEX's July 7 integration of KalqiX, a zero-knowledge central limit order book DEX that Singhania also co-founded.

When KalqiX order book liquidity offers better execution than the AMM pool, the trade is routed through KalqiX and settles atomically via Avail Atomic — fully on-chain or not at all. The frontend is unchanged, while users get tighter spreads and lower slippage on routed trades.

QuickSwap announced that users can now trade on Base through the DEX "all day, every day," signaling live trading support on the Base network.

• The announcement came via QuickSwap's official X account alongside a link.
• No specific trading pairs, liquidity details, or rollout specifics were given in the post.

StratEx has issued its final notice confirming it is ceasing operations. Via QuickSwap, StratEx advised any users still providing liquidity in its vaults to remove their liquidity immediately, noting the vaults will no longer be incentivised or maintained.

• LPs should unwind positions promptly ahead of the shutdown.
• No wind-down plan changes were announced; the notice is an urgent final call rather than a new timeline.

QuickSwap reported buying back 820,000 QUICK over the past week, worth approximately $7,797 at current value.

• The repurchase is part of the protocol's ongoing token buyback program, which removes QUICK from circulating supply.
• No further details on the buyback mechanics or future plans were announced.

QuickSwap's Alexi Atlas showed a quick demo of the DEX's next flagship product, a CLOB (central limit order book) trading venue. QuickSwap hinted at integration with Kalqix and Avail for the rollout.

• No launch date or technical details were announced in the demo.

QuickSwap retweeted an announcement from CryptoAlgebra about Algebra's Safety Switch Plugin, a security feature built into the AMM. The plugin is powered by threat-intelligence providers Chainalysis, Hexagate, and Hypernative Labs.

MANTRA Chain is back up and running after an interruption, and users can again execute transactions on QuickSwap. The outage had temporarily blocked trading on the chain; with the network restored, normal transaction activity on QuickSwap has resumed.

QuickSwap has introduced a referral system for QuickPerps (Perpetual Hub 2.0), describing it as the first on-chain A-B-C referral program. It's designed to be fully on-chain and decentralised rather than a typical referral scheme.

• Aims to provide maximum incentive to users
• Positioned as the first of its kind for on-chain referral mechanics