This edition contains a lot of news to preview and review, from big wins to upcoming events, conferences, and more! Plus, we have a handy guide at the end for the new Hemigos and Hemigas who have recently joined us. Dive in.

Hemi is Now Live on DeBank

A lot of Hemigos have been waiting for this, so here it is: Hemi is now supported by DeBank and we have a lot of ecosystem partners in tow. See below!

Hemi Supports Bitcoin Pizza Day with PizzaDAO

Will you be in NYC on May 22? We’ll be there with the good folks at PizzaDAO and we’ll have co-founders Jeff Garzik and Max Sanchez with us!

400+ PizzaDAO events taking place worldwide. Only one — ours — will have an original Bitcoin Core developer in attendance.

Just sayin’.

RSVP here.

Hemi at Bitcoin 2025

Going to Bitcoin 2025? Want to meet up with the Hemi team? It’s easy! Just send an email to [email protected] and we’ll make something happen. 

Hemi Means Bitcoin Programmability

You’re going to see a lot more from us in terms of how we deliver superior programmability for Bitcoin, thanks to our Hemi Virtual Machine (hVM) and the Hemi Bitcoin Kit (hBK).

ICHI Brings One-Sided Liquidity to Hemi

ICHI is now live on Hemi, bringing simplified liquidity provision to DeFi. Earn swap fees without managing pairs, price ranges, or rebalancing with single token deposits. The protocol manages autocompounding and impermanent loss, letting you stay exposed to just one asset.

Get the details.

Streamlined DeFi, Supercharged Rewards

Hemi welcomes our new ecosystem partner, VFAT, which simplifies DeFi on Hemi with single-interface access to swaps, lending, and portfolio tracking. View active positions, major tokens, and liquidity levels across the ecosystem—all in one place. Liquidity providers can also earn boosted Hemi Points with auto-rebalanced and auto-compounded positions in select pools.

More.

Structured Data Meets Real-Time Security

Hemi also now supports Noves for structured on-chain data, real-time pricing, and predictive safety tools. Builders get cleaner insights, human-readable events, and live threat detection directly in their apps. The result: faster, safer deployment across Hemi’s $440M+ ecosystem.

More.

Highlighted Opportunities

Hands-off LP Management

With vfat now live on Hemi, LPs can autocompound fees and keep positions in range—hands-off yield, boosted points.

Gold Comes to Hemi

XAUt, a digital token backed by physical gold, is now live. It brings the stability of gold and the flexibility of crypto to the Hemi ecosystem.

Stake XAUt today and earn triple Hemi points.

Start staking.

Earn with Your BTC on Spectra

BTC holders are putting their assets to work on Spectra. Liquid staking pools are open, with more than 7.5% APY plus boosted Hemi points:

 🔟 10x for holding bfBTC Yield Tokens
🎱 8x for providing hemiBTC / bfBTC liquidity

👉 Get started.

Satori Perps Showdown Extended

TLDR: The $25K Satori Perps Showdown is extended to June 16!

Now reaching the midway mark, the Satori trading competition is heating up. Trade on Hemi, lock TVL, and climb the leaderboard:
🏆 $15K to top PnL traders
🏆 $10K to top volume traders

Rewards drop in early June.

Start trading.

Beluga Learn & Earn

We’ve teamed up with Beluga for a Learn & Earn Starter Pack. This is your final chance to earn Hemi Points by completing a few quick tasks and getting up to speed on what Hemi’s all about.

The campaign won’t be around much longer, so jump in while you still can.

https://x.com/getbeluga/status/1922036096927727955 (embed)

Reminder: Earn 8x Points

Add liquidity to select pools with Sushi, OKU, Izumi, or DODO and earn up to 8x rewards.

Move Bitcoin Without Middlemen

Move BTC and Bitcoin-native assets between Bitcoin and Hemi with no centralized custody using a secure multisig vault and advanced verification by the Hemi Virtual Machine. The easy-to-use Hemi Tunnel lets you safely deposit and withdraw assets while earning boosted Hemi Points.

Read more and start tunneling today.

Midweek with Max In-Review

A new DeFi protocol took the spotlight this week on Midweek with Max as the team welcomed Relend to the Hemi ecosystem. Root, Co-Founder of Relend, shared how their “liquidity maker” model jumpstarts lending markets and puts idle BTC to work. The approach offers over 40% APY on select pools with no impermanent loss. Jeff closed the session with a surprise song.

Watch the replay.

Community Corner: New to Hemi? Start Here.

Are you new to Hemi but don’t want to sound like it in our Discord? 

While we wait on the next wave of updates (👀 games and the ambassador program coming very soon), we put together a quick guide for anyone new to the Hemi community.

Meet The Mascots

You may also see this koala…that’s our intern. You can follow him on X, but unless you’re really into wrestling, The Sopranos, or Hemi retweets…well…yeah…

Inside Jokes You’ll Probably See

🎖️ Level 5 – A legendary quest to get our co-founder Jeff Garzik to “level up” in Discord.

🎤 Rap God – A karaoke challenge that eventually turned into a Discord role.

🚗 GTA 6 – A meme born from someone asking if TGE would happen before GTA 6 drops. It will.

📦 ATTA – A silent meme-reposting legend. If he steals your meme, you’ve made it.

💇 $HAIR – A meme coin inspired by Max’s haircut. Yes, really.

Roles and XP

Every message you send in Discord earns XP. Hit milestones and unlock colorful community roles like Heminion (Level 15), Hemighty (Level 30), Oracle (Level 65), or Diplomatic Hemunity (Level 100).

There are also special roles for standout contributors:
🔥 BASED – For the best meme-makers.
🎬 CONTENT CREATOR – For helpful or creative content.
🛠️ BUILDER – For anyone actively building on Hemi. You’ll get direct access to the Hemi engineering team.

Jump into the Discord and say hi. We’re weird, but helpful.

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