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Record Momentum, Liquidity Growth, and More

Record Momentum, Liquidity Growth, and More

Hemi Labs
September 05, 2025

Hemi Momentum Hits New Highs

Hemi’s momentum continues to accelerate, with multiple new records set across the ecosystem. Here’s a few highlights:

Onchain activity surged to 769k transactions and 16k new active addresses as of September 3.
The Binance pre-sale was oversubscribed by more than 400x, showcasing demand for $HEMI.
Hemi continues to dominate as the #1 Bitcoin sidechain on DeFiLlama, with public reports over $750m in TVL and $859m based on our own on-chain tracking through the Hemi explorer.
Visibility is climbing fast with a strong debut on CoinMarketCap, driving 734k views, 2,364 engagements, and 1,331 new followers in just two weeks.

Hemi is gaining momentum with record highs across key marketing and protocol indicators.
Here are the latest milestones and achievements.
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— Hemi (@hemi_xyz)
5:00 PM • Sep 5, 2025

Expanding Liquidity with Owlto

Hemi is now live on Owlto’s bridge, giving users a streamlined way to move liquidity into and out of the network. The integration connects Hemi with dozens of other supported chains, opening new pathways for cross-chain transfers and strengthening interoperability across ecosystems.

Highlighted Opportunities

Final Week to Join the 1delta Trading Competition

We’re in the final stretch! Every swap, margin trade, and loop on Hemi with 1delta still counts toward your rank. The top wallets by volume win $50 in daily rewards, with $30 split among the top 3 and $20 split among the top 15. Winner announcements and payouts happen every Monday.

Start trading.

Merkl Rewards: High-Yield Lending and Liquidity

Hemi is running a variety of Merkl campaigns with extra rewards for liquidity providers and lenders. These limited-time opportunities across platforms like Spectra, SushiSwap V3, iZUMi, and Gearbox let you earn rewards before the campaigns end.

Provide Liquidity to Spectra sw-bfBTC:

PT-sw-bfBTC(hemiBTC) — ~0.35 APR | ~$165 in Merkl rewards

Provide Liquidity to SushiSwap V3:

WBTC-hemiBTC 0.05% — ~6% APR | ~$358/day in Merkl rewards
WETH-rsETH 0.05% — ~7% APR | ~$154/day in Merkl rewards
hemiBTC-USDC.e 0.3% — ~20% APR | ~$1.4K/day in Merkl rewards

Provide liquidity to iZUMi:

WETH–USDC.e (0.3%) — ~24% APR | ~$81/day in Merkl rewards

Additional Rewards:

Deposit hemiBTC on Gearbox – ~13% APR | ~$55 in Merkl rewards
Deposit USDC.e on Gearbox – ~22% APR | ~$256 in Merkl rewards

Explore these opportunities and more on the platform as new campaigns go live.

Midweek with Max Recap

This week’s Midweek with Max captured how far Hemi has come and how close the next phase is. Max and the team dug into engineering updates, the most recent funding round, and the roadmap that brings Ethereum programmability together with Bitcoin security.

Community Corner

The Hemiverse has its first look at criteria for The Hemithic Role (OG), along with a timeline for rollout.

Eligibility Criteria
Members must meet 3 of the following 5 requirements:

Joined the Discord before 23:59 on October 1, 2024 (UTC+14)
Completed at least five transactions on Hemi Sepolia before 23:59 on December 31, 2024 (UTC+14)
Minted a Demos OnlyMeID on Hemi Sepolia
Hold both the WENdigo role and The Patient Ones role
Hold at least two of these creative roles: Based, Community Creative, Content Creator, or 3COMMACLUB

The role is expected to be available for claiming in early October. More details will follow as they are finalized.

Congratulations to the winners of the WEN Meme Contest:

First place winner: EztY