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🚀 Retium.Money Testnet Update – November 14 A busy day for the @RetiumChain ecosystem! Today, Retium shared an important update regarding testnet issues, completed fixes, and new transaction limits. Earlier, some users discovered a way to mint large amounts of free USDC on Ethereum Sepolia and convert it into RTD. This exhausted the testnet RTD issuance allowance, temporarily stopping new purchases and bridges. At the same time, an Ethereum data provider reached its monthly usage limit, causing temporary downtime for Retium Money, Whisk, and Ethereum Sepolia swaps. ✅ What's been fixed? RTD issuance allowance has been replenished. All pending purchases and bridges have been completed or refunded. No funds were lost. A new Ethereum data provider has been integrated. Retium Money, Whisk, and Web Wallet are fully operational again. Ethereum support for the Chrome Extension will return in the next update. For now, users can use the Web Wallet. ⚠️ New Testnet Transaction Limits To ensure fair access across the community, Retium has introduced: $50 daily limit per wallet for Swap and Bridge in each direction. $10,000 shared daily limit across all Swap In transactions. $10 minimum per Swap or Bridge transaction. Users can check their remaining allowance through the Limits section on the RTD page. If a transaction exceeds the limit, funds are not lost. It will be held for review and either completed or refunded. Why does this matter? Testnets are designed for experimentation, testing, and community participation. These new limits help prevent excessive faucet farming while ensuring everyone gets a fair chance to explore the ecosystem. The good news? These transfer limits will be removed when Retium launches mainnet. It's great to see the team responding quickly, resolving infrastructure issues, and improving the testing environment. Every testnet challenge is an opportunity to build a stronger product. Keep testing, keep building, and keep exploring Retium! 🔥 🌐 retium.money #Retium #RTD #Whisk #Web3 #Testnet #Ethereum

In reality, our industry currently has an oversupply of blockspace. Back in 2021, everyone assumed Web3 would replace almost everything—finance, gaming, social media, and even the internet itself. Consequently, there was a race to build new chains. The result? A rapid surge in supply that demand simply couldn’t keep pace with. Paul’s comparison to the "dark fiber" era of the dot-com boom is quite apt. Back then, fiber-optic cables were laid extensively in anticipation of an internet explosion, but it took years for the actual demand to catch up. Blockspace is in a similar situation today. I also don’t believe that "crypto for everyone"—in the sense of mass-market adoption—is going to happen; the value proposition just isn’t compelling enough for the average user. The areas where I see genuine demand emerging (and where development is actually taking place) are much more focused: value transfer via stablecoins and financial applications within DeFi. That is where real-world usage is happening. While AI agents will undoubtedly generate more on-chain activity, I suspect most of this will occur within financial infrastructure, rather than creating entirely new use cases for the general public. That’s why I align with the direction @Somnia_Network is taking. It’s not about launching yet another chain just to add more blockspace; it’s about building infrastructure that supports what people are actually using—on-chain order books, price feeds, AI agents, and settlement—all on a single chain. We no longer face a shortage of capacity. What matters now is ensuring that capacity aligns with the actual needs of the financial market. somnia:native

🚀 Whisk is expanding beyond Retium! A new milestone for @RetiumChain and the Whisk ecosystem. Whisk now supports swaps on Ethereum, bringing two networks together in one wallet. 🔹 Choose between Retium and Ethereum 🔹 Swap assets seamlessly 🔹 Manage everything with one wallet The integration is now live on Ethereum Sepolia Testnet. This is a great step toward making Whisk more accessible and creating a smoother cross-network experience for users. One wallet. Two networks. More possibilities. 🔥 Explore it now: whisk.exchange #Retium #Whisk #Ethereum #DeFi #Testnet

🚀 **The next chapter of dreamDEX is getting closer!** Competitions and incentive programs are coming to ** @dreamDEXSomnia ** after mainnet launch. Having experienced the Perps Arena on testnet, I believe incentives can play an important role in attracting traders, building liquidity, and creating a strong trading community. Here are a few things I'd love to see: 🔥 **1. Trading Competitions** Weekly and monthly leaderboards based on ROI, trading volume, and consistency, with rewards for top performers. 🎁 **2. Rewards for Everyone** Not just top traders. Random raffles, participation rewards, and milestone achievements could make the competition more inclusive. 💎 **3. Loyalty & Trading Points** Reward users for consistent trading, providing liquidity, referring friends, and actively contributing to the ecosystem. ⚡ **4. Maker & Liquidity Incentives** Encourage market makers to provide deeper liquidity, tighter spreads, and a better trading experience. 🏆 **5. Long-Term Community Rewards** Give early supporters and active traders a reason to stay beyond the initial incentive season. For me, the best incentive program isn't simply about offering the biggest rewards. It's about creating a fair environment where skill, consistency, and genuine participation are recognized. I'm looking forward to seeing what the dreamDEX team builds next. **What would make you choose dreamDEX over other Perp DEX platforms?** Let's share some ideas! 👇 #dreamDEX #Somnia #DeFi #PerpsTrading #Web3

Mình vừa dành thời gian mổ xẻ Somnia Explorer (explorer.somnia.network) và nhánh Tokyo Subchain. Nếu bạn vẫn nghĩ @Somnia_Network chỉ là một Layer 1 làm về Gaming/Metaverse thì bức tranh hiện tại đã khác xa. Cách họ thiết kế Explorer cho thấy một tham vọng rất rõ: Biến blockchain thành hạ tầng Onchain Finance (CLOB) và AI Agents thời gian thực. Dưới đây là góc nhìn chi tiết về cách Tokyo Subchain + Somnia Explorer đang hậu thuẫn cho các sàn CLOB như @dreamDEXSomnia 👇 1. Triết lý "Settle Globally, Trade Next to the Market" Đa số các sàn DEX sổ lệnh (CLOB) hiện nay phải đẩy bộ khớp lệnh (matching engine) ra off-chain vì L1 truyền thống quá chậm. Somnia giải quyết bằng kiến trúc 2 tầng chạy chung máy ảo EVM: • Global L1 (Chain ID 5031): Giữ tài sản gốc, quản lý tài khoản và thanh toán toàn cầu với Finality dưới 500ms. • Tokyo Subchain: Đặt cụm thực thi ngay sát trung tâm giao dịch tài chính tại Tokyo. Tốc độ tạo khối đạt 100ms (~100 blocks/s), thời gian thực thi lệnh ~3ms và phí chuyển nhượng dưới 0,0001 USD. Nhờ vậy, dreamDEX có thể đưa toàn bộ sổ lệnh (Spot, Perps, Event Contracts) lên thẳng smart contract qua bộ khung Somnia Markets với mức phí 0% Maker / 0% Taker và đã xử lý hơn 157 triệu USD khối lượng Spot on-chain. 2. Somnia Explorer không còn là "cuốn sổ cái đọc mã Hex" Điểm ăn tiền nhất khi vào explorer.somnia.network là triết lý Product-Aware Explorer — giải mã từng giao dịch theo đúng hành động sản phẩm đứng sau nó: • Giải mã lệnh CLOB trực quan: Thay vì chỉ hiện method selector và raw logs, Explorer đọc thẳng giao dịch thành lệnh IOC, lệnh Limit, giảm vị thế có bảo vệ (guarded reduction) hay đóng vị thế bằng đồng USDso. • Kiểm toán thanh khoản thực với Somnia Analysis: Các sàn thường tự báo cáo số liệu trên dashboard riêng. Nhưng mục "Markets -> Analysis" trên Somnia Explorer đo trực tiếp từ các sự kiện đặt lệnh on-chain trong 7 ngày: tỷ lệ thời gian báo giá 2 chiều (uptime), độ sâu thanh khoản sát giá giữa (resting depth), độ rộng spread và khối lượng khớp thực tế. • Somnia Reactivity (Phản ứng trong cùng 1 block): Các lệnh Stop-loss, Bracket order hay thanh lý ký quỹ trên dreamDEX không cần mạng lưới bot keeper bên ngoài. Khi giá chạm ngưỡng, validator tự động chèn giao dịch chạy handler ngay trong cùng block đó. Tab Reactivity trên Explorer thống kê trực tiếp từng lần kích hoạt và cả các lệnh bị revert. • Biên lai Oracle & Thực thi kép Cuthbert: Mọi dữ liệu từ Somnia Price Feeds / Oracle đều hiển thị biên lai có chữ ký của từng validator. Đặc biệt, cơ chế Cuthbert buộc mỗi validator chạy lại giao dịch trên một trình thực thi độc lập thứ hai để loại bỏ rủi ro sai lệch trạng thái sổ lệnh. 3. Đánh giá cá nhân (Pros & Cons) ✅ Điểm cộng lớn: • Tích hợp toàn trình từ Global L1, Tokyo Subchain đến Subchain Bridge và hệ sinh thái USDso / Somnia Lend trên cùng một giao diện. • Mở toàn bộ API chuẩn Blockscout & Etherscan không cần API Key, hỗ trợ gom 100 lệnh qua Batch RPC — cực kỳ thân thiện cho anh em làm bot MM và Quant. ⚠️ Điểm cần lưu ý: • Giao diện truyền dữ liệu trực tiếp qua WebSocket (wss://api.infra.mainnet.somnia.network/ws), nên nếu mạng chặn WS thì bảng thống kê live có thể dừng ở trạng thái chờ kết nối. • Hạ tầng đang đi trước nhu cầu: nhiều tab sản phẩm trên bộ lọc live vẫn ở trạng thái "quiet", cần thêm nhiều dApp sôi động như dreamDEX để lấp đầy băng thông 1M+ TPS của mạng. • Cảnh giác bảo mật: Luôn bookmark đúng địa chỉ explorer.somnia.network (dấu chấm), tuyệt đối tránh các domain giả mạo dùng dấu gạch ngang trên quảng cáo tìm kiếm khi kết nối ví. Anh em đã thử trải nghiệm tốc độ khớp lệnh 3ms của dreamDEX trên nhánh Tokyo chưa? Cùng bàn luận bên dưới nhé! 👇 #Somnia #dreamDEX #SOMI #DeFi #OnchainCLOB

🚀 **Your first NFT on Retium – Ready to mint!** A new experience is now available on ** @RetiumChain **! The NFT Launchpad is officially live on testnet, opening up new opportunities for users to explore NFT creation and ownership within the Retium ecosystem. You can now: 🎨 Mint your very own NFT. 💰 List your NFT for sale. 🎁 Transfer your NFT to a friend. What's exciting is that you don't need to wait for mainnet to start exploring. You can experience the NFT Launchpad right now on testnet and get familiar with how everything works. I believe this is another meaningful step in expanding Retium's ecosystem, bringing more ways for users and creators to interact with digital assets. Time to create something unique and mint your first NFT! 🔗 Try it here: nft.retium.org **Create. Mint. Own. Trade. That's the Retium experience!** 💜 #Retium #NFT #NFTLaunchpad #Web3 #Testnet

🚀 **dreamDEX Weekly Update: New Interface, Faster Speeds, and a Smoother Trading Experience!** This week, @dreamDEXSomnia continues to enhance the platform with a series of notable updates, focusing on speed, stability, and user experience. 🎨 **Refreshed Interface** - Gradient backgrounds and a blurred header effect. - Improved Market Selector with leverage labels. - Optimized Portfolio and trading settings sections. ⚡ **Enhanced Performance** - The application now remembers the state of your trading account. - The Deposit window opens directly to the form, reducing wait times. 📊 **Spot & Event Contracts** - Order and trade history update instantly upon execution. - Event Contract prices now reflect real-time changes in the order book. - Charts now display Buy/Sell markers throughout your entire trading history. 💸 **Improved Deposit Experience** - Clearer error notifications. - Precise distinction between different types of transaction rejections. - Error recovery flows now provide specific, actionable feedback. 📈 **Perps Testnet** - Safer handling of unconfirmed orders. - Prevention of duplicate TP/SL submissions while a previous order is still being processed. - Alerts provided when position or margin data becomes outdated. 🏆 **Perps Arena & dreamBots** - Quest progress is now tracked accurately. - The dreamBot Builder only advances to the next step once all required conditions are met. 🛡️ **Reliability** - Gas-free orders remain functional even in the event of a Privy service disruption. **My Take:** What stands out in this update isn’t just the improved interface or faster performance; it’s how dreamDEX has refined the finer details of the trading process. Real-time trade execution history, transparent error handling, secure Take-Profit/Stop-Loss (TP/SL) management, and the ability to maintain gas-free orders are all critical components for any Perpetual DEX platform. dreamDEX is steadily perfecting the on-chain trading experience, aiming to make it faster, more stable, and more user-friendly for traders. 🔥 Keep following the development journey of dreamDEX on Somnia! 👉 Try it out here: app.dreamdex.io #dreamDEX #Somnia #DeFi #PerpsTrading #OnchainTrading

📊 ** @Somnia_Network WEEKLY UPDATE: SOMI Price Adjusts, Yet the Ecosystem Continues to Advance!** Over the past week (Nov 4 – Nov 11), SOMI has faced downward pressure. The token price dipped from approximately $0.1745 to $0.1636—a decline of about 6.2%. After touching a low near the $0.156 level, SOMI saw a slight recovery but has yet to reclaim the $0.175 resistance zone. Key price levels to watch: 🔹 Support: $0.155 – $0.160 🔹 Immediate Resistance: $0.168 – $0.175 🔹 Strong Resistance: $0.181 – $0.182 In the short term, I believe further confirmation signals are needed before anticipating a new uptrend. **🚀 More importantly, look at what Somnia is building.** Somnia is shifting its focus toward an on-chain financial ecosystem, comprising several vital components: 🔹 dreamDEX: Developing an on-chain trading marketplace, covering both Spot and Perpetual Futures. 🔹 Prophecy: Expanding into Prediction Markets, integrating AI Agents with on-chain data. 🔹 Somnia Oracle: Providing external data feeds for blockchain applications. 🔹 SomniaLend: Building a lending platform to enhance liquidity within DeFi. 🔹 AI Agents: Developing applications capable of autonomous interaction and response to on-chain events. **📈 Key figures to note:** • DeFi TVL: Approximately $2.79M. • Stablecoin market cap: Approximately $3.71M, an increase of 2.92% over the last 7 days. • 7-day DEX volume stands at approximately $2.04M, a decrease of 29.82%. These figures indicate that the ecosystem remains active; however, liquidity and trading volume need to improve to truly reflect the project's ambitions. **🔍 Tokenomics is also worth keeping an eye on.** The team, investors, and partners have extended their token lock-up periods by an additional 9 months—pushing the initial unlock date to June 2027—which helps alleviate supply-side pressure from these groups in the short term. Furthermore, the mechanism to burn 5% of gas fees on the mainnet remains in place. **💭 Personal Perspective** I don’t believe Somnia should be evaluated solely based on its price fluctuations over a single week. What matters more is whether Somnia can translate its technological advantages into genuine economic activity. A fast blockchain is an asset, but an ecosystem with real users, stable liquidity, growing trading volume, and actual demand for the token is what forms the foundation for long-term value. Moving forward, I will be monitoring three key factors: 1. Whether *dreamDEX Perpetual Futures* successfully launches on the mainnet. 2. Whether TVL and DEX volume show signs of recovery. 3. Whether somnia:native can reclaim the $0.175–$0.182 range, backed by sufficient buying pressure. **Somnia has a long-term development narrative worth following. For now, however, it is likely better to remain patient and wait for confirming signals rather than rushing to pin one's hopes on a price rally.** #Somnia #SOMI #DeFi #Web3 #OnchainFinance

🚀 Your token. Your liquidity. Your market. With Whisk on @RetiumChain , launching your own token is now easier than ever! You can: 🔹 Create your own token. 🔹 Add liquidity to your token. 🔹 Let anyone on the Retium Testnet trade it. No complicated process. Just create, provide liquidity, and let the community discover and trade your token. This is another exciting step toward building a more open and accessible DeFi ecosystem on Retium. Ready to launch your own token? 👉 whisk.exchange #Retium #Whisk #DeFi #Testnet #Web3

The @dreamDEXSomnia Perps Arena has officially come to an end! 🎉 Four weeks of trading, challenges, wins, losses, and valuable lessons are now behind us. We’re entering the final stage: eligibility and anti-Sybil checks (Nov 9–15). According to the schedule, rewards are expected by November 16 — and no claim action is required. The competition is over. Now it's time to wait for the rewards! 🏆 Thank you to the dreamDEX team and everyone who participated

🚀 @Somnia_Network Weekly Update | November 3–10 Another productive week for the Somnia ecosystem. The focus is becoming clearer: building a complete onchain financial infrastructure powered by AI agents. Here are 4 developments worth watching: 1️⃣ dreamDEX Perps is getting closer The Perps waitlist is officially open! • Zero Maker & Taker Fees • Up to 20x leverage • Fully onchain execution and settlement • Stork Oracle price feeds • Algo-ready from day one This is another step toward bringing CEX-grade trading performance fully onchain. 2️⃣ Meet dreamFly 🪰 Somnia is bringing AI agents into real trading activity. dreamFly is an open-source trading agent designed to operate 24/7, adapt to changing market conditions, and select when to trade or stay out. It supports Spot, Event Contracts and Perps Testnet. AI agents are no longer just an idea in the Somnia ecosystem. They're becoming useful tools. 3️⃣ Prophecy Social is expanding Projects, creators and brands can now apply to create their own Prediction Market Venues. Custom branding, customized markets and Prophecy Connect make it easier to bring community-driven prediction markets to life. 4️⃣ The ecosystem keeps growing Somnia recently highlighted impressive network activity: • 1.87B+ transactions • 6.63M+ addresses • 425M+ blocks The team also hosted a live community discussion about the next phase of Somnia and its focus on DeFi, prediction markets and agent-native applications. My takeaway: Somnia is moving beyond being just another high-performance L1. With dreamDEX building advanced trading infrastructure, Prophecy expanding prediction markets, and AI agents becoming part of the ecosystem, Somnia is connecting all the pieces needed for a new generation of onchain financial applications. The products are taking shape. The infrastructure is getting stronger. And this feels like only the beginning. {s} Somnia is building. 👀 #Somnia #SOMI #dreamDEX #ProphecySocial #DeFi #AI

👀 **Perps Arena is just the warm-up!** Many are curious about what’s next for **dreamDEX**. One thing is certain: there’s plenty more excitement ahead on this journey! Following weeks of intense competition in Perps Arena, @dreamDEXSomnia appears to be gearing up for its next big move. What surprises lie ahead? What new opportunities await the community? 🔥 The "alpha" always drops first where the community is most active. Don’t miss out on any crucial updates! 👉 Join the dreamDEX Discord to stay in the loop: discord.gg/y7AuArQZ2 **Perps Arena is just the beginning. The best is yet to come!** 🚀 #dreamDEX #Somnia #DeFi #Perps

🏆 Four weeks of trading. Real rewards. The final stretch is here! The @dreamDEXSomnia Perps Arena has completed four exciting weeks of competition, bringing traders together to compete for real rewards. Here’s the final schedule: 📅 Oct 12 – Nov 9: Four weeks of trading 💰 $3,250 in weekly rewards for each trading week 🔥 Week 4: $3,250 weekly rewards + $2,000 season rewards 🔍 Nov 9–15: Sybil check, eligibility and anti-Sybil review 🎁 By Nov 16: Rewards distribution — no claim required! Each trading week runs from Monday 14:00 UTC to the following Monday 13:59 UTC. Leaderboards reset after every weekly snapshot. Four weeks of effort, countless trades, and one final step before rewards arrive. Good luck to everyone who participated! 🚀 #DreamDEX #Somnia #PerpsArena #DeFi

⚡ Is 3ms fast enough for your on-chain perpetual trading? dreamDEX—a 100% on-chain perpetual DEX built on the Somnia Network—has just released a real-world speed test from a server cluster in Tokyo, catching the community's attention: 🌍 "A server in Tokyo, serving traders across the globe": • Tokyo: 3ms • Seoul: 20ms | Shanghai: 23ms • Cape Town: 153ms (intercontinental) 🔥 3 key highlights that set dreamDEX apart: 1️⃣ Ultra-fast 3ms order matching: A CEX-like, seamless experience powered by Somnia’s Layer-1 network, capable of 1 million TPS. 2️⃣ Zero Trading Fees (0% Maker/Taker): Completely fee-free trading, maximizing returns for both individual traders and algorithmic bots (via the dreamBot Kit). 3️⃣ 100% On-chain CLOB: The Central Limit Order Book and settlements occur directly at the validator level—no centralized sequencers involved. 🏆 Experience it now in the Perps Arena: • Compete for a total prize pool of $15,000 (real value) using test capital (paper USDso) on the Somnia Tokyo Testnet—zero risk to your own funds. • Eligibility: Must hold at least 10 $SOMI in your registered wallet. 👉 Test the 3ms speed for yourself at: app.testnet.dreamdex.io/comp…

🛠️ @RetiumChain Testnet Maintenance & Upgrades — Successfully Completed! Great news for the Retium community! 🚀 The scheduled maintenance and upgrades on the Retium Testnet are now complete, and the network is officially back to normal operation. This is another important step in improving the testnet experience and keeping the network running smoothly. A big thank you to everyone in the community for your patience, understanding, and continued support throughout the maintenance. Now, it's time to get back to testing and exploring the Retium ecosystem! 🔥 Keep building with Retium! #Retium #Testnet #Web3 #Blockchain

⏳ **The Final Day of @dreamDEXSomnia Perps Arena is Here!** Today is your last chance to complete all unfinished quests and maximize your raffle ticket opportunities! ✅ Check all remaining quests ✅ Complete every unfinished weekly task ✅ Secure as many raffle tickets as possible ✅ Make your final leaderboard push! 📌 **Important Final-Day Schedule (November 9):** - **17:00 UTC:** Social quests closed. - **22:00 UTC:** Final raffle draw, LIVE on the official dreamDEX X Account. Four weeks of competition, thousands of trades, and $15,000 in real rewards are coming to an end. Don't leave anything unfinished. Every quest counts, and this is your final opportunity! 🔥 **Finish strong. Complete every quest. Don't miss the final draw!** #DreamDEX #PerpsArena #Somnia

🛠️ ** @RetiumChain Testnet Maintenance & Upgrades – November 8, 2026** Retium is conducting maintenance and upgrades on its Testnet to enhance performance, stability, and the overall user experience for the community. During this period, users may experience temporary service interruptions. Please also be aware that a full Testnet reset is a possibility. The Retium team will provide regular progress updates and will notify the community as soon as the upgrades are complete and the network has returned to normal operation. This is a necessary step for Retium to continue refining its infrastructure and preparing for future developments. Thank you for your patience as we work on these improvements! 🚀 Thanks to the Retium team for keeping the community informed. #Retium #RetiumTestnet #Blockchain #Web3

My DreamDEX portfolio tells an interesting story. 👀 So far, I've traded over $2.14M in volume and saved approximately $1.07K in fees compared with Binance. A few numbers that caught my attention: 💰 $2.14M total trading volume ⚡ $1.07K estimated fees saved 🔥 $0.00 DreamDEX trading fees ⛽ $0.27 in DreamDEX gas costs 📉 -$2.10K all-time PnL Of course, saving on fees doesn't automatically mean being profitable. My PnL is a reminder that trading still requires discipline, strategy, and risk management. But one thing is clear: lower trading costs can make a meaningful difference, especially for active traders dealing with high volume. I also appreciate having these metrics displayed in one dashboard. It makes it easier to understand not only how much I'm trading, but also how much I'm spending and saving. DreamDEX is showing that trading infrastructure should focus on more than execution speed — transparency and cost efficiency matter too. Still learning, still trading, and looking forward to seeing how far DreamDEX can go. 🚀 @dreamDEXSomnia