Hey there!

Damian here from LI.FI, bringing you the highlights from January. We started the year by defining The State of Interop for 2026, with some reflections and predictions from key industry figures. We set the bar high with a few product releases and set the mission for our upcoming ones!

Let’s dive in.

New Partners

Last month, we welcomed a wave of new partners to the LI.FI ecosystem:

• Noya: The AI agent for onchain alpha across DeFi and prediction markets. 

• Beep: The agentic finance protocol built on x402, AP2, ACP, and a402 standards.

• Poly: The prediction market superpapp that lets you trade smarter, faster, and better. 

• Rainmaker: The app powering AI agents for sports prediction markets. 

• BoolMarket: The prediction market app that lets you predict on news, and anything, anytime, anywhere.

• Prime Vaults: An on-chain savings account.

• NEAR Intents: The universal trading protocol for onchain markets and tokenized assets.

Product Highlights

Here’s what we shipped in December 2025:Here’s what we shipped last month:

• Powering Jumper Earn: LI.FI Composer powered Jumper’s new Earn product. This was achieved via LI.FI Deposit which enables user onboarding to any DeFi vault in one click. The introduction of LI.FI Composer to Jumper has allowed users to interact with any personalised opportunity, regardless of chain.

• Volume Update: LI.FI saw an additional $5bn+ in volume processed in January 2026.

• Solana: Enabled support for Jito Bundles on Solana to allow developers to combine multiple steps into one atomic transaction.

• Bitcoin: Saw over 100% month-on-month growth in January 2026 compared to December 2025.

• Use Agents with LI.FI: Kenny, our DevRel, shared a quick tutorial on how to allow AI agents to leverage the LI.FI stack to access opportunity anywhere.

• Core API:

  • Slippage Selection: Enabled smart slippage selection for major and stable assets

  • Error responses: Improved UTXO error responses.

  • Fees: Implemented dynamic stablecoin route fees for integrators.

Ecosystem & Community Spotlight

• Hyperliquid Hackathon: We sponsored the Encode Hyperliquid Hackathon in London with $6,500 in prizes! We were happy to crown Mina as the winner of this hackathon as they built a full suite using the LI.FI stack to improve onboarding to the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

• House of Chimera: Justin and Damian spoke to the HoC community about the current state and positioning of LI.FI and the market – there’s a whole host of work to be done, and this discussion set up a substantial amount of the LI.FI mission for 2026.

• Hyperliquid Deutschland: We sponsored a builders night for Hyperliquid Deutschland in Berlin.

• interop/acc: Our weekly series on interop trends, new tools, and evolving narratives. Subscribe to stay updated.

Research & Marketing Corner

• The State of Interop for 2026

• The State of Interop 2026: Why Interop Is Winning | ft. Tom Kysar | Interop/Acc

• Markets, Not Chains - Why Crypto Must Evolve

• The Next Era of Smart Apps

• What Are Jito Bundles?

• The Linkup: Exploring DevConnect Argentina & Crypto in LATAM w/ Julian Morla & Dominik Hell

• Why Solana Validators Are Disappearing

• The Case for Stablechains | Why Payments Don’t Belong on General-Purpose Blockchains ft Brian Mehler

• Will MegaETH Be Ethereum’s Answer to Solana? | ft. Bread (GTM, MegaETH)

• The Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL) Explained | ft. Marissa Posner & Yoav Weiss (Ethereum Foundation)

• What is the EIL?

We’re Hiring!

• DevRel Engineer (APAC) - Mandarin Speaking

• Senior Product Designer - Perps

• Senior Backend Engineer - Stellar Ecosystem

• Senior Backend Engineer (Fee Consolidation Service)

• Senior Backend Engineer (Partner Service)

• Senior DevOps Engineer

• Senior QA Engineer - Zaps

• Mid/Senior Smart Contract Engineer

• Junior Finance Analyst

• Talent Lead

• Product Manager - Expansion