October was another forward-moving month for the Persistence ecosystem, marked by progress on the Persistence Core-1 Chain Upgrade, growing community engagement, and we are looking forward with a lot of excitement to upcoming highlights on the product and marketing front.
The focus remains on building steadily toward broader participation and deeper ecosystem growth in the months ahead.
Keep reading to catch up on everything that unfolded in October.
Persistence One Highlights
- We kicked off the month by spotlighting the Persistence Core-1 Chain Upgrade, explaining its impact on end users, outlining the phased rollout, and sharing what it means for the community moving forward.
- The month began with the community introducing new incentives across Persistence DEX pools, setting the stage for broader multi-chain DeFi opportunities.
- In October, a popular trading platform, Cede Hub, partnered with KuCoin to relaunch the XPRT trading competition for a short period at the start of the month, gathering interest from new and existing traders, as well as Persisters.
- Continuing the weekly campaigns that drew strong engagement, we carried on with a series of quest-based activities that kept users excited and involved throughout the month.
- A chain upgrade sequence graphic was shared by us to summarise the different phases of the Persistence Chain Upgrade, along with a short description of each phase.
- With the multi-swap feature now live on Persistence DEX, we circled back to highlight how users can select multiple assets in one go across networks. A detailed guide to try out this feature is live on the Persistence blog, which you can find here.
- Pools on Persistence DEX were highlighted throughout October to encourage users to engage with them and make the most of the ongoing incentives.
- Persistence One COO, Jeroen Develter, shared planned verticals across the marketing and product teams each week to keep the community in the loop with everything happening behind the scenes throughout October. Stay updated by following him on X.
- Markets stayed volatile throughout October, and we continued to emphasise the importance of seamless cross-chain swaps during such times. The ability to move assets quickly without wrapping or unwrapping can be a game-changer, a message highlighted by the marketing team throughout the month.
- Community members helped spread the word through various forms of content across socials, further fuelling community sentiment.
- DeFi may be going mainstream on other chains, but our belief that it will reach true mass adoption on Bitcoin grows stronger each day. Reflecting this belief, we shared a graphic that captured the idea perfectly.
- To carry the momentum forward, we’ve lined up a few updates that were teased in October and early November to hint at what’s next. We’re also working with partners to bring a new pool to Persistence DEX, which was recently previewed to the community.
- Meanwhile, the team is preparing a more engaging campaign around our Interop product to further battle-test it and get ready for a broader rollout ahead.
Keep reading further for other key highlights.
Media & Community
Here are some standout moments from the media and community front during October:
- In early October, Persistence One COO Jeroen Develter highlighted what BTCfi stands for and how Persistence DEX V2 aims to tackle ecosystem fragmentation.
- Jeroen also explained how solvers fulfil cross-chain orders with near-zero slippage and minimal fees. As competition between solvers increases, swaps become even more efficient and cost-effective for users.
- Persistence Intern shared a funny take comparing Bitcoin and gold, highlighting how Bitcoin is designed to build a trustless global monetary infrastructure, especially relevant with gold’s recent price rally.
- The month also saw participation from around 11,000 users in campaigns on QuestN, along with content contributions across multiple fronts through our community program.
XPRT Governance & Token Highlights
Here are some of the most important governance updates around XPRT from October 2025:
- Proposal #147 was passed to upgrade the Persistence codebase to the v14.0.0 software tag at block height 24,153,500. This update includes the cosmos-sdk v0.50.14-lsm-disabled version and adds the gaia x/liquid module.
- Proposal #148 was passed to upgrade the Persistence DEX Vault contract from version 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 to address a bug.
- Proposal #149 was passed to upgrade the Persistence codebase to the v15.0.0 software tag at block height 24,345,500. This update also includes the cosmos-sdk v0.50.14 version.
- Proposal #151 was passed to incentivise Persistence DEX pools with stkXPRT incentives for November 2025.
About Persistence One
Persistence One is building the BTCFi Liquidity Hub, enabling fast, near-zero-slippage swaps for BTC, BTC-variants, and LSTs on Persistence DEX.
BTCFi’s rapid growth has created multiple BTC-related assets, making fragmentation a big challenge. Persistence One will provide a single liquidity hub, simplifying value transfer across the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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