DeFi's Retail Revolution: TurboFlow Launches Secure, Profit-Sharing Ecosystem

Surf Protocol has officially upgraded to TurboFlow, a full-chain perpetual decentralized exchange (PerpDEX) platform offering up to 1000x leverage and a profit-sharing model, according to a Phemex article. Built on an independent Layer-1 architecture, TurboFlow ensures all transaction data and assets are fully on-chain, enhancing transparency and security. The platform charges fees only when users generate profits and eliminates gas costs during migration from Surf to TurboFlow. By October 17, 2025, all liquidations and migrations will be finalized, with new orders ceasing on October 3. TurboFlow introduces a vault model for risk balancing and a community-governed liquidity pool, aiming to evolve into a comprehensive derivatives ecosystem for retail investors.

The launch of TurboFlow aligns with broader momentum in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The Graph, a decentralized data indexing protocol, is set to complete its Horizon upgrade in October 2025, unifying subgraphs, substreams, and token APIs under a single decentralized framework, according to a TradingView report. This upgrade is expected to streamline data access for developers and users, fostering innovation across blockchain applications.

Meanwhile, Tokemak is launching a new autopool in October, expanding its automated liquidity management capabilities under a rebranded identity, as detailed in a TradingView report. The update reinforces Tokemak's role in optimizing liquidity provision and yield generation for DeFi markets. By enabling efficient rebalancing of assets across decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and stable pools, Tokemak reduces gas costs and fragmentation, attracting liquidity providers (LPs) to its ecosystem.

The DeFi landscape is also seeing growth in decentralized lending platforms like Mutuum Finance, which announced its V1 protocol on the Sepolia Testnet in Q4 2025, according to a GlobeNewswire release. The protocol introduces a lending stack with liquidity pools, mtTokens, debt tokens, and a liquidator bot, allowing users to lend, borrow, and collateralize assets such as ETH and USDT. Prioritizing security, Mutuum Finance completed a CertiK audit and launched a $50,000 bug bounty program to identify vulnerabilities before mainnet deployment. A 24-hour leaderboard incentivizes community participation by rewarding top contributors with MUTM tokens.

These advancements underscore the maturation of DeFi infrastructure, with platforms prioritizing scalability, security, and user accessibility. As protocols like TurboFlow, Horizon, and Mutuum Finance push technical boundaries, they position themselves to capture a growing market for institutional and retail participants seeking transparent, permissionless financial tools.