Portalsfi Dev Update: December Edition

GM builders, here’s what’s new and coming up with the Portals API, straight from this month’s Portals all-hands call.

📈 Growth, Usage & Reach

• Portals is now powering 60M+ API calls per month across 1,400+ DeFi builders. Our top integration alone drives more than 4M monthly calls, showing just how critical Portals has become in powering the next wave of DeFi infrastructure.
• Our Price Engine now aggregates on-chain data from all major DEXs and DeFi platforms to deliver the most accurate real market price for any asset, from the simplest tokens to the most complex derivatives.

Our developer community is growing, and we are committed to providing the tools and support necessary for building the future of DeFi. We have enhanced our developer documentation to continue providing the most intuitive and efficient developer experience. We are also expanding our presence across Discord, Telegram, and LinkedIn to facilitate a more connected and collaborative community.

🏗️ Recent Releases

Token Claiming is LIVE

Protocols can now claim and verify their tokens on the Portals platform. This feature allows projects to manage their token's presence and provide verified information, such as brand icon and socials, to the community. Once your positions are verified, they will qualify to be featured on our soon-to-drop Explorer homepage, further broadening the reach of your positions.

Join teams like Pendle, PancakeSwap, Turtle and more who are further amplifying their outreach to the DeFi community.

Hyper EVM Support

We have completed the integration of Hyper EVM with Warp Drive, our powerful DeFi aggregator. This brings the high-performance capabilities of Hyper EVM to the Portals ecosystem, enabling developers to build and deploy sophisticated DeFi applications with greater speed and efficiency. The integration is ready for review, with minor testing remaining for balance endpoints.

Cross-Chain Zaps Are Live

Cross-chain transactions are now running smoothly through Squid Router. Estimates are stable, and response times are clocking in at 3–7 seconds per route. New docs are live with improved use case examples and clearer integration guides. Check the blog for the full story, which we have covered here.

Updated Developer Docs

We have completely revamped our developer documentation to make it easier than ever to build on Portals.fi. Check out the new and improved docs here: https://build.portals.fi/docs

New: ERC-4626 Vault Indexer

Instantly index vaults from protocols like Morpho, Fluid, Euler, and many other yield protocols the moment they're deployed. Give your users a first-mover advantage on the best yields!

Pricing Engine Expansion

Get real-time price feeds from a multitude of DEXes, including algebra-based AMMs like Blackhole. Your users can now snipe tokens and prices that CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko haven't even listed yet. Know about newly launched tokens before anyone else, including Coingecko and Coin Market Cap, with Portals industry-leading price engine.

Improved Error Handling

No more cryptic reverts. Our new error objects provide clear, human-readable messages (e.g., “slippage too high”), simplifying debugging for you and improving both the developer experience and UX for your users.

Explorer Mobile PWA

Portals users can now add the Portals Explorer to their home screen as a true app, complete with drawer-based tooltips for touch UX. So, if you’re a protocol with your own positions, we’ve just broadened your reach.

Database Optimization

We're scaling our infrastructure to handle the firehose of data from our largest integrators. Expect faster, more reliable API queries thanks to some unique optimizations.

🔜 Coming Soon

Homepage Launch

The new Portals Explorer homepage is in development. The front-end team is focused on creating reusable API definitions and data fetching hooks to ensure a consistent and scalable architecture across the entire site. The homepage will bring an entirely new experience to DeFi trading, providing increased visibility to your positions through a dramatically enhanced DeFi interface. Claim your token pages to qualify to be featured on the upcoming home page.

Enhanced Developer Outreach

We are developing a new strategy to reach out to newly discovered protocols through our token claiming dashboard. This will enable us to proactively engage with emerging projects and expand the Portals ecosystem. We are also addressing GDPR compliance for our developer newsletter by implementing an opt-in process, and a signup link will be available soon.

🎙️ The DeFi Drop

What is the DeFI Drop

The DeFi Drop is our new podcast, featuring deep dives with leading DeFi protocols. Each episode is a 20-minute, high-signal conversation about the tech, the team, and the vision. Read all about it here.

Get Featured

We've already had the pleasure of hosting Frax, Gauntlet, Upshift, Term and more. If you're building something cool in DeFi, we want to hear from you and share your story. Reach out here to be featured. The full episodes are available here.

We are committed to empowering our developer community with the tools and resources needed to succeed. The incredible growth we're experiencing is a testament to the amazing products you're building using the API. Everything we ship is designed to give your users an edge in DeFi.

About Portals.fi: Portals.fi is the DeFi Super App. A one-click gateway to the entire on-chain economy. Powered by real-time data and seamless execution, Portals.fi connects traders to over 20 million assets, thousands of protocols, and every major blockchain.