SUSHI Rallies on 2025 Roadmap Release

Veteran DeFi protocol Sushi plans to roll out five new products in 2025 off the back of its controversial “council structure” passed in June.

Through Sushi Labs and the ecosystem’s multi-token system, the protocol is expected to launch Wara, Susa, Kubo, Blade, and a SushiSwap aggregator in the new year.

The head of Sushi Labs, Jared Grey, shared the plans on Dec 8, and the SUSHI token rallied as much as 35% on the news to reach $2.65, its highest price since May 2022. The token has retraced since and is currently changing hands for $2.28, at a $430 million market capitalization.

Each product offering in the roadmap looks to serve a separate niche within DeFi.

Wara will be a “comprehensive trading experience on Solana,” Susa is an onchain order book perpetuals DEX for trading derivatives, and Kubo is a perpetual primitive designed to “bootstrap new markets via delta-neutral strategies.”

Blade will be a part of SushiSwap, the ecosystem’s native DEX, but will implement an LVR AMM, or loss-versus-rebalance automated market maker, which eliminates MEV (maximal extractable value) on “blue-chip assets,” and the SushiSwap aggregator will aggregate swap rates to obtain the best prices for users.

Despite a surging token price, Sushi’s total value locked (TVL) of $400 million is still near its lows from a peak of $9 billion in November 2021.