Project Progress

According to Odaily, Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi (HYPD) repaid approximately $8.6 million in legacy debt and initiated a stock buyback program. The company settled all outstanding principal and interest under its Avenue Capital loan agreement, using proceeds from HYPE token sales. Hyperion DeFi

According to Linea's statement on October 2, part of the validators supporting Yield Boost vaults are exiting as a precautionary measure following a MetaMask staking incident. Linea clarified that the staking vaults' funds and control remain unaffected. However, net staking rewards funding

According to Ethereum's official blog, the Ethereum developers withdrew EIP-8363, a staking-reward burn proposal, on October 1 following over 200 forum comments. The proposal would have progressively burned validator rewards as staking ratio increased, reaching 100% burn at roughly 60.25 million

According to BlockBeats, Ronin Waypoint wallet will shut down services, with users required to migrate their assets by October 16 to avoid losing access. The closure affects users with social login, keyless, or MPC wallets. Users can transfer assets to Ronin Stash (supporting email or social login)

According to Token Terminal, Sky has emerged as a leader in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, with $46.2 billion now tokenized on-chain. Of this total, $4.7 billion is directly attributed to Sky, demonstrating its significant role in the expanding RWA market. The figure underscores growing

According to ChainCatcher, BNB Plus Corp. (OTCQB: BNBX) announced a strategic shift from a digital asset treasury company focused on the BNB Chain ecosystem to a blockchain and Agentic AI infrastructure operator serving financial institutions and enterprises. The company will continue

According to S&P Global, on October 1, Sky Protocol received a B- credit rating with a stable outlook. As of September 17, 2026, the stablecoin protocol's reserves stood at $92 million, targeting $150 million. Safe-haven assets, including USDC and tokenized money market funds backed by U.S.

Ethereum withdrew its EIP-8363 staking-reward burn proposal on October 1, removing a mechanism that would have reduced ETH issuance as the staking ratio increased. The proposal faced criticism over its timing and potential impact on smaller validators after generating more than 200 forum comments. T

Ripple is set to announce XRP ecosystem developments for Asia at Korea Blockchain Week on October 3, as XRP trades at $1.52, up 1% in 24 hours. The session, titled "Special Announcement: What's Coming Next for the XRP Ecosystem in Asia," is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. Seoul time,

Optimism released Kona v1.8.0 on October 1, delivering fixes for derivation, proof execution, TLS dependencies, and preimage handling in its Rust-based fault-proof stack. The update addresses a narrow edge case where malformed batches could cause Kona to derive a different chain from op-node under s

Optimism released op-reth v2.5.0 on October 1, a maintenance update recommended for all op-reth operators that removes two legacy pre-Bedrock import commands and patches security vulnerabilities in rustls and imbl dependencies. The update addresses technical debt accumulated during the network's

Monerium, Frax and Capa launched an EURe/frxUSD liquidity pool on Uniswap v3 on Polygon on October 1. The pool pairs Monerium's MiCA-compliant euro e-money token EURe with Frax's dollar stablecoin frxUSD, giving applications on Polygon a direct route between regulated euro liquidity and

Optimism released op-supernode v1.0.3 on October 1 as an optional operator update that tightens validation around hardfork activation times in virtual-node rollup configurations. The release prevents invalid post-genesis fork ordering by rejecting configurations where two hardforks share the same ac

Aptos Labs released aptos-node-v1.49.2-hotfix-rc to testnet validators on October 1, instructing validators to upgrade and recommending fullnode operators do the same. The company labels it a private hotfix and does not publish source code or provide a detailed public explanation of the underlying i

Optimism released op-node v1.19.8 on October 1, recommending it particularly for sequencer operators using the --l2.follow.source configuration flag. The update addresses recurring slow block builds that occurred during L1-origin transitions and strengthens validation of hardfork activation

According to Bitcoinist, Optimism released Kona v1.8.0 on October 1, addressing critical issues in its Rust-based fault-proof stack. The update prevents malformed batches from causing Kona to derive a different chain from op-node under faulty-batcher conditions. The release also improves execution e

According to Bitcoinist, Optimism released op-reth v2.5.0 on October 1, recommending the update for all op-reth operators. The release removes two legacy pre-Bedrock import commands—import-op and import-receipts-op—used for importing OVM history. Operators relying on that workflow must switch to the

According to Bitcoinist, on October 1, Optimism released op-supernode v1.0.3 as an optional operator update. The release adds stricter validation of hardfork activation times in virtual-node rollup configurations, preventing two hardforks from activating at