Project Progress

Aave Labs announced on September 25 that Aave V4 had activated the Equities Hub on Base, supporting seven Coinbase-tokenized U.S. stocks, including Apple, as collateral. According to the initial parameters set by risk service provider LlamaRisk, the total cap for stock collateral is approximately $29 million, while the USDC borrow cap is approximately $21 million. Initial Equities Hub Risk Parameters: $29 Million Stock Collateral Cap, $21 Million USDC Borrow Cap According to LlamaRisk’s initial

According to Cointelegraph, Ondo Perps launched 24/7 spot trading for tokenized stocks and ETFs on September 29. The platform allows traders to use their positions as perpetual futures collateral.

According to @SolanaFloor, X Money restricted Solana's UsePaid launchpad from processing creator fee payouts on September 29, 2026. Affected creators can recover eligible fees through a newly launched claim portal, though the decision raises concerns about monetization challenges within Solana's cre

According to Yonhap News, Kakao Group announced a digital asset business roadmap on September 28, revealing plans to establish won-denominated stablecoin as a daily financial infrastructure. The company has already secured issuance and distribution technology and is now in the user case validation p

Chainlink, a blockchain oracle project, launched CCIP 2.0 on local time May 28 with support from Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand blockchain connectivity infrastructure for financial institutions. The upgrade enables institutions to maintain existing security and regulatory

According to its official announcement on September 28, Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 (Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol 2.0) to enhance institutional digital asset connectivity across blockchains. The new version introduces Cross-Chain Verifier (CCV) functionality, allowing financial

According to ChainCatcher, the World Liberty Financial (WLFI) community's "WLFI Governance Participation Incentive Plan" proposal voting has concluded on Snapshot. The proposal passed with 82.13% approval votes, while 9.17% voted against and 8.70% abstained. A total of 2,306 addresses

According to Polygon Foundation, Polygon Chain staking rewards will increase to 7.7% on October 1, per an announcement reported by PANews on September 29. The network will allocate 27.3 million POL accumulated in priority fees over the next two months to support the higher rewards under

According to Foresight News, Aave App now supports users to deposit USDC and USDT on Ethereum mainnet, as announced today by Aave founder Stani Kulechov. The project also released a Ghost Pass code for early

According to CoinDesk, Ether.fi will sever its final structural links with restaking protocol EigenLayer by the end of Q3. As of August, less than 1% of assets remain in restaking, with EigenPod redemption vouchers set for removal by year-end.

Muriel Médard, an MIT professor who has researched network coding and communications for over 20 years, recently stated in an interview that in decentralized markets, competitive advantage comes from how efficiently information is coded and transmitted rather than physical location. She founded

According to ChainCatcher, Aave founder Stani Kulechov is proposing to introduce an AAVE token burn mechanism as part of Aavenomics 3, the protocol's new tokenomics upgrade. Aavenomics 3 builds on previous initiatives including protocol revenue-backed AAVE buybacks.

Toss presented its stablecoin business strategy on May 28 at the Ethereum Korea One: Genesis conference in Seoul, positioning stablecoins as new financial infrastructure to replace or coexist with existing systems. Heo Won-young, Toss Team Lead, stated the company is building technical

According to Toss Team Lead Heo Won-young, speaking today at the Ethereum Korea One: Genesis conference in Seoul, the company views stablecoins as new financial infrastructure to complement or replace existing systems, rather than a standalone service. Toss is building internal technical

Ondo Perps launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs on September 28, enabling users to purchase tokenized US equities and deploy them as collateral for perpetual futures positions on the same platform. The integration addresses a longstanding multi-platform problem in basis trading,

Spark, the lending arm of the Sky ecosystem formerly known as MakerDAO, allocated $210 million for institutional loans collateralized by Bitcoin and custodied through Anchorage Digital. Three institutional counterparties borrowed $150 million in USDC against $222 million worth of BTC, establishing a

According to Crypto Briefing, Spark, the lending arm of the Sky ecosystem (formerly MakerDAO), has allocated $210 million for institutional loans collateralized by Bitcoin and custodied through Anchorage Digital as of mid-June 2026. Three institutional counterparties have already borrowed $150 milli

According to Crypto Briefing, Ondo Perps launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs on September 28, allowing users to purchase tokenized versions of US equities at market prices on a central limit order book. The key innovation: newly purchased tokens can be deployed instantly as

Spectra Finance has launched fixed-term markets for the deJTRSY token on the Stellar network, enabling holders to lock in fixed rates or take positions on short-term yield movements. The deJTRSY token represents a tokenized version of the Janus Henderson treasury fund issued through the Centrifuge p