Project Progress

According to the Starknet Foundation's official announcement, on October 22, Starknet's governance poll closed with 93.52% voting power supporting research into an independent, quantum-resistant Layer 1, with 3,236 votes recorded. The result authorizes StarkWare and the Foundation to investigate the

According to ChainCatcher, JUST upgraded its JST buyback-and-burn mechanism after completing its fifth round of buybacks. The mechanism enters a new phase with unified governance by JUST DAO and a reserve fund of at least $50 million to support risk mitigation, emergency redemptions, and liquidity p

According to ChainCatcher, JUST released an updated whitepaper today, formally documenting the protocol's ecosystem architecture, three core product lines, and revised JST tokenomics. The whitepaper details key mechanisms including governance structure and token buyback-burn arrangements,

According to Foresight News, Lido has launched 0x02 CSM, enabling node operators to run individual validators with effective balances up to 2048 ETH without permission through the Lido protocol. Operators need not provide full staking capital; instead, they deposit collateral—32 ETH for the first va

According to Foresight News, the Arbitrum Foundation published the first version of the Arbitrum Developer Guild's specifications and announced Offchain Labs as its inaugural member. The guild, originally proposed in January 2024 alongside the Arbitrum Expansion Program, operates on an invitation

Ripple partnered with Swiss financial institution Arf on October 22 to deploy RLUSD stablecoin for short-term financing on the XRP Ledger, connecting the blockchain to a payments business handling approximately $10 billion in annual settlement volume. The partnership addresses working capital

The XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment missed its October 23 activation after validator support briefly dropped below the required 80% threshold on October 21, resetting a two-week approval countdown. Support fell to 26 of 35 trusted validators at approximately 12:54 UTC before recovering to 29

According to Arf's October 22 announcement, Ripple has partnered with Swiss financial institution Arf to provide RLUSD-powered short-term working capital for cross-border payments, targeting approximately $10 billion in annual settlement volume. The partnership will use RLUSD stablecoin to finance l

According to XRPL amendment tracker, the XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 upgrade missed its October 23 activation after validator support briefly dropped to 26 of 35 trusted validators (below the required 80% threshold) on October 21, resetting the mandatory 14-day approval countdown. Support

According to Foresight News, Kinetiq's Hyperliquid Layer 2 network Elysium will deploy a Hyperliquid node at TheHUB, a hosting facility within the Equinix TY15 data center in Tokyo. The node will synchronize state data from HyperCore and HyperEVM to Elysium, enabling smart contracts on the network t

Derive launched an autopilot options trading feature for Bitcoin and Ethereum, enabling users to execute trades without complex calculations or calendar management. The feature requires only one approval to operate and is designed to simplify trading strategies, particularly before major economic da

According to Morpho, its on-chain fixed-rate lending market Morpho Midnight has reached $100 million in total deposits as of October 23.

According to Foresight News, Virtuals Protocol announced that Virtuals Butler now enables automated options execution on trading platform Derive, allowing users to hedge their BTC and ETH holdings ahead of Federal Reserve decisions, CPI releases, and non-farm payroll reports. Users only need to

Ethereum developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet after researchers identified potential security risks involving existing smart contracts, canceling the activation scheduled for October 26. The Ethereum Foundation announced the delay last night, stating developers need

According to the Ethereum Foundation, the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet has been postponed after researchers identified potential security risks involving existing smart contracts, with the planned October 26 activation now canceled and no replacement date announced. Security firm

According to HSBC, the bank launched RedCoin (RCHKD), a Hong Kong dollar-denominated stablecoin, on PayMe on October 23. The token supports peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments, with more than 3.3 million PayMe users able to activate an in-app wallet in the coming days and use RedCoin at

According to BlockBeats, on October 23, Web3 collectibles project Capybobo unveiled a preview of its AI-generated interactive game, which personalizes gameplay based on individual player interactions. The AI generates unique storylines for each player, with the same Capybara character experiencing d

Monero developers are preparing the FCMP++ upgrade to replace the ring signature system that currently hides transaction senders, receivers, and amounts. A draft timeline from a Monero developer points to a fork-enabled release between October 14 and 21, 2026, with activation around the first week o

According to THORChain's blog, the protocol will release v3.21.1 next week to complete v3.21 adoption. Node churn is currently paused due to issues fixed in v3.21; once churn resumes after both versions