Project Progress

Polygon launched CDK Besu on October 19, a solution enabling banks and financial institutions to connect private blockchains to other networks through its Agglayer interoperability platform. The system combines Hyperledger Besu with zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs to facilitate cross-chain

According to BlockBeats, on October 20, Papertrade, a high-leverage synthetic perpetual protocol on HyperEVM, announced that PAPER token transfers will remain suspended in the short term and adjusted its fee structure and token minting curve. The protocol cited risks of manipulation attacks on its f

According to Foresight News, USD.AI today launched CHIP governance for its stablecoin protocol that provides credit to AI applications. The standards for sUSDai compute financing will now undergo public governance process, including at least 4 days of forum discussion, Snapshot voting, and

According to Aave, Aave V4 surpassed $100 million in active loans on the Arc network today (October 20). The figure represents unpaid loans on Arc alone and does not include total deposits or cumulative lending across Aave V4's entire

According to Citi research shared by Aave on Oct 20, the protocol is positioned as a decentralized collateral infrastructure layer rather than solely a lending protocol. As tokenized assets, stablecoins, and institutional participation enter mainstream finance, Aave's V4, Horizon, and GHO products a

According to PANews, Lighter, a decentralized derivatives trading platform, launched binary options on Lighter Core on October 20. The platform indicated that it will introduce a full suite of options products in the coming

Sophon has set a Nov. 25 deadline for users to withdraw their assets ahead of its planned mainnet shutdown. The Ethereum layer-2 blockchain announced Monday it will begin shutting down key infrastructure and related websites on Nov. 25, following a June announcement that it would abandon its

According to Foresight News, Cashmere Labs, a LayerZero-based multi-chain MEV-resistant DEX aggregator, announced today (October 20) that it is expanding its ecosystem. Goat LP, an automated liquidity management tool for Uniswap v3/v4 positions on Robinhood Chain, will now be open to all

According to official announcement on October 20, BNB Standard Corporation (BNC) appointed Alex Odagiu as Chief Executive Officer. Odagiu, who joined YZi Labs in September 2021 as investment manager and advanced to Investment Partner by September 2025, previously led Web3 investments in DeFi,

As of Oct. 19, the Pi Launchpad platform had completed two token tests: the first was IRRA, and the second was SLICE. SLICE is the most recently completed test. More than 242k Pioneer users committed 15.92 million Test-Pi to acquire 10 million $SLICE tokens. SLICE added a liquidity pool and real-time price charts and was linked to a real game. Pi Launchpad Core Mechanism: Pi Issuance Funds Enter the Liquidity Pool, Not the Project According to Pi Network's official explanation, Pi Launchpad's de

The Ethereum Foundation announced the Glamsterdam upgrade, set to activate on the Hoodi testnet on October 26 at 17:42 UTC. The upgrade will raise the block gas limit to 200 million, aligning it with the Sepolia testnet, and will implement enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level

The identity verification network World launched “World ID for banking and finance” on October 18 at the Money20/20 fintech conference in Las Vegas, targeting the deepfake scam problem faced by banks and financial institutions. The launch also announced that World ID for Zoom would transition from limited testing, which began in April, to being officially available. World launches the banking version of World ID, with five institutions as the first design partners World officially launched “Worl

According to NEAR Protocol, the blockchain platform's hackathon will run from November 1 to November 15 (Beijing time 8:00 to 7:59), with judging from November 16–18 and results announced by November 19. The event features a $250,000 prize pool (awarded in NEAR) and focuses on building intelligent a

The Filecoin network completed an upgrade that changes how rewards are distributed across the platform. The upgrade allocates a growing share of rewards to services that attract paying customers onto the network, according to an announcement from the official Filecoin account. The adjustment aims to

Solana ecosystem crypto launch platform Pump.fun has introduced a “stock integration” feature powered by PreStocks, launching pre-IPO stock-tracking tokens for eight private companies that track pre-listing market cap valuations and market sentiment. The new tokens serve as quote assets for meme coins through the Custom Pairs mechanism. Following the launch, the PUMP token rose 8.41% in one day to $0.004475. Custom Pairs Feature: Pre-IPO Stock-Tracking Tokens Replace SOL/USDC as Quote Assets Pum

According to ChainCatcher, Elysium, the first L2 network built for Hyperliquid, will launch mainnet on November 9. The high-performance L2 is designed with HyperEVM as its settlement layer and works alongside HyperCore, which handles transactions. Elysium uses HYPE as its native gas token and

BNB Chain opened a dedicated community forum category for NewL1, a new Layer 1 blockchain network, in July 2026, with renewed promotion on October 17 and 19, 2026. The project is seeking community input on the technical design of a network built to handle workloads that exceed the current capacity o