Project Progress

According to XRP Ledger release materials, the xrpld v3.3.0 release scheduled for early August includes five amendments: Confidential MPT, Batch, Permission Delegation, Sponsored Fees and Reserves, and Dynamic MPT. These amendments aim to enhance tokenized assets, fee abstraction, permissioning, and

Cardano (ADA) token rose by nearly 10% in 24 hours on August 3, trading at around $0.189. Intersect, an organization supporting open development and governance for the Cardano network, announced the same day that planning work for the Dijkstra era has officially started—this is the next major development phase after the completion of the van Rossem upgrade. ADA Rises Nearly 10% in 24 Hours to $0.189 On August 2, 2026, ADA rose by nearly 10% within 24 hours, trading at around $0.189. However, ADA

Spark CEO Sam MacPherson revealed in a CoinDesk interview that Spark last year put its consumer C-end app, which was originally intended to directly compete with Coinbase, PayPal, and Robinhood, on indefinite hold. The company has fully transitioned to a B2B2C, behind-the-scenes infrastructure model. Robinhood Earn launched 24 days ago, attracting more than $200 million in deposits. Spark B2B2C Transition Background: CEO Explains the Decision to Indefinitely Pause the C-End App In a CoinDesk int

DeFi platform Spark is abandoning its consumer application to shift toward B2B infrastructure, providing yield and liquidity services to enterprises including Robinhood. The platform currently holds $260 million in outstanding OTC loans and aims to reach $1 billion by

According to Foresight News, the Zcash community released a token-holder-led retrospective funding program proposal on August 3. The proposal enables users to submit details of completed work or nominate individuals, companies, or projects they believe deserve funding. Submissions are due August 15

According to BlockBeats, on August 3, STONKBROKER, a native project on Robinhood chain, reached a peak market cap of $48 million after rolling out a launchpad for ecosystem project incubation and Broker Box, a card-drawing feature wrapping stock tokens. The token currently trades at a $42.8 million

PayPal’s Q2 2026 earnings report for its stock ticker was released on July 28. Total payments volume (TPV) reached $486.4 billion, revenue was $8.68 billion, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $1.28. PayPal also announced a reorganization the same day, separating its cryptocurrency business into a “Payments Services and Crypto” segment, and listing the stablecoin (PYUSD) as one of the top three expansion areas. PayPal Q2 2026 Financial Highlights Based on PayPal’s Q2 2026 earnings report, key f

According to BlockBeats, citing hl.eco data, Paragon decentralized trading platform acquired UNITREE (Unitree Robotics) and RDDT (Reddit) tickers on August 3 by bidding 577.66 HYPE in the HIP-3 auction. The platform currently operates 12 stock contract trading pairs with daily trading volume in the

According to Irteeqa, on August 2, the Abu Dhabi-based digital asset infrastructure company launched a platform in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for institutional tokenised real-world assets. The platform covers asset structuring and issuance, investor onboarding, trading, settlement, and

According to Odaily, Dingpoint Finance is set to soon launch a stablecoin using a B2B2C model, following its stablecoin license approval in April, Standard Chartered's Hsuan Hui-yi said. The stablecoin will target enterprises and institutions, SMEs, traders, service providers, and individual users t

Cardano (ADA) price jumped nearly 10% in 24 hours to around $0.189, as the network began planning for the Dijkstra era following the van Rossem upgrade. Intersect, the organization supporting Cardano's open development and governance, confirmed that planning for the next major development

Bitkey, the self-custody Bitcoin wallet built by Jack Dorsey's Block, Inc., is accelerating development of a coin control feature in response to user feedback. The feature will allow users to label individual UTXOs and manually select which coins to include in transactions. Bitkey launched

Bitkey, the self-custody Bitcoin wallet developed by Block, Inc., is accelerating development of a coin control feature following persistent user feedback. The feature will allow users to label individual UTXOs (Unspent

Bitcoin BIP-110 developers announced a delay in the soft fork activation after a Coldcard wallet exploit left user funds vulnerable. Udi Wertheimer disclosed the pause and instructed operators running BIP-110 software to revert to standard Bitcoin nodes, providing no new activation date. The

According to Hyperliquid's official announcement on X, the platform launched 7-day (168-hour) TWAP orders on August 1 at 09:00 UTC.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the CLARITY Act and demanded Senate action, while CME Group announced plans to launch futures tied to sports performance indexes targeting the $650 billion global sports industry. Aave is preparing to wind down deployments on six blockchains covering $98.1 m

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has backed plans for the protocol to wind down deployments on six blockchains and remove dozens of lightly used asset markets this week. The cleanup affects $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in outstanding debt. Separately, Russian lawmaker Andrey

Four Pillars launched an institutional validator on Injective on August 1, 2026, via its FP Validated division. The validator will operate on the Layer-1 network focused on decentralized finance and tokenized real-world assets, with Four Pillars aiming to contribute to network security,

Four Pillars launched its institutional validator, FP Validated, on Injective on August 1, 2026. The validator operates with a 5% commission rate for INJ token delegations and aims to strengthen network security and governance participation. Four Pillars' infrastructure division manages