Project Progress

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

According to River's announcement on August 2, the platform will migrate its cold storage to a new address before publishing its August reserve proof. The new address is for River's internal use only; customers will not directly send or receive funds through it. Customers will continue using River's

Ripple's Head of Product Jazzi Cooper announced five new features planned for XRP Ledger version xrpld 3.3.0, expected next week. The updates aim to expand XRPL's use in institutional finance and tokenized

According to Ripple's Head of Product Jazzi Cooper, five new features will be included in xrpld 3.3.0 expected next week. The updates aim to expand XRP Ledger's use in institutional finance and tokenized asset markets. The features include Confidential MPT for native privacy support, Batch for

Margie Feng, Head of Marketing at Solayer and Margin Trade, spoke at Rare Evo held in Las Vegas this week, outlining why blockchain adoption depends on building products that solve real problems rather than marketing narratives. Feng argued that the industry's biggest challenge is creating blockchai

At Rare Evo in Las Vegas this week, Margie Feng, Head of Marketing at Solayer and Margin Trade, outlined why blockchain adoption depends on product quality, not marketing narratives. Feng argued that mainstream adoption is a product problem: users adopt services that work better and feel familiar, n

Pi Coin (PI) rose 8% on Saturday to $0.0870, pushing the token onto CoinGecko's trending list as it ranked second among trending cryptocurrencies. The price movement occurred days before August 11, when node operators face a hard deadline to install a network update. Nodes that fail to complete the

According to CoinGecko, Pi Coin (PI) rose 8% to $0.0870 on Saturday, ranking second on the platform's trending list. The price surge comes days before an August 11 hard deadline for node operators to install Protocol v26. Nodes missing the deadline will be disconnected from the

The XRP Ledger released version 3.2.1 following a validator manifest flood detected on July 31. The update addresses a security and stability issue where nodes accepted, stored, and re-broadcast an unlimited number of validator manifests linked to unknown validator keys. According to XRP Ledger

According to XRP Ledger Operations, version 3.2.1 rolled out following a validator manifest flood detected on July 31. The upgrade introduces safeguards to prevent nodes from accepting unlimited manifests linked to unknown validator keys, which previously consumed excessive memory and bandwidth

XRP has recorded an average transaction size of $85,290 on the XRP Ledger, the highest among the top 10 cryptocurrencies, according to market analyst Xaif Crypto. This figure significantly exceeds Bitcoin's average of approximately $10,600 per transaction and Ethereum's near $2,930. Concurrently,

According to market analyst Xaif Crypto, XRP's average transaction size on the XRP Ledger has reached $85,290, the highest among the top 10 cryptocurrencies. By comparison, Bitcoin averages approximately $10,600 per transaction, while Ethereum sits near $2,930. The elevated transaction size

According to Argentina's national transplant authority INCUCAI, the country deployed a blockchain-based decentralized identity and cryptographic document verification system on the IOTA Mainnet in June to secure organ and tissue transplant procedures. The system, developed by Extrimian, allows

According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger will release xrpld version 3.3.0 next week, restoring two previously disabled features through five amendment proposals. The Batch feature, which allows up to eight transactions across different accounts to execute simultaneously, was disabled in 2025 due to a

According to Foresight News, DeFi Kingdoms' Avalanche L1 DFK Chain will shut down on August 26. The project will assist users in migrating assets to Avalanche C Chain. DeFi Kingdoms is also opening its SDK to third-party developers, enabling them to build using DFK's systems, mechanics, and assets.