Project Progress

Metaplanet sold 10,000 Bitcoin and repurchased 11,000 BTC in Q3, ending Sept. 30 with 44,000 BTC. The Tokyo-listed company executed the round-trip transaction to demonstrate to credit investors and rating agencies that its cryptocurrency reserves can be converted into cash to meet financial

Solana announced that over 9,000 products have emerged from its Colosseum hackathons. The announcement was shared by the @solana handle on Twitter. Participants have one week remaining to submit entries to the Crypto World's Fair, competing for $800K in prizes and $2.5M in venture funding. The Colos

According to Solana's official announcement, the platform's Colosseum hackathons have generated over 9,000 products to date. With one week remaining for submissions to the Crypto World's Fair, participants are competing for $800K in prizes and $2.5M in venture funding. Many leading teams on Solana b

MKS PAMP has launched DGLD, a tokenized gold token, on the Solana blockchain through an integration with SwissBorg. The offering provides access to over 1 million users, with each DGLD token representing co-ownership of one troy ounce of physical gold held in Switzerland. MKS PAMP, a Swiss

Pyth Network reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $11.5 million, marking a month-over-month growth of 10.6%. The platform's active user base reached 129,265, reflecting a 44.1% increase in engagement. The milestone was announced via a Pyth Network tweet, highlighting the network's expansion in

According to its latest announcement via an official tweet, Pyth Network reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $11.5 million with month-over-month growth of 10.6%. The platform's active user base reached 129,265, representing a 44.1% month-over-month increase. The Pyth Pro catalog expanded to o

NEAR Protocol's confidential perpetual contracts have gained traction following their launch, according to a recent report by Delphi Digital. The research firm highlighted growing momentum around NEAR's privacy-focused trading product, which has attracted interest from retail and institutional

Solana launched DGLD, a tokenized gold product from Swiss refiner MKS PAMP, enabling over one million SwissBorg users to purchase gold through the app. The initiative expands Solana's DeFi ecosystem by introducing asset-backed tokens, with liquidity management provided by Arrakis Finance. DGLD

Polkadot launched its Devnet, a pre-production platform aimed at developers interested in creating decentralized applications. The announcement was highlighted in a tweet from Polkadot. The Devnet is designed to enhance user engagement and provide opportunities for innovation in the blockchain

According to commentator @matthew_sigel, WULF has executed an amended electric service agreement with Kentucky Power to increase its contracted capacity from 500MW to 1GW. The agreement is contingent on approval from the Kentucky Public Service Commission, which could expedite delivery to 2029 if gr

Greenfield Capital filed a formal complaint with Switzerland's Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ESA). The venture firm accuses the board of Safe Ecosystem Foundation of governance failures that have weakened the protocol's market position. Jascha Samadi, Greenfield's founding

Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on the public testnet today at block 4,465,026, reducing target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. For services maintaining a three-confirmation policy, the target confirmation time falls to approximately 75 seconds from 225 seconds. The upgrade

Three blockchain infrastructure experts at STO Summit 2026 on October 2 called for enhanced governance, data verification, and security measures as tokenized finance expands. Viv Diwakar of Canton Foundation, Marcin Kazmierczak of Redstone, and Feiyu Wang of Certik spoke at the Korea Exchange

According to South Korea's Depository for Securities, announced on October 2 at the STO Summit 2026, the country will expand the scope of tokenized securities from non-standard assets to standardized securities including stocks, bonds, and funds. The token securities support platform will launch in

According to Foresight News, GTC surged over 80% in 24 hours, trading at $0.2216 on October 5. Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki announced the project restart initiative on October 1, formally naming it Techne.

Zcash NU7 activated on the public testnet at block 4,465,026 on Monday, per CoinDesk, a day ahead of the roughly 6 October the Zcash Foundation had expected. The upgrade cuts target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25, routes 60% of every block's transaction fees into a reserve, and retires the

According to CoinDesk, Zcash NU7 activated on the public testnet at block 4,465,026 on Monday, October 5, one day ahead of the Zcash Foundation's expected timeline. The upgrade reduces target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and routes 60% of each block's transaction fees into a

Ripple President Monica Long announced on Oct. 3 that the company is running credit-related pilots using XRP as collateral, with plans to activate them in 2027. The initiative aims to help fund customers' payment obligations by depositing XRP into lending-protocol liquidity pools. This approach