Project Progress

According to Stani Kulechov on October 2, Aave has processed cumulative lending volume exceeding $1.1 trillion. Kulechov highlighted the milestone on social media, contrasting Aave's code-based coordination with traditional finance's reliance on back-office teams, settlement departments, and

The Ethereum Foundation launched zkAPI on Thursday, a system that lets users pay for AI models and other metered APIs without revealing their identity, according to a blog post published Thursday. The Foundation built zkAPI with the Open Anonymity Project, an open-source AI privacy effort, and it is

Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 at the Sibos event, introducing a User Self-Verification feature that enables participants to independently verify cross-chain transactions. According to Chainlink's official announcement, the new protocol is designed to facilitate the transfer of trillions of dollars

KGeN announced plans to expand operations in South Korea and consider acquiring local companies. Co-founder and CEO Manish Agarwal visited Korea on the 28th and stated the company wants to invest and hire operational teams. Agarwal cited Korea's declining population and humanoid robot deployment

According to ChainCatcher, Osmosis, a decentralized exchange protocol in the Cosmos ecosystem, proposed burning approximately 17.4 million OSMO tokens by withdrawing previously deployed liquidity from community pools. The proposed destruction represents 65% of the total OSMO supply burned to

According to The Block, Ethereum Foundation has launched zkAPI on the Ethereum mainnet. The protocol, based on a design co-authored by Vitalik Buterin, enables users to make payments for AI and other API services using pre-funded ETH or USDC through zero-knowledge proofs, allowing payments while

Filecoin announced easier data migration from the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to its decentralized storage network, targeting NFT platforms and institutions with legal data compliance requirements. The simplified migration process aims to enhance adoption of Filecoin's storage services. Fileco

According to Odaily, Fiserv launched its digital asset platform today (October 1), with Roughrider Coin, a U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by North Dakota State Bank, deployed as the first project using Solana's Token-2022 standard. The pilot covers over 90 banks and credit unions in the state. The p

The Solana Foundation released a new episode of its podcast 'The Stack' featuring insights on the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade. Ashwinningg from anza_xyz discusses how the upgrade enhances speed, finality, and overall network reliability for Solana. The upgrade reflects the Foundation's commitment

According to the Solana Foundation's official podcast 'The Stack,' the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade will significantly enhance network performance by reducing transaction finality to approximately 100 milliseconds, down from the current average of 12.8 seconds. Ashwinningg from anza_xyz discussed

According to Bitcoin Magazine, on October 1, Peter Todd, a Bitcoin Core contributor, joined MARA Foundation as lead maintainer of Slipstream, the foundation's private Bitcoin mempool service. Slipstream allows users to send Bitcoin transactions directly to MARA Pool's mining pool without

Hedera showcased its Cross-Ledger Protocol (CLPR) at the GWDC 2026 Korea event, emphasizing the importance of interconnected ledgers in digital finance. The presentation, delivered by @jtchui_abroad, highlighted the need for ledgers that can verify each other directly without relying on

According to Hedera, at GWDC 2026 Korea, the blockchain platform showcased its Cross-Ledger Protocol (CLPR), a technology enabling direct verification between different ledgers without intermediaries. The presentation, delivered by @jtchui_abroad, emphasized how interconnected ledgers can

Chainlink showcased an automated dividend payment system for tokenized equities across four blockchains at the Swift Hackathon, targeting the elimination of manual processing errors in corporate actions. The system

According to Crypto Briefing, Chainlink showcased an automated dividend payment system for tokenized equities across four blockchains at the Swift Hackathon. The project was designed to address corporate actions—such as dividends, stock splits and mergers—that typically flow through multiple

According to Wu Blockchain, Drift Foundation officially launched a DFX claims and redemption process on October 1 for users affected by the April 1 incident, which resulted in total losses of approximately $295.4 million. Users can claim 1 DFX token for each USDT lost, with DFX redeemable based on t

LendingProtocolV1_1 is open for validator consideration on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), proposing closed-ended lending vaults and cash-basis interest accounting. The proposal would change how vaults structure deposits and report returns. Under the proposed structure, a vault moves through subscription, in

The XRPL lending protocol amendment LendingProtocolV1_1 is currently under validator consideration, proposing closed-ended lending vaults and cash-basis interest accounting. Under the proposal, vaults would move through three stages—subscription, investment, and redemption—with membership fixed

Base received over 750 applications for its latest batch program, selecting only 10 teams from the applicant pool. The platform described this as the most competitive application process in Base Batches history, demonstrating growing appeal among developers building on the ecosystem. Base is a

According to Base's official announcement, the layer-2 blockchain platform received over 750 applications for its latest batch, selecting only 10 teams for the program. This marks the most competitive application process in Base Batches history, reflecting growing developer interest in building on t