Project Progress

According to Zcash co-founder Zooko Wilcox, the Zcash community has approved approximately $8.39 million in retroactive grants across 17 proposals to compensate developers and security researchers who discovered and fixed a critical vulnerability in the Orchard protocol. Around 2.18 million ZEC

MetaMask is exiting affected Ethereum validators operated through its non-custodial staking business after an infrastructure security incident, with Lido expecting the final validators to exit by October 7, 2026. The exit follows an ongoing security incident affecting part of MetaMask's infrastructu

Pendle's RWA Stack has crossed $1 billion in total value locked, marking a significant milestone for the decentralized finance protocol. The achievement reflects growing interest in the tokenization of real-world assets, as highlighted by commentary from @pendle_fi on social media. Pendle

Base activated its Cobalt network upgrade on mainnet on September 30, 2026, introducing validity transactions and B20 enhancements. The upgrade provides sophisticated market participants with greater control over transaction execution timing and conditions while simplifying asset issuance and

Base activated its Cobalt network upgrade on mainnet on September 30, introducing validity transactions and B20 enhancements, according to Base developer Jesse Pollak. Validity transactions give advanced market participants greater control over transaction execution timing and conditions, while B20

Noah Sopher, CEO of Upside, presented on global market innovation through digital assets at the 2026 Edaily Global STO Summit held on May 1st at Korea Exchange Conference Hall in Seoul. Sopher posed a core question: why does liquidity decrease or fragment when highly liquid assets move on-chain,

According to BlockBeats, Zcash distributed over $8 million in retroactive grants on October 1, with millions of dollars awarded to personnel who contributed during this year's AI vulnerability crisis. Zcash founder Zooko stated the initiative demonstrates the protocol's self-funding and

According to BlockBeats, on October 1, MetaMask Staking is preemptively exiting its Ethereum validators on Lido following an investigation into an infrastructure intrusion incident. Slow Mist founder Yu Xian noted that such

According to Polygon Foundation's announcement on X, PIP-92 has been formally activated, raising POL staking rewards to an estimated 7.7% through December 1, 2026. The network will allocate 27.3 million POL accumulated from priority fees to boost staker rewards over the next two

According to BusinessInsider, Quote.Trade released its V6 AI-Powered Dark Pool DEX and Alpha Trading League on September 29, 2026, marking a strategic expansion of its institutional trading infrastructure.

According to BlockBeats, Renzo Finance responded on October 1 to the MetaMask infrastructure security incident, stating that its Renzo Basis product's risks and liquidity can be fully verified on-chain and are not concentrated in stablecoins or vaults. The protocol noted that users can

According to ChainCatcher, Arcus Points have launched on the on-chain perpetual futures platform Arcus. Season 0 settlement and rankings are complete, allowing users to connect their wallets to view their standing. Season 1 is now

According to BlockBeats, Base completed its third mainnet upgrade, Cobalt, on October 1. The core feature is Validity Transactions, allowing users to submit transactions with execution conditions that will only be included on-chain if conditions are met. Base noted the API functions as neutral

According to ChainCatcher, crypto media platform Decrypt announced the launch of The Information Exchange, a network integrating news, data, market prices, and probabilities on Solana, powered by Myriad's MYR token as the coordination layer. The platform offers prediction markets, spot trading,

According to BlockBeats, on October 1, Ethena founder Guy Young stated that USDe's backing assets contain no direct exposure to stETH or other liquid staking tokens, in response to a security incident involving an Ethereum node operator. The protocol anticipates the incident will not impact Ethena.