Project Progress

Ethereum is trading at $2,665, flat over 24 hours and below the $2,700–$2,735 resistance band. Aztec Labs relaunched zk.money yesterday, restoring a self-custodial wallet on Aztec Network after three years offline. The wallet enables stablecoin payments designed to conceal transaction amounts,

According to Odaily (citing CoinDesk), Gemini has replaced its Zcash node software from Zebra to Zakura, reducing node synchronization time from nearly one day to just over 6 hours. The swap precedes the planned NU7 upgrade scheduled for November 5, which will shorten block times from 75 seconds to

According to Foresight News, Zcash mining platform Fortitude has appointed Kimberly Pittman as Chief Legal Officer. Pittman will oversee legal and regulatory affairs and support Fortitude's proposed business combination with NASDAQ-listed company HeartSciences. Pittman previously served as Chief Leg

Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade did not activate on mainnet on September 28, despite widespread expectations based on circulating reports and market calendars. Roger Wattenhofer, head of research at Solana development firm Anza and a professor at ETH Zurich, explicitly rejected the notion of an

According to Roger Wattenhofer, head of research at Solana developer firm Anza, Solana's highly anticipated Alpenglow consensus upgrade did not activate on mainnet on September 28, contrary to media reports and calendar expectations. "Why would we test a protocol for only a few days before

According to ChainCatcher, R25 Studio, the core product of R25's 2 architecture, launched its public beta today (September 30), reducing fund establishment from months to 10 minutes. The platform abstracts legal documentation, backend systems, and compliance workflows into configurable smart

Stable CEO Brian Meller announced on the 30th at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 (KBW2026) in Seoul that the company will introduce PayPal USD (PYUSD) to Stable Chain on October 8. Speaking at the main conference held at Walkerhill Hotel & Resort, Meller stated the company is focused on building

According to Financial News, Stable CEO Brian Mello announced on September 30 at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that PayPal USD (PYUSD) will launch natively on Stable Chain starting October 8. Mello said the company is focused on developing stablecoins as payment infrastructure for real-world

According to Cointelegraph, European stablecoin issuer AllUnity launched USDAU, a new USD-pegged stablecoin maintaining a 1:1 peg through segregated reserves, on Wednesday. The token debuted on Ethereum, Solana, Base, Tempo, Arc and Polygon. AllUnity, regulated under the EU's Markets in

According to Odaily, Solana-based DEX Byreal surpassed $5 billion in cumulative trading volume on September 30, marking its one-year anniversary since fully launching on September 30, 2025. In the past 30 days, the platform's tokenized stocks (xStocks) generated over $100 million in trading volume,

According to ChainCatcher, Telegram's Wallet has been rebranded to Walt and will continue to offer trading, investment, yield products, multi-chain assets, and cross-chain transfers. Walt plans to launch a crypto card and introduce AI-powered conversational trading features. Existing users require n

According to SlowMist_Team, MCNLabs recently suffered a loss of approximately $92.6K due to a vulnerability in its LPBonus reward contract. The flaw allowed an attacker to manipulate reserve values in the reward accounting system, enabling excessive rewards to be claimed by a newly registered

Bitwise launched the first US spot NEAR Protocol (NEAR) exchange-traded fund on 29 September, trading on NYSE Arca under ticker NRR. The fund positions NEAR as infrastructure for AI agents that transact on behalf of users and intends to stake 100% of its holdings with an estimated 5% annual

According to Foresight News, HSBC recently unveiled its Hong Kong stablecoin, branded HSBC RedCoin, and announced a phased rollout strategy. Initial focus will be on peer-to-peer transfers and personal-to-merchant payments, with expansion to enterprise and institutional applications planned for

Kang Byung-ha, an executive director at Meritz Securities, announced plans on Sept. 30 to launch a fractional ship investment program in November and expand into token securities business next year. The announcement came at the Seoul Digital Money Summit 2026 Q4 at Hashed Lounge in Seoul's Gangnam d

Cloak Ag has launched a private payroll solution on the Solana blockchain that enables businesses to upload spreadsheets and process payroll through a single-click workflow. The system is designed to reduce operational steps in payroll administration while using blockchain infrastructure to process

According to Metaplex, on September 30, the platform launched MPL-3643, a permissioned real-world asset and tokenized securities standard for Solana. The standard embeds transfer restrictions, lock-up periods, and compliance lifecycle management directly into assets, built on Token-2022, sRFC 37, an