Project Progress

NEAR Protocol rolled out a mainnet upgrade on July 20, 2026, that activates quantum-safe signing and dynamic resharding simultaneously. The upgrade introduces a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-approved post-quantum digital signature scheme, making NEAR one of the first

According to NEAR Protocol's official announcement on July 20, the network's mainnet upgrade has activated quantum-safe signing with NIST-approved post-quantum digital signature schemes, making NEAR one of the first blockchains to deploy quantum-resistant cryptography in production. The upgrade

According to Binance's official announcement, the exchange will suspend Zcash (ZEC) deposits and withdrawals on July 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM (UTC+8) to support the network upgrade and hard fork. The Zcash project is scheduled to execute the network upgrade and hard fork at block height 3,428,143,

According to Foresight News, Hylo, a Solana-based yield protocol, has launched xBTC anti-liquidation leverage tokens. Users holding the tokens gain 3x Bitcoin exposure. The protocol plans to expand leverage tokens to crypto assets, yield-bearing assets, equities, and commodities in the

According to Foresight News, Privacy Cash, a decentralized privacy protocol, now supports the BNB Chain network. Users can access privacy features directly in their browsers and perform privacy-enabled cross-chain

According to Foresight News, Bankr, an AI agent toolset, has enabled two protocol upgrades today. The first introduces permanent liquidity pool deepening: 0.285% of every swap transaction automatically converts into locked liquidity that no party can withdraw. The second implements anti-whale

According to Foresight News, Pons, a token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, has added support for limit order trading. Users can now set target prices or market cap levels and review the executable range before submitting

Uniswap, a decentralized exchange (DEX), has recently launched a new round of governance voting. The core of the proposal is to expand the protocol fee mechanism, aiming to include a portion of trading fees from Uniswap v4 liquidity pools and cross-chain transaction fees on the Robinhood Chain into the $UNI token’s buyback-and-burn process. This proposal continues Uniswap’s governance direction of “fee switches” and value capture of its token. Governance Proposal Core Contents: Include v4 Pool F

The US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) conducted a pilot transaction on May 15 (local time) converting stocks and US Treasuries held at its subsidiary depository DTC into digital tokens for actual financial transactions. Over 30 traditional financial institutions and digital asset

According to iM Securities researcher Yang Hyun-kyung, the U.S. Depository Trust Company (DTC) conducted a pilot tokenization trade on July 15, converting stocks and Treasury bonds into digital tokens with participation from 30+ traditional finance and digital asset firms including BlackRock,

According to Odaily, Base co-founder Jesse Pollak recently announced plans to expand developer support from batch funding to the Base Ecosystem Fund (BEF) and large-scale distribution, prioritizing products that achieve natural market adoption. The initiative aims to support Base's focus on

According to Ostium Labs, the RWA trading platform on Arbitrum plans to restart this week following audits and security reviews. The team will compensate affected liquidity providers through a recovery plan combining resources from its own balance sheet and support from existing and new partners.

Tether Gold (XAUT), the gold token of Tether—the world’s largest stablecoin issuer—has officially been recognized by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as an “Accepted Spot Commodity.” This means that financial institutions holding regulatory approvals in ADGM can legally offer services involving XAUT. According to DefiLlama data, Tether Gold’s total value locked (TVL) has reached $2.86 billion. ADGM Certification Details: XAUT’s “Accepted Spot Commodity” Status The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM

According to Odaily, Ansem recently stated that the community building tools and products around ANSEM has far exceeded team expectations. The number of community members engaging in development work surpassed projections, demonstrating that value created by the community is significantly larger tha

According to Odaily, NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin on July 21 advocated formal verification as a defense against accelerating AI-assisted hacking threats, arguing that traditional code review is no longer sustainable. Polosukhin proposed using mathematical proofs to ensure code

According to official statement, the ENS DAO approved activation of a new 8-member Safety Committee on July 21, with a two-year term. The committee operates on a 5-of-8 multisig mechanism, requiring at least five members to approve any action. Its authority is limited to vetoing malicious

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Metaplanet's subsidiary Bitcoin Japan announced plans today (July 21) to increase its Bitcoin holdings during periods of market downturn. The company will launch a crypto treasury program aimed at

According to ChainCatcher, Solv Protocol's BTC+ contract on BNB Smart Chain was attacked on July 13 after attackers compromised the deployer's private key and upgraded the minting proxy contract, creating unauthorized BTC+ tokens. The team completed emergency response within three hours, isolating m

PancakeSwap released an open-source ERC-8183 AI settlement agent, providing developers with a reference implementation for automated swaps and liquidity planning on BNB Chain. The release addresses growing demand for autonomous DeFi execution tools while emphasizing that this is experimental

According to its GitHub repository, PancakeSwap has released an open-source ERC-8183 AI settlement agent, providing developers with a reference implementation for automated swaps, liquidity planning, and execution logic on BNB Chain. The release is available through PancakeSwap's GitHub and is