Project Progress

According to The Hong Kong Economic Times, Anchorpoint and Standard Chartered plan to announce the launch of HKDAP, a stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong Dollar, by late July within two weeks. Anchorpoint, founded by Standard Chartered, was among the first two stablecoin issuers licensed by the Hong

According to PANews, Pudgy Penguins announced today (July 20) that Pengu plush toys are now available at all Target stores across the United States. This follows the launch of the project's TCG card game, Vibes Series 3, at Target stores last

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, is expanding recruitment for its GASOK program to discover talented developers for the GIWA blockchain ecosystem, with applications open until the end of this month. The initiative aims to identify builders, developers, and entrepreneurs with innovative ideas who can c

According to ZODL founder Josh Swihart, zcashd, Zcash's original node software, stopped maintenance at block height 3,417,100 on July 19 after running for a decade. Zebra and Zakura, modern Rust node implementations, will continue operating the Zcash network, while Zallet wallet replaces zcashd's wa

Zcash's Ironwood hard fork, designated NU6.3, activates around July 28 at block height 3,428,143 to seal a soundness flaw in the Orchard shielded pool. Security researcher Taylor Hornby discovered the bug in late May while working with Shielded Labs, prompting developers to implement emergency

According to Bitcoin.com News, Zcash's Zakura node synchronizes the mainnet in approximately four hours and 20 minutes—over five times faster than the Zebra client's 20 hours and 46 minutes—ahead of the Ironwood (NU6.3) hard fork activation expected on July 28, 2026, at block height 3,428,143. Zakur

According to ChainCatcher, Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 18 at 21:44:51 UTC, upgrading the network to protocol version 11 with no reported downtime. The upgrade, the first to be completed entirely through chain-based governance voting, aims to reduce Plutus smart contract

According to The Block, Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, published a 110-point essay on X on Saturday urging the Bitcoin network to reject BIP-110, a proposed anti-spam soft fork. The essay, titled "110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea," garnered over 840,000 views

Input Output announced Friday it will transfer control of Cardano's core blockchain infrastructure to outside specialist companies, starting in August and running through 2027. The handover covers the Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, and Hydra scaling technology.

According to Input Output's announcement on Friday, Cardano is handing control of its core blockchain infrastructure to outside specialist firms, beginning in August. The Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, and Hydra scaling technology will be transferred to Se7en Labs,

According to Michael Saylor's X post on Sunday, MicroStrategy's strategy executive chairman detailed his criticism of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110, a proposed protocol change to limit non-monetary transactions on the network. The roughly 3,700-word post, which outlines his concerns about the pro

According to The Block, Uniswap's community will hold two critical on-chain votes from July 19 to July 26. The first proposal enables protocol fees for v4 liquidity pools across seven chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Robinhood Chain, covering three pool ty

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, emphasized that self-custody is essential for scaling cryptocurrency adoption to the next billion users globally. Armstrong stated that while the Coinbase app worked well in developed countries, the U.S. represents only 4% of the global population, and self-custody

According to Symbiosis Finance documentation, the protocol has launched private USDT swaps and transfers on TRON network. The feature is implemented at the dApp layer rather than as a native TRON protocol change, utilizing non-custodial MPC (multi-party computation) routing and Threshold Signature S

Cardano developer Input Output is transferring control of key blockchain infrastructure to outside teams, with the process beginning in August and continuing into 2027. The handover covers the Cardano Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra scaling technology, and develo

Input Output announced it will transfer control of Cardano's core blockchain infrastructure to external development teams, beginning in August and continuing into 2027. The handover covers the Cardano Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra scaling technology, and develo

Input Output announced Friday it will transfer control of Cardano's core infrastructure—the Haskell node, Plutus platform, Daedalus wallet, and Hydra scaling tool—to external specialist firms beginning in August, with the full transition running through 2027. Se7en Labs and Teragone, along with

According to Uniswap governance proposals, the protocol is preparing to vote on fee activation for Uniswap v4 pools and Robinhood Chain from July 19 through 26. The two proposals would activate protocol fees for selected pools across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Robinh

According to Hayden on X, Uniswap submitted two governance proposals for final on-chain voting to enable protocol fees for v2 and v3 on Robinhood Chain, and v4 fees on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Robinhood, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Optimism. All new protocol fee revenue will be directed to the

According to Coindesk, on July 18, Cardano developer Input Output announced it will transfer control of core blockchain infrastructure to external teams to reduce network dependency on the company as part of its decentralization roadmap. The transfer covers the Haskell node, Plutus smart contract