Project Progress

According to Odaily, institutional vault infrastructure R25 announced an upgrade to version 2.0, opening its previously closed infrastructure to asset managers, traders, and quantitative teams. R25 2.0 enables users to configure, deploy, and operate vault smart contracts using natural language

According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin Core 32 entered its final testing stage on September 14, with a planned release on October 10. The version does not alter Bitcoin's consensus rules but focuses on optimizing fee estimation and accelerating block processing. The fee estimator now compares

Circle launched the mainnet of Arc, a layer-1 blockchain targeting stablecoin payments and financial markets, according to an Arc blog post published Wednesday. The network uses USDC as its native gas asset and offers Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility with deterministic sub-second settlement fi

According to Odaily, Circle launched its Arc public blockchain mainnet on September 16, completing a genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens. The network's 11 founding validators include BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Circle stated that the token

Base announced the introduction of B20, a new token standard designed to facilitate token management on its blockchain. The initiative aims to provide developers with more efficient ways to create and manage tokens directly within the Base ecosystem. According to Base's official announcement, B20 pr

According to its official announcement, Base recently introduced B20, a new token standard designed to streamline token management and development on its blockchain. The standard aims to enhance the speed and safety of token operations, enabling developers to create and manage tokens more

The Zcash community voted to maintain Bitcoin-style halvings after sentiment polls for Network Upgrade 7 closed on September 14, with 98.9% of ZEC coinholders rejecting a smoothed issuance model. The polls also revealed strong support for reducing the target block interval from 75

According to sentiment polls closed on September 14, 98.9% of Zcash coinholders voted to maintain Bitcoin-style halvings rather than adopting a smoothed issuance model for Network Upgrade 7. The same polls showed strong support for reducing the target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, a

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) launched the public mainnet of its Arc Layer 1 blockchain on Wednesday, with BlackRock, Visa, DTCC, ICE, and Mastercard among 11 institutional validators. More than 100 applications went live at launch, including Aave V4, Morpho, and Uniswap, with over 100 institutional

According to The Block, Circle launched the public mainnet of its Layer 1 blockchain Arc on September 16, with over 100 applications available from day one, including Aave V4, Morpho, and Uniswap. More than 100 institutions and ecosystem builders are participating in the network. Arc's public

BASIS, the institutional-grade crypto yield and staking platform, announced three concurrent developments: an ecosystem partnership with XDC Network, a technology collaboration with Zypher DAO, and the launch of Auto Earn, an automated restaking tool. The XDC Network partnership explores

BASIS, an institutional-grade crypto yield platform, has launched Auto Earn, automatically restaking unclaimed rewards for BTC, ETH, SOL, and PAXG every Monday at 00:00 UTC. The feature handles only accrued rewards without creating new positions or resetting lock-up terms, and users can enable or

Cardano joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program, as announced on September 15, 2026, opening a channel for the blockchain network to explore payment and settlement applications with established financial infrastructure. The initiative connects blockchain networks and digital-asset companies with

Dawn Internet launched the USD.infra Vault on Solana on September 15, 2026, introducing a blockchain-based structure designed to tokenize cash flows from real-world wireless networks and computing infrastructure. The initiative aims to convert recurring revenues generated by connectivity assets

According to ChainCatcher, Zcash holders voted overwhelmingly in a recent governance poll to accelerate transaction speeds and preserve the Bitcoin-style halving mechanism. Nearly 2.4 million ZEC participated in the vote for the NU7 network upgrade, representing roughly two-thirds of the 3.6 million

According to PANews, on September 16, Lido DAO governance forum proposed conditional authorization for a centralized exchange liquidity market-making plan. The proposal allocates up to 1.5 million dollars in LDO from the Lido treasury (capped at 7.5 million LDO tokens) and 480,000 USDC for up to 12

According to Pendle's official announcement, the platform's USDC Vault on Morpho has surpassed $60 million in deposits, establishing itself as the largest and highest-yielding Armitage vault to date. The milestone reflects strong user confidence in the Pendle ecosystem and its yield-generating

According to Kamino, the Solana lending protocol has appointed Michael Weisz, former Yieldstreet co-founder, as CEO and established its headquarters in New York on September 16. Weisz previously served as co-founder at Yieldstreet, where he managed deployments exceeding $6 billion with major