Project Progress

Two weeks after the rsETH cross-chain bridge was hacked on April 18, Kelp completed its upgrade on 4/29: validators on 4/4, 64 block confirmations, hub-and-spoke topology, and cross-chain messages must route through the Ethereum as a relay. ether.fi also hardened weETH in parallel and added a 5,000 ETH donation to DeFi United. DeFi United mobilized more than 70,000 ETH in rescue funds, and market interest rates such as Aave’s fell significantly; however, the attacker still holds about 107,000 rsETH awaiting liquidation, which requires governance and committee-style processes to recover.

According to CoinDesk, German joint venture AllUnity announced on April 30 that its compliant euro stablecoin EURAU has launched on Solana following its earlier deployment on Ethereum, offering faster and lower-cost euro-denominated on-chain settlement. EURAU is issued on a full-reserve basis

According to BlockBeats, on April 30, Jasper Vault announced plans to end its beta phase after the May Day holiday and fully remove invitation code restrictions, allowing more users to access BTC perpetual trading and Perpetual Protect (PP), a new perpetual contract protection feature combining perp

Mezo has launched an institutional-grade product designed to help corporate treasuries earn yield and access lending on their bitcoin holdings. Key Takeaways: Mezo and Anchorage Digital Bank launched Mezo Prime to provide bitcoin yield to corporate treasuries. Over 1,000,000 bitcoin currently si

According to on-chain researcher Fleck, Hyperliquid is publicly testing HIP-4, a proposal to integrate prediction markets directly into its trading platform alongside perpetual futures. The decentralized exchange partnered with Kalshi, which co-authored the proposal, formalizing the collaboration in

According to BlockBeats, ArbMe, a Solana ecosystem trading tool, launched a Chrome browser plugin on April 30 that enables users to earn SOL cashback during normal trading. The non-custodial plugin requires no fund deposits or changes to existing trading habits. Users can trade on supported Solana p

According to ChainCatcher, Printr founder Jason Ma announced on April 30 that he is stepping down as CEO. COO and GTM lead Lennon will assume the CEO role effective immediately, while co-founder Lea will continue as CTO. Ma will transition to an advisory role. The platform simultaneously announced

According to ChainCatcher, TwentyOne Capital announced strategic updates on April 30, consolidating its Bitcoin company operations across five core areas: financial services and distribution (including custody and institutional client infrastructure), low-cost Bitcoin mining to expand treasury reser

Ripple altcoin XRP continues to trade at steady low prices. The blockchain’s accomplishments continue to outperform.  This steady activity and milestone completions create bullish hype for XRP price. The crypto community is once again in low spirits as

According to Solana, South Korea's largest credit card issuer Shinhan Card signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation today (April 30) to bring stablecoin payments to its 28 million cardholders on the Solana blockchain. The partnership builds on a preliminary proof-of-concept co

According to the Sui Foundation and Scallop developers, the Scallop lending protocol on the Sui network experienced a targeted security exploit on April 28, 2026, resulting in the unauthorized drainage of approximately 150,000 SUI tokens from a rewards liquidity pool, valued at around $140,000.

According to ChainCatcher, RWA trading platform BRIC officially opened mainnet whitelist registration today. Early-bird participants will receive priority access to the mainnet launch, along with benefits including trading fee discounts, future ecosystem rewards, and notifications for new asset list

According to The Block, World Liberty Financial officially opened voting today on a controversial governance proposal to unlock 62 billion WLFI tokens, with the token falling 13% to $0.064 from $0.073 ahead of the vote. The proposal would release tokens subject to a two-year cliff and vesting

Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, including Polygon, Base, Canton Network, Arc and Tempo, alongside previously supported networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Stellar. The programme has reached a US$7 billion annualized run rate, representing 50%

PayPal officially announced a strategic reorganization on April 30, simplifying its business structure into three main core segments: checkout solutions and PayPal, consumer finance services and Venmo, and payment services and crypto; within this, the payment services and crypto segment was established separately, integrating Braintree, SMB processing, value-added services, and crypto business (including the stablecoin PYUSD).

Crypto exchange OKX introduced its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to enable AI agents to conduct full business cycles including payments, negotiations, and dispute resolution. The protocol follows similar offerings from competitors including x402, incubated by

According to Kite’s official announcement, Kite, a payment infrastructure for the AI Agent economy, officially launched its mainnet on April 30. During the mainnet launch period, Kite Treasury will cover network fees, so users do not need to worry about gas. Kite also opens Kite Agent Passport to the public, serving as the authorization and payment control layer for agents.

According to SolanaFloor, Pump.fun launched the Charity Coins feature in partnership with Donate on April 30, allowing creators to direct meme coin creator fees to over 10,000 certified charities. The feature aims to reduce tax risks, minimize fraud, and ensure donation compliance and