Project Progress

Aave's Monad market crossed $100 million in deposits shortly after launching on the high-performance Layer 1 blockchain. Early deposits reflect user interest driven by Aave's brand recognition, Monad's incentive structure, and the broader search for new DeFi lending venues. The deployment brings Aav

Bitcoin(BTC)continueditsweakdecline,temporarilyreportedataround$108,880onJuly6.TheNewYorkTimesreportedthatapproximately1millioninvestorssufferedcumulativelossesof$3.81billionduetotheTRUMPmemecoin.VitalikButerinunveiled"PurgeEthereum,"a3-4yearphasedprojecttorebuildnearlyallcoreprotocolcomponents,definingitasthenetwork'sthirdmajorreform.---##MacroEvents&CryptoHighlights1.AccordingtostatisticsfromTheNewYorkTimes,asoftheendofJune2026,about1millioninvestorswhopurchasedtheTrumpmemecoin(TRUMP)sufferedc

KT announced its transformation into an 'AX Platform Company' on the 6th, with CEO Park Yoon-young unveiling the strategy at the company's first press conference since his appointment at Pullman Ambassador Seoul Eastpol Hotel in Gwangjin-gu. The telecom operator plans to invest approximately 12

K-STAR, a KRW stablecoin-based digital currency infrastructure technology alliance, announced on the 6th that it successfully completed a blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure proof of concept (PoC) with BNK Busan Bank for local currency digital transformation. The project aimed

According to BlockBeats, EthLabs founder Barnabé Monnot published a Week 2 update on July 6, summarizing progress on interoperability, PropAMMs, and fundraising initiatives. The team is advancing zero-knowledge-based asynchronous interoperability to improve cross-chain bridge security, with Fast

According to K-STAR, a consortium of Korean won stablecoin technology firms including AhnLab Blockchain Company, the alliance successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) for blockchain-based local currency digital transformation with BNK Busan Bank on July 6. The project achieved 100%

According to ChainCatcher, Vitalik Buterin recently outlined Ethereum's long-term protocol development roadmap following a research meeting in Berlin. Lean Ethereum will be a series of staged improvements over the next three to four years—comparable in significance to the Merge—rather than a

Securitize (SECZ) became the largest tokenized stock with $270.6 million in onchain shares after beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 2. The company closed its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II on July 1, then tokenized its common stock on Solana and Avalanche t

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published takeaways from an updated version of the network's draft long-term roadmap in an X post Saturday, describing the multi-year 'Lean Ethereum' effort as a near-total rebuild of how the network operates. The post follows a meeting of Ethereum researchers in

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's co-founder outlined a multi-year Lean Ethereum initiative on Saturday, describing it as the network's third major iteration rivaling the Merge, with a timeline of three to four years. He stated that "almost every major piece of the protocol will be

Ondo tokenized U.S. securities on Ethereum while maintaining regulated custody and shareholder rights. The structure grants token holders voting and disclosures through Broadridge’s ProxyVote system. The model follows recent SEC guidance and could shape future on-chain securities

According to Tom Wan, an analyst at Entropy Advisors and former analyst at 21.co, Robinhood Earn's vault managed by Steakhouse Financial on Morpho has reached a TVL of $16 million with an APY of 7.1%. The APY comprises 1.7% from protocol yield and 5.4% from incentive subsidies. Robinhood

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted an orange dot bitcoin chart on July 5 as investors monitored the company's next bitcoin purchase. The chart maps Strategy's bitcoin acquisitions against price movements, displaying 113 purchase events and total holdings of 847,363

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has processed nearly 1 million AI agent transactions through its x402 facilitator, according to t54.ai, a company building trusted infrastructure for AI agents. The milestone follows an integration last month that enabled AI agents to use XRP or RLUSD to pay for APIs, AI

According to t54.ai, nearly 1 million AI agent transactions have settled through the XRP Ledger's x402 facilitator as of last month. The milestone marks autonomous AI agents increasingly conducting financial transactions using XRP or RLUSD to pay for APIs, AI inference, cloud computing, and

According to Forbes Middle East, the Central Bank of the UAE granted a no-objection certificate to DDSC, the dirham-backed stablecoin, clearing it for listing on Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) regulated exchange platforms. Developed by International Holding Company, First Abu Dhabi Bank

According to ChainCatcher, Moonbeam announced a new protocol transforming the Polkadot parachain into a decentralized AI Agent communication and settlement network for on-chain economy. GLMR token will migrate 1:1 to Base and become a native ERC-20 token. The cross-chain migration is now open

Vitalik Buterin shared top priorities for Lean Ethereum today (July 5, 2026). As part of the Ethereum Foundation's plan to enhance privacy and scalability, the initiative proposes introducing a new virtual machine, with leanISA and RISC-V among the leading

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum researchers finalized the Ethereum Purge roadmap two weeks ago at a Berlin conference. The roadmap is a multi-year series of forks spanning 3-4 years starting with I-star, replacing most core components as Ethereum's third major phase. Key changes include

Aave's newly launched Monad market crossed $100 million in deposits on Saturday, roughly two days after the decentralized lending protocol deployed V3 on the network. The launch brought lending, borrowing, and Aave's GHO stablecoin to Monad for the first time, with support for 12 assets including