Project Progress

Gate News message, April 29 — EVAA announced the launch of E-Mode (Efficiency Mode) on April 29, marking a new era of capital efficiency in the TON ecosystem. Based on TON's current interest rate of approximately 24%, E-Mode can increase strategy annual yields to as high as 41%, significantly

Gate News message, April 29 — The Hashgraph Association and Exponential Science have announced the winners of the Hedera Africa Hackathon, which has officially become the largest hackathon globally. The event attracted over 13,000 developers, 1,300 project submissions, and 45,000 certification

Gate News message, April 29 — Ronin, a gaming blockchain, announced it will migrate to Ethereum Layer 2 on May 12, 2026. The migration will involve approximately 10 hours of downtime on-chain, after which normal operations will resume. The underlying architecture will be built on OP Stack and will i

W3 has launched a control platform on the Avalanche network designed to manage agent-powered finance. Key Takeaways W3.io launched an AI control platform on Avalanche, already processing 200,000 daily enterprise workflows. W3 and Avalanche bridge an accountability gap for 70+ blockchains by

Gate News message, April 29 — 1Keeper announced a major version upgrade, introducing zero trading fees on Solana and BSC chains to lower user entry barriers and maximize trading returns. The update adds native Solana USDC support for more stable asset pricing and flexible fund management. 1Keeper h

At Bitcoin 2026, Jack Mallers, chief executive of the $3.3 billion bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One Capital, stated that bitcoin has a structural advantage over gold, pointing to its onchain proof of reserves as something no gold custodian can replicate. Key Takeaways: Twenty One Capital CEO Jack

Tokenized U.S. Treasury assets on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) have grown from approximately $50 million a year ago to roughly $418 million, according to Evernorth. This represents an 8x increase in tokenized Treasury issuance over the past 12 months, with transaction activity tied to these assets rising s

Gate News message, April 29 — FloorForge, a new coin issuance and on-chain finance protocol built on BNB Chain, officially launched today, aiming to reshape the full lifecycle of on-chain assets from issuance and circulation to value settlement. FloorForge integrates coin issuance, trading, floor p

Gate News message, April 29 — A leading centralized exchange wallet officially integrated Pharos mainnet on April 29, 2026, enabling users to manage Pharos assets and interact with DApps directly within the wallet. A Pharos-related airdrop campaign is currently underway for eligible wallet users.

According to CoinDesk’s April 28 report, sports blockchain platform Chiliz said it will expand its 70-plus fan tokens to the Solana and Base blockchains, the latter being an Ethereum layer-2 network developed by Coinbase (COIN); in a post on X on Tuesday, Chiliz said the expansion is intended to significantly increase the trading volume of fan tokens ahead of the FIFA World Cup this summer.

Gate News message, April 29 — Venus Protocol announced it will close the vSXP market on May 11 due to lack of oracle support and declining liquidity. After that date, the market will be unable to complete pricing. Users are required to close all positions in the market before May 11. Venus Protocol

Lightspark has partnered with Visa to introduce stablecoin and Bitcoin-backed debit cards across more than 100 countries, according to an announcement made on April 30, 2026. The initiative enables users to make purchases with digital assets at over 175 million Visa merchant locations globally. Thro

Grid Global Account integrates fiat currency, stablecoins, and Bitcoin into a single wallet, and uses AI agents to help manage and make payments, enabling a new model for cross-border transactions. Through a global payment network covered by Visa, it supports multi-currency exchange and instant transfers; businesses can use stablecoins/fiat as the underlying cash flow to maintain decentralization and neutrality.

Bitcoin lending agreement Tropykus published an official announcement on the X platform on April 29, announcing the start of a phased shutdown process for the current version of the agreement. According to the announcement, front-end support will be terminated on July 27, 2026, and users must complete loan repayment and withdraw funds via tropykus.com before this date; the announcement also confirmed that the smart contract withdrawal feature has been enabled, while deposit and new loan functions have been permanently paused.

Gate News message, April 29 — Strategy has proposed changing its STRC dividend payment frequency from monthly to bi-monthly. Shareholders are now able to vote on the amendment.

Onchain perpetuals exchange Ostium unveiled a major backend infrastructure overhaul on Tuesday, according to the team's announcement. The upgrade introduces a new real-time decentralized execution layer featuring onchain liquidity pools with offchain hedging, and brings institutional participants in

According to an article published on April 28 on the official Pi Network website, Pi Network announced that its decentralized workforce infrastructure has been completed by more than 1 million KYC identity-verified users with over 526 million verification tasks. The tasks are part of Pi’s native KYC system, and contributors are compensated with Pi tokens.

According to a report by Bitcoin Magazine, Lightspark CEO and former PayPal president David Marcus launched a new type of Bitcoin wallet on April 28 that allows AI agents to buy Bitcoin and carry out fund sending and receiving operations. Marcus confirmed that Lightspark’s Grid Global Accounts have officially gone live.

Gate News message, April 29 — Bitcoin lending protocol Tropykus announced a phased shutdown of its current version, with deposit and borrowing functions to be permanently discontinued. Users can withdraw funds and repay loans until July 27, 2026, after which interactions will only be supported

Gate News message, April 29 — Chiliz, a sports blockchain platform, is expanding over 70 fan tokens to Solana and Base networks using a unified supply standard that ensures consistent token supply across all supported chains and eliminates wrapped token fragmentation and liquidity fragmentation