Project Progress

Lido is hosting an event on September 17 focused on institutional Ethereum staking developments. The forum will feature discussions with representatives from Consensys and Sharplink, highlighting recent advancements in Ethereum staking. The event aims to address the Lido Core upgrade results and the

According to Lido, the protocol will host an event on September 17 focused on institutional Ethereum staking developments. The discussion will feature representatives from Consensys and Sharplink, highlighting the latest advancements in Ethereum staking mechanisms and recent Lido Core upgrade

According to ZKsync's official X account on September 4, the EraVM chain is undergoing a security upgrade to combat AI-driven vulnerability attacks. The upgrade extends execution delays from 3 hours to 24 hours and introduces an instant upgrade framework and a second prover called EraBender. Over th

EigenLayer has crossed 5 million ETH in restaking deposits, marking a major scale milestone for one of Ethereum's most closely watched DeFi infrastructure protocols. The figure includes native ETH and liquid staking token deposits. The restaking model allows staked ETH to secure additional

According to Foresight News, FLock.io announced today that its FOMO platform has launched on Robinhood Chain, introducing AI Model Tokens to the ecosystem. FOMO enables open-source AI models to be issued, traded, and held on-chain as Model Tokens, with each token tied to real API usage and

According to The Block, APX Lending launched five-year revolving credit lines backed by Bitcoin and Ethereum on September 4, with interest rates starting from 10.49%. The platform allows borrowers to draw and repay funds on demand with no origination

Arbitrum announced its Open House initiative to support early-stage teams launching innovative financial products. Bond Credit, a participant in the program, achieved $12M in volume and onboarded its first paying customer, according to a recent tweet from the Arbitrum team. The initiative aims to

According to Finance Feeds, Curve DAO appointed yRisk as its full-scope risk-management provider for crvUSD and Llamalend on September 2, with a binding governance vote receiving 621.2 million veCRV in support versus 5.33 veCRV opposing. yRisk, a two-person team led by Wavey and Dudesahn, will recei

Pendle launched two new financial products, USDx and sUSDx, on September 4, designed for fixed income markets targeting institutional traders. The announcement, made via Twitter, represents a strategic expansion aimed at enhancing market depth and attracting larger trading volumes in the

Filecoin announced on September 4, 2026, that its vesting program will end on October 15, 2026. This termination will reduce gross issuance by approximately 75%, representing the largest supply change since the mainnet launch. The timing aligns with new initiatives including Filecoin Onchain Cloud a

According to its official announcement on September 4, Pendle launched USDx and sUSDx fixed income markets targeting institutional investors. The new products are designed to provide higher multipliers for Axis points, marking the platform's strategic expansion to enhance market depth and attract la

According to an announcement by Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan on September 3, Hyperliquid is introducing HIP-3, an extension to its HIP-3 perpetual-market framework that allows independent deployers to create permissioned markets with optional compliance layers. The functionality is already

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain architecture, on Feb. 10, 2026, designed to support significantly higher transaction throughput through a system that separates transaction execution from verification using zero-knowledge proofs. The architecture addresses blockchain

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a Layer-1 blockchain architecture, on February 10, 2026. The system uses zero-knowledge proofs to separate transaction execution from verification, enabling Block Validators to confirm transactions without executing them individually. Zero is designed to scale

According to ChainCatcher citing Digital Asset, South Korea's Financial Commission announced plans to advance tokenization of listed stocks centered on the Korean Exchange (KRX), in line with similar initiatives by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Non-listed stocks will be tokenized through t

Optimism launched its Superchain interoperability upgrade on the Sepolia testnet, enabling developers to test native cross-L2 messaging across OP Stack chains. The deployment provides a testing environment for cross-chain communication before mainnet activation. The upgrade addresses the Superchain

According to Optimism, the Superchain interoperability upgrade went live on Sepolia testnet, enabling developers to test native cross-L2 messaging across OP Stack chains. The upgrade is a testnet milestone, not a mainnet activation. The deployment supports communication between multiple OP Stack net

According to Aptos Foundation member Ash Pampati, the team has cleaned up over 50 legacy grant programs and incentive initiatives over the past 9 months. Pampati noted that with Aptos mainnet approaching four years of operation, the foundation aims to focus future efforts on key growth