Project Progress

According to StarkWare, researcher Avihu Levy tested an experimental quantum-resistant transaction on Bitcoin mainnet Wednesday, confirmed in block 964,199. The transaction spent a 10,000-satoshi output protected by Levy's Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, which combines hash-based signatures

StarkWare completed the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction today, demonstrating a method to protect holdings against quantum computing threats without requiring a network fork. Avihu Levy, head of StarkWare's applications division, developed a technique using signature grinding to prevent e

Shinhan Financial Group announced on August 26 that it would partner with Visa to integrate with Visa’s enterprise stablecoin platform, testing the full process of stablecoin issuance, transfers, and redemption, while jointly developing Korea-specific financial business models and AI-driven payment models. Shinhan is the first of South Korea’s five largest financial groups to integrate with Visa’s enterprise stablecoin infrastructure. Partnership Details: Integration with Visa’s Enterprise Stabl

Bitcoin (BTC) remains range-bound, trading at around $78,690 as of August 27. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted a proposal to the White House recommending reforms to cryptocurrency custody rules for investment companies. The AI computing-power chain Flop Network, led by Arthur Hayes, released a draft tokenomics plan that will distribute 3.5 billion genesis airdrop tokens and launch its testnet in Q4. Macro Events & Crypto Highlights CoinGape reported that the U.S. Secur

According to The Block, StarkWare announced the successful execution of its first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on August 27. The transaction utilized signature grinding technology to protect public key data while ensuring the transaction remained secure in Bitcoin's memory pool,

According to The Defiant, on August 27, Unstoppable Domains abandoned its planned application for Web3 top-level domains in ICANN's 2026 application round and initiated refunds for customers who purchased related domains. Founder Matthew Gould stated that the compliance, application, and bidding

According to Wall Street Journal, JPMorgan is considering developing its own stablecoin as of August 27, citing people familiar with the matter. The U.S. financial services firm currently operates JPM Coin, a blockchain-based tokenized deposit platform, but does not issue stablecoins. A JPMorgan

According to ChainCatcher, Aave launched its iOS mobile application for early access on Wednesday (August 26), expanding its savings product to early users, while Android and Web users remain on a waitlist. The app is positioned as a savings application supporting bank account and stablecoin

Revolut launched EURR, a euro-pegged stablecoin, in Denmark, Poland and Portugal, granting its 80 million customers direct access to euro-denominated onchain settlement. The rollout eliminates the need to convert euros into USDC or USDT before moving funds to crypto markets or decentralized

According to ChainCatcher, Unstoppable Domains founder Matthew Gould announced the company will not submit applications for its Web3 top-level domains in ICANN's 2026 expansion round and will refund customers who purchased affected domains. Gould stated that the compliance, application, and

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams argued on 18 August that automated market makers are structurally suited to dominate tokenized equity trading, particularly when pairing correlated assets like individual stocks against broad index ETFs to reduce impermanent loss. Early data from Robinhood Chain

According to BlockBeats, on August 26, Ethereum developers proposed an EIP draft to restructure the existing validator deposit contract and support post-quantum cryptography. The proposal replaces the fixed BLS key structure with variable-length keys and credential data, supporting up to 8192

According to ChainCatcher, MultiversX's Supernova upgrade will activate on mainnet on September 10, 2026. The upgrade decouples consensus from execution, allowing the network to finalize blocks on the proposed

According to xStocks, MUx, SKHYx, NVDAx, QQQx, and SPYx launched as native spot markets on Hyperliquid on August 26, enabling 24/7 trading. Each asset has approximately $1 million in liquidity with average spreads of 8-12 basis points. The tokens represent economic exposure only and are not

Ethereum developers submitted a draft proposal Monday to replace the network's validator deposit contract with a version that supports variable-length cryptographic keys, marking the first concrete step to prepare Ethereum's staking infrastructure for post-quantum cryptography. The draft Ethereum

According to Foresight News, Cypherpunk Technologies (Nasdaq: CYPH), a Zcash treasury company, released its positions on five key issues in Zcash's NU7 upgrade voting on August 24. Cypherpunk holds 323,394.38 ZEC (approximately 1.91% of total ZEC supply) and controls 4.2 Gsol/s of Equihash mining po

According to Aave Labs, the Aave App launched early access on August 26 with a Ghost Pass invite mechanism. Users who receive Ghost Pass can view their available invitations on the app's activity page and send invites to friends through the in-app process, allowing recipients to bypass the

Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp. announced Wednesday the launch of State of Solana, a public real-time data and research platform consolidating Solana market, network, staking, validator, yield and

Park Hyun-joo, Chairman of Mirae Asset Group, announced plans to expand digital assets to 150 trillion won at a May 26 event in Seoul. The expansion is driven by Mirae Asset's '3.0 strategy,' which merges traditional assets like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks with digital assets through

According to Seoul Economics on August 26, Mirae Asset Group Chairman Park Hyun-ju announced the company's new 'Mirae Asset 3.0' strategy, aimed at merging traditional and digital assets to expand the digital asset scale to 150 trillion won. The strategy focuses on diversifying investment products