Project Progress

Arcus, built by the dYdX team, announced on August 25 that it had officially launched a new protocol on Robinhood Chain. The protocol converts perpetual futures positions into transferable ERC-20 tokens and allows users to use tokenized stocks as collateral for leveraged trading without selling their stock holdings. According to Arcus’s official data, cumulative trading volume has exceeded $2 billion since launch, with average daily trading volume surpassing $100 million. pBTC3x and pHOOD3x: Arc

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a new global trading infrastructure, on August 25 (local time) via X. The announcement triggered a 9.65% increase in the company's native token ZRO, which traded at $1.18 (approximately 1,640 won) as of 8:40 AM on the announcement day according to CoinMarketCap. ATLAS is b

According to LayerZero's official announcement on August 25, the company unveiled ATLAS, a new global trading infrastructure built on its blockchain protocol Zero. ATLAS handles order matching, clearing, settlement, and risk management within a single technology stack and can support trading

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced on Aug. 26 that the USD1 stablecoin has been natively deployed on the Canton Network, allowing institutions to use USD1 directly to settle transactions involving tokenized real-world assets. Native issuance allows USD1 and tokenized assets to be settled in the same transaction. According to DeFiLlama data, USD1 has a market cap of approximately $4.05 billion, making it the sixth-largest stablecoin globally. Institutional Use Cases for USD1 on the Canton N

According to Nikkei, approximately 40 Japanese banks launched a digital currency interbank transfer trial on August 26. Led by GMO Aozora Net Bank in collaboration with Abeam Consulting and DCP, the project uses tokenized deposits on blockchain to enable 24-hour, year-round instant settlement

According to Pons, the Robinhood Chain ecosystem project generated over $2.85 billion in trading volume within one month of launch, accounting for more than 11% of Robinhood DEX's approximately $25 billion total trading volume, as reported by

According to ChainCatcher, Lighter, a decentralized perpetual contract protocol, cut its average block proof time from 5.3 minutes to approximately 1 minute over the past month through two independent optimizations deployed on July 23 and August 23. The first optimization, Heavy/Light

According to Cointelegraph, World Liberty Financial launched USD1 stablecoin natively on Canton Network on Tuesday, allowing institutions to settle transactions involving tokenized real-world assets. USD1 can serve as the cash leg for derivatives collateral, institutional lending, and asset

LayerZero announced ATLAS, new exchange infrastructure for trading platforms and financial institutions built on the Zero blockchain. ATLAS, short for Aggregated Trading, Liquidity and Settlement, is built on the Zero blockchain that LayerZero announced in February in collaboration with Citadel

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a headless exchange infrastructure built on its Zero blockchain, over the past 24 hours. ATLAS is designed for trading platforms and financial institutions to use as backend infrastructure without building their own systems or relying on competing exchanges. The infrastruc

According to ChainCatcher, Kamino, a DeFi protocol on Solana, launched Kamino Fixed Rates, a framework for on-chain fixed-term and fixed-rate lending. The private testnet is now live, with public launch planned for Q3 2026. The product provides borrowers and lenders with pre-locked terms and

Rain Protocol burned 7,419,354,838 $RAIN tokens valued at approximately $108 million at the time of the burn, following the close of a settlement claim window tied to its first DAO vote. The burn was triggered by coordinated activity in which participants used multiple wallets to bypass the Credit R

According to Lisk founder Max Kordek, Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026, as the platform pivots to enterprise treasury management services supporting multi-currency operations across jurisdictions. The closure marks the end of Lisk's blockchain ecosystem. Lisk will destroy 100 million L

According to ChainCatcher, Lisk announced it is transitioning into a modern capital operations platform for finance teams. As part of this shift, Lisk Chain will be phased out gradually, with the team providing an optional migration pathway to Celo for current builders deployed on Lisk.

TRON DAO announced on August 25, 2026 that the TRON blockchain exceeded 400 million total accounts on August 23, 2026. The milestone reflects sustained activity across the network, which has processed more than 15.2 billion transactions and total transfer volume surpassing $29 trillion. The

According to Foresight News, Galaxy launched GalaxyOne, a cryptocurrency portfolio lending product enabling investors to borrow against Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Staked SOL collateral through a single credit facility with no fees. The product carries an 8.99% annual interest

According to ChainCatcher, Arcus, a decentralized exchange founded by the original dYdX team, officially launched on Robinhood Chain today, introducing over 95 equity tokens with 24/7 trading and zero fees. The platform simultaneously rolled out perpetual contracts covering stocks, ETFs,

According to BlockBeats, THORChain launched v3.20 upgrade today (August 25), enabling native swaps of XMR and ZEC directly to BTC, ETH, and stablecoins without asset wrapping or exchange registration. The upgrade also introduced protocol-owned liquidity (POL) and Stable Reserve, which supports