Project Progress

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium that the company is building a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized finance while rejecting claims that crypto is inherently anti-regulation. Garlinghouse cited Ripple's 75 licenses worldwide and a U.S. court

According to Swiss Stake AG's H1 2026 progress report, Llamalend V2 launched on Aug 19 on Optimism and Ethereum mainnet following a ChainSecurity audit. The protocol now supports LP Token and PT collateral and introduces new admin fee revenue for Curve DAO. FastBridge has gone live on Arbitrum, Opt

Institutional investors are prioritizing regulatory compliance in blockchain infrastructure as crypto adoption accelerates. 73% of investors said they planned to increase their crypto allocations this year, while 66% considered regulatory compliance important when selecting a custodian, up

According to Token Terminal, in Q2 2026, Fluid's average TVL dropped to $3.4 billion, down 21.1% quarter-over-quarter, while protocol revenue declined 29.3% to $1.8 million. Active loans fell 15.1% to $1.5 billion and monthly active users declined 43.8% to 70,700. Jupiter Lend, the Solana-based

According to ChainCatcher, KITE Foundation has deployed a new KITE ERC-20 contract on Ethereum mainnet and will migrate existing tokens at a 1:1 ratio, with addresses controlled by attackers excluded from receiving new tokens. The migration snapshot is based on Ethereum mainnet block

According to official sources, TRON community will initiate network parameter activation voting on August 25 to introduce Prague and Osaka upgrade features, enhancing TVM compatibility with Ethereum ecosystem. The Nile testnet approved the proposal on August 13, and developers can now test new featu

According to ChainCatcher citing Forbes, blockchain pioneers Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber have joined prediction market platform SafeBets as advisors. The platform allows users to make predictions using free credits without real-money investment, with correct predictions rewarded in Unicoin

According to ChainCatcher, Decred released mandatory security patch version v2.1.6 today, addressing a critical consensus-layer vulnerability designed to prevent potential deanonymization attacks during mixing sessions. The patch also fixes multiple denial-of-service (DoS) attack vulnerabilities rel

According to an announcement yesterday (August 18), Neuberger Berman and Securitize launched HINC, a tokenized fixed-income fund operating across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Sui. The fund, designed for accredited investors, primarily invests in high-yield corporate bonds, collateralized loan

According to Sei network's official post on X, Eidos, the storage rebuilding initiative for Sei's Giga upgrade, has launched Phase 1. The project restructures the original single-threaded Merkle tree database into a flat, high-concurrency data engine to improve speed and efficiency. The Giga upgrade

BounceBit launched Borobudur on August 19, an onchain credit layer that allows holders of tokenized real-world assets and yield-generating positions to borrow liquidity without selling their investments or paying conventional borrowing interest. The platform initially supports BENJI, the

Whitechain, part of W Group's global fintech ecosystem, is relaunching as an Ethereum Layer 2 network built on the OP Stack. The relaunch, announced with a public testnet opening on August 17, aims to address Web3 projects' user acquisition and distribution challenges by combining blockchain

According to its August 18 announcement, Whitechain officially relaunched as an Ethereum Layer 2 network powered by OP Stack, backed by W Group (reaching 40 million users globally) and WhiteBIT (serving 10 million users). The Whitechain Sepolia testnet went live on August 18, with founder

According to ChainCatcher, Gnosis Chain's GIP-153 proposal to transition from an independent L1 to an Ethereum L2 has passed. The proposal, backed by official addresses including co-founder Stefan George, aims to inherit Ethereum validator security and become the first Ethereum L2 with synchronous c

According to an announcement by John Wu, Ava Labs has appointed Charley Cooper as President, effective immediately. Cooper will oversee daily operations and drive the company's next phase of development. He brings over a decade of blockchain industry experience, alongside prior roles at the U.S.

According to ChainCatcher, Hyperliquid core contributor Xulian has publicly solicited feedback on HIP-4 testnet templates. The testnet currently contains 16 template records, with 12 representing the latest versions across 7 market structures. Candidate types include expiry price (settled via

According to Odaily, Osero stablecoin yield application officially launched today, opening to all users. The platform currently offers 3.52% annual returns and supports multiple stablecoins including USDC.e, USDe, AUSD, GHO, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDD, USDG, USDtb, and frxUSD. Osero raised $13.5 million in

According to Odaily, the GnosisDAO proposal vote on Gnosis Chain's conversion to an Ethereum ZK Rollup will conclude in 12 hours, with 99.78% support and quorum met. The transition will integrate Ethereum's security and liquidity with synchronized composability with mainnet. Approximately 350,000