Project Progress

Since March 2026, Courtyard, a collectibles platform on Polygon, has tripled its revenue with weekly revenue recently exceeding $6 million, according to the platform's official update.

This week, AIW3 featured two Trading ASPs—AgentFund and Ethy AI—and launched its official X account. The platform also kicked off a hackathon where builders can test their Trading ASPs on a public leaderboard over two

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on 10 August comparing his 2023 roadmap diagram with the Ethereum Foundation's current planning document and noted new elements absent from his original. The document, called a strawmap, is maintained by four people including Buterin and published by the Fo

Cardano has been associated with 21 of 42 blockchain use cases highlighted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), positioning the network across financial services, digital identity, public-sector infrastructure, sustainability and development programs. The network's involvement in

On August 10, Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation released a new L1 roadmap called "strawmap" with five core objectives that differ significantly from Buterin's 2023 vision. The priorities include seconds-level transaction finality, one

LG CNS announced plans to launch a new blockchain service in September targeting the stablecoin and digital asset market, according to Lee Jung-hwa, the company's Blockchain Director, speaking at the Injective institutional lunch forum held at Conrad Seoul on the 11th. The service will encompass

According to Lee Jung-hwa, head of LG CNS's blockchain division, the company plans to launch a new blockchain service targeting the stablecoin ecosystem in September. Announced on August 11 at an Injective institutional summit in Seoul, the service will integrate wallet functionality, transaction

According to ChainCatcher, Solana Foundation Chair Lily Liu recently affirmed the foundation's commitment to ecosystem diversity in perpetual futures trading. She countered claims that only one team can build fully on-chain perpetual contracts, stating multiple teams are now developing such

According to a recent RFC proposal from the Sushi community, the protocol will restructure its fee distribution mechanism. Under the plan, 1% of protocol fees and 1% of perpetual futures fees will be used for monthly xSUSHI buybacks, while 4% of protocol fees will support weekly SUSHI buybacks and e

According to Cryptobriefing, on August 11, Spark Protocol CEO Sam Macpherson proposed sub-DAO governance as a solution to flat DAO governance challenges. Macpherson identified issues with flat DAO structures, including slow decision-making, voter fatigue, and political factionalism from requiring al

According to Foresight News, SushiSwap community released a proposal to restructure SUSHI tokenomics. The proposal includes establishing strategic reserves through weekly SUSHI purchases, allocating remaining protocol revenue to Sushi Ops for growth and operations support, and redirecting deployed l

The Ethereum community’s recent controversy centers on EIP-8363, a proposal that would use an “Issuance Burn” mechanism to directly burn part of the consensus-layer Ether (ETH) rewards originally paid to validators. SharpLink Gaming Co-CEO Joseph Chalom criticized the proposal, arguing that it could damage Ether’s economic characteristics and potentially affect approximately $125 million in potential revenue. EIP-8363 Mechanism: Burning Part of Consensus-Layer Issuance Rewards Under Ethereum’s c

According to a Messari report, circulating USDT on the TRON network reached $87.9 billion at the end of Q2 2026, surpassing Ethereum. During Q2, the network processed $2.1 trillion in USDT transfers. However, DeFi TVL declined 1.9% to $4.4 billion, while average daily DEX trading volume fell 21.7% to $49.3 million, marking the fourth consecutive quarterly decline. TRON Q2 2026 Core Network Metrics: Stablecoins and Transaction Activity Reach New Highs (Source: Messari) According to Messari's Q2 2

According to CoinDesk, on August 11, Strategy CEO Phong Le announced the company has adjusted its strategy to hold $4.75 billion in cash, covering approximately 2.7 years of preferred stock dividends. Le stated that while he initially believed institutional investors would highly value Bitcoin for i

According to The Block, on August 11, BTCPay Server supporters announced a bounty program to recover stolen funds: 10% of recovered assets will be rewarded, capped at 3 BTC for full recovery. This follows BTCPay's disclosure of a critical vulnerability actively exploited, which allows attackers to o

According to The Block, Keel Infrastructure Corp. (formerly Bitfarms) closed all its U.S. bitcoin mining operations in the second quarter to convert facilities into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing data centers. From April 1 to August 7, the company sold 1,085 BTC,

Bitdeer Technologies Group released unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2026 on Aug. 10, reporting total revenue of $228.8 million, up 47% year-over-year, while narrowing its gross loss to $8.5 million from a $39 million gross loss in the first quarter of 2026. The company's cost o

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream launched Blockstream Swaps, a feature enabling users to make trustless swaps between the Bitcoin main chain and Lightning Network. The launch aims to provide resilient ecosystem utility, complementing existing providers after non-custodial swap provider

Blockstream announced Blockstream Swaps this month, a new feature enabling trustless swaps between Bitcoin's main chain and the Lightning network. The service allows users to move funds across layers while maintaining full control of their assets, without needing to run a node or open a payment