Project Progress

According to Aptos' Thursday post on X, Aptos Foundation and Aptos Labs committed $50 million across the Layer 1 blockchain's ecosystem to support institutional-grade markets and autonomous AI-driven systems. The funds will support multiple initiatives including Decibel, an onchain perpetuals exchan

According to ChainCatcher, on May 4, Tydro's oracle provider suffered an attack with characteristics similar to state-level attackers, prompting the Kraken-backed Ink Layer 2 lending protocol to pause all markets. Chaos Labs, the risk management firm, notified Tydro of the breach and recommended

Listed Bitcoin miner American Bitcoin disclosed in its latest quarterly earnings report that in February, it pledged 314 BTC as collateral and paid Bitmain $49.4 million for 80% of the mining equipment purchase. The deal was valued at $125,900 per BTC, but the actual transaction price at the time was below $70k, meaning ABTC effectively bought the mining equipment at an implied discount of about 44%.

According to PANews, on May 8, GnosisDAO is voting on proposal GIP-150 to allow GNO token holders to redeem their proportional share of treasury assets at net asset value (NAV). As of the report, approximately 64.8% of votes oppose the proposal, with voting concluding on May 13. Under the proposal,

Hashed Open Finance has launched the first public testnet for Maroo, a sovereign layer-1 blockchain designed to support a South Korean won stablecoin ecosystem. The network features a dual-track operational model: an Open Path for unrestricted participation and a Regulated Path requiring prior

According to Odaily, sato released updated mechanism documentation acknowledging that its Bonding Curve features structural price discrepancies between mint and burn operations. The documentation shows that burn prices are systematically lower than mint prices due to correction factors. Sato

According to CoinDesk, Solv Protocol migrated over $700 million in SolvBTC and xSolvBTC from LayerZero to Chainlink's CCIP on May 7, discontinuing LayerZero support across Corn, Berachain, Rootstock, and TAC networks. The move follows recent security reviews and cross-chain attacks, with Solv

According to BlockBeats, mETH Protocol announced on May 7 that it will cease operations of its liquid restaking token cmETH, while other products continue normally. The cmETH minting function was shut down on May 7, 2026. The protocol will complete final EigenLayer reward distributions by

According to Zcash Foundation's announcement, the foundation has assumed management of core Zcash community assets today, including the Zcash GitHub Organization, website, domain, and X platform @Zcash official account. The foundation will oversee access permissions and repository governance,

According to a proposal co-authored by Aave Labs, Kelp DAO, LayerZero, EtherFi and Compound, Arbitrum's governance voted on May 7 to unfreeze 30,765 ETH (approximately $71 million) frozen after the Kelp DAO exploit. More than 90.5% of voting power, representing 173.9 million Arbitrum tokens, support

According to Manta Network, the protocol is closing its staking program, with staking rewards ceasing immediately. Node operators can withdraw at any time. The project cited concerns that inflation-based yield mechanisms would dilute MANTA holder value long-term. Manta Network plans to transition to

According to Adeniyi Abiodun, Mysten Labs co-founder, at Consensus 2026, the Sui network has processed more than $1 trillion in stablecoin volume since August. Abiodun positioned the blockchain as a future "default network for how you move money" through planned zero-fee stablecoin transfers and

Ripple, Mastercard, Ondo Finance, and JPMorgan recently completed a pilot transaction that redeemed tokenized U.S. Treasury holdings on the XRP Ledger and settled the related U.S. dollar payment across borders. The transaction involved Ondo's Short-Term U.S. Government Treasuries fund (OUSG). Ripple

According to official announcement, xStocks' xChange unified execution layer launched on Mantle, offering zero slippage and deep liquidity powered by Atomic RFQ. The platform enables 24-hour trading of 10 tokenized U.S. stock assets including Tesla (TSLAx), Nvidia (NVDAx), Apple (AAPLx), and Meta (M

According to Odaily, Tether AI Research Group released QVAC MedPsy, a medical AI model designed to run locally on smartphones and wearable devices without cloud dependency. The 1.7 billion-parameter version scored 62.62 on seven medical benchmarks, outperforming Google's MedGemma-1.5-4B by 11.42 poi

According to Tether's AI research team, the company today launched QVAC MedPsy series medical language models designed for local deployment on smartphones and wearables without cloud dependency. The 1.7B-parameter version scored 62.62 on seven medical benchmarks, exceeding Google MedGemma-4B

According to Odaily, CatFee.io has launched a free Telegram bot for TRON energy rental, enabling users to manage energy directly through the messaging app without complex on-chain configuration. The bot supports automated energy management, batch purchasing, and energy distribution. The

Core Scientific sells BTC worth $208 million in 2026 Q1. In January, it sold 1,900 BTC to fund cash flow for the AI data center transformation and to execute its Q1 liquidation plan. The key highlights include a 12-year CoreWeave contract of about 590 MW covering 5 locations, with contracted revenue exceeding $10 billion, and a 3.0 GW pipeline to strengthen visibility into long-term revenue. Revenue fell 40% year over year over the past 12 months, with a gross margin of 10%. The share price rose on the positive news, with expectations that from 2027 onward, a turnaround will be driven by power on.

According to ChainCatcher, Alchemy Pay's Alchemy Chain mainnet went live today (May 7), a blockchain designed for stablecoin payments and compliance. Alchemy Chain is positioned as the first payment chain to integrate both Europe's MiCA and Hong Kong's HKMA regulatory frameworks, establishing