Project Progress

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a working demo of an anonymous message board on Aztec Sunday. He shared the project on Farcaster, describing it as a "vibe-coded" toy version of the "anon billboard with moderation" concept he outlined in a 2022 blog post. The demo implements fully

According to The Block, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a working demo of an anonymous message board on Aztec on Sunday (July 19), pairing fully private posting with an onchain moderation layer. The demo, shared via Farcaster and open-source on GitHub, allows users to deposit ETH on Eth

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, published a 110-point essay on July 18 opposing Bitcoin's proposed BIP-110 soft fork, which would restrict Ordinals and inscriptions for approximately one year. Saylor argues that the proposal sets a dangerous precedent by using consensus rules to

According to Foresight News, Pendle's Boros funding rate trading platform has launched an SK Hynix (SKHYNIX) funding rate market. SK Hynix has maintained elevated positive funding rates averaging 64.26% since listing on Hyperliquid, according to the announcement. Traders can open long positions to o

Input Output will transfer development of six core Cardano software components to independent specialist firms from August, continuing into 2027. The transition includes the Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra layer-2 system, Mithril protocol, and developer

According to Input Output, Cardano will hand development of six core software components to independent specialist firms starting from August 2026, with the transition continuing into 2027. The components include the Haskell node (which validates blocks and maintains consensus), Plutus

According to BlockBeats, on July 20, the account that drained 4.426 trillion BONK tokens from Bonk's treasury via a governance proposal completed its liquidation, depositing the final 400 billion BONK ($1.17 million) to Coinbase 30 minutes ago. The total liquidation of tokens extracted 13 days

Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network's first protocol upgrade whose final approval and execution were determined entirely through its decentralized onchain governance system. The upgrade took effect at 21:44:51 UTC at the boundary of epoch 644,

Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network's first protocol upgrade whose approval and execution were determined entirely through decentralized onchain governance. The upgrade moved the blockchain to Protocol Version 11 at 21:44:51 UTC at epoch 644, while

DuckChain announced that a network upgrade will begin soon and users must bridge assets from DuckChain to TON before the upgrade starts to ensure normal access. According to the official statement, asset access on DuckChain will be restricted once the upgrade window opens. The project recommended us

Grayscale filed a prospectus supplement on July 17 outlining plans for quarterly cash distributions from Ethereum and Solana staking rewards, with changes to its Solana Staking ETF (GSOL) expected to take effect around August 7, 2026. The filing introduces a mandatory cash distribution model where G

Grayscale Solana Staking ETF (GSOL) will introduce quarterly cash distributions from staking rewards, according to a prospectus supplement filed on July 17. The change is expected to take effect around August 7, 2026. Under the new structure, GSOL will convert staking rewards to cash at least quarte

According to hinkal's official announcement, the decentralized privacy protocol will begin refunding users who have completed the recovery process this week, with all refunds expected to be completed by July 22. Hinkal Pay and Hinkal Prime users will receive funds through wallets connected via recov

Infinex launched Infinex Confidential, a privacy-oriented feature built on NEAR Protocol's Confidential Intents framework. The feature enables users to deposit assets from any supported chain, execute swaps within a private environment, and withdraw funds to self-selected destinations without

According to mpost.io, Infinex launched Infinex Confidential on July 20, 2026, a privacy-focused feature built on NEAR Protocol's Confidential Intents framework. The platform enables users to deposit assets from any supported chain, execute swaps in a private environment, and withdraw funds

According to Cointelegraph, Cardano activated the van Rossem hard fork on Saturday (July 19), upgrading the mainnet from protocol version 10 to version 11. The upgrade is expected to reduce smart contract execution costs and establish the foundation for the upcoming Dijkstra-era hard fork and

Hyperliquid announced on Sunday that it will introduce permissionless deployment for HIP-4 outcome markets in a future upgrade. The feature will first launch on testnet before moving to mainnet. According to the announcement on Telegram, permissionless deployments are especially important for the gr

According to Foresight News, Loopring announced the completion of its L2 NFT return process. The team executed 9 batches of sendNfts transactions on Ethereum mainnet (blocks 25,571,319 to 25,571,397), successfully delivering 2,046 NFTs (544 ERC-721s and 1,502 ERC-1155s) to 1,241 Layer 1 addresses ac

James Howells, a Welsh IT engineer, lost access to 8,000 Bitcoin after an encrypted hard drive was mistakenly discarded in 2013 during a cleanup by his then-girlfriend and sent to Newport's Docksway landfill. UK courts rejected Howells' legal claims in 2025, with the High Court in Cardiff ruling