Project Progress

Strike launched volatility-proof bitcoin loans on July 7, 2026, according to founder Jack Mallers. The product lets borrowers keep their bitcoin collateral regardless of price movement, as long as they maintain payments. Initial loan-to-value is capped at 45% compared to 50% on Strike's standard lo

On Wednesday, BNB Chain unveiled plans for a new layer-1 blockchain designed to handle high-frequency trading and AI-driven transactions at speeds exceeding 100,000 transactions per second. The network will feature sub-50-millisecond transaction confirmation and sub-one-second block finality, with a

According to Odaily, Ondo Perps surpassed $2 billion in trading volume within 48 hours of its public launch. The perpetual futures platform simultaneously introduced Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) trading

According to Foresight News, BNB Chain announced winners of the "BNB Hack: AI Trading Agents" hackathon on July 8, with 21 teams sharing $36,000 in total prizes. The hackathon featured two main tracks: "Autonomous Trading Agent" (24,000 USD pool with 5 winners including Neural Alpha, Genesis,

According to Foresight News, Curve DAO has launched a public search to replace LlamaRisk with a new risk assessment and market monitoring team covering Curve's native assets. Prospective teams should outline their proposed responsibilities, key performance indicators (KPIs), and budget

According to crypto educator James Rule XRP, nearly 40% of all XRP wallets were created in 2024 and 2025 alone. The data, presented in a yearly wallet-creation breakdown, suggests that XRP is experiencing one of its strongest periods of sustained user growth, with wallet creation serving as a more r

According to BlockBeats, on July 8, EVAA Protocol, a lending protocol in the TON ecosystem, released a teaser for its AI Agent and invited the community to guess its core features. Winners will have the chance to receive rewards. Based on the official video, the deployment sequence references

Aave V4 surpassed $250 million in deposits through stronger lending features and improved efficiency. Fresh capital inflows remain essential as many deposits migrated from Aave V3. Rising cbETH deposits strengthen liquidity and support future lending growth. Aave V4 has reached another m

According to PANews, Cardano wallet provider SecondFi released a security incident update on July 8, announcing an isolation mode launching this week that allows users to check if their wallet addresses are affected and submit support tickets. The platform plans to introduce a secure wallet export f

Base is scheduled to activate its B20 token standard on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 6 pm UTC. The upgrade will allow developers to create native tokens on the Base network, including stablecoins, real-world assets (RWAs), and other token

According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger's new server software v3.2.0 has launched recently. Of approximately 833 active nodes, 43% have upgraded to the new version while 51% still run v3.1.3. However, 89% of the 35 validators in the default UNL have upgraded, exceeding the required 80% activation

According to Foresight News, Ethereum Institutional, a non-profit organization established on July 1, has announced it is recruiting to build its core team. The nonprofit, positioned as an institutional-grade entry point for the Ethereum ecosystem, will focus its hiring efforts in the coming weeks o

Margin Trade expanded its multi-asset trading platform with perpetual and spot markets for artificial intelligence company stocks, commodities, and digital assets. The Solana-native platform announced the addition of tokenized perpetual markets including NVIDIA, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Micron,

According to Foresight News, YGG Play, the Web3 gaming division of YGG, announced a shutdown schedule on July 8. Starting July 9 at 3 p.m. Singapore time, purchase functions and platform-wide tasks will cease for "LOL Land" and "Waifu Sweeper," with the entire platform closing on July 31. The

According to Foresight News, decentralized data network Vana has acquired the Base ecosystem's open data protocol Memory Protocol team. Jack Spallone, Memory's lead, has joined Vana to lead technical integration, with acquisition terms not disclosed. Vana's upgraded application is now available

According to Foresight News, Aave Labs has proposed integrating Maple Finance's syrupUSDG, a yield-bearing token, into Aave V4's Global Dollar Hub as a collateral asset for the Aave DAO.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said on X that the company's blockchain is "great for memes," signaling retail-culture appeal alongside the platform's primary focus on tokenized real-world assets and on-chain financial services. The remark follows Robinhood's latest international expansion announcement, in

According to Foresight News, BitTorrent's BTTC Bridge closure plan (Sunset Program) has been completed. The BitTorrent team announced it will now focus on decentralized artificial intelligence development and maintaining the BitTorrent decentralized protocol. All user funds remain secure, and