Project Progress

Jupiter's vote to reduce the future token net release to zero passed with 75% support, indefinitely suspending Jupuary airdrops, team unlocks, and Mercurial quota unlocks to strengthen the JUP reserve and alleviate market pressure.

BNP Paribas Asset Management has issued tokenized shares of a French money market fund on Ethereum, maintaining a permissioned access model. This pilot tests public blockchain operations while upholding regulatory governance and investor protections.

Dash has added shielded transactions that rely on the Zcash Orchard technology to its Evolution chain to boost payment privacy. Next will be shielded tokens, which will hide balance and transaction history using zero-knowledge proofs. Two of the crypto industry’s privacy-focused pioneer

Vitalik Buterin plans a bolt-on system to enhance Ethereum without replacing it. Upgrades target state tree, consensus, VM design, ZK compatibility, and censorship resistance. Transition may take five years, though AI-assisted coding could accelerate development. On Friday, Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin suggests personal AI agents to vote on behalf of users in DAOs. Public conversation agents could aggregate views using LLMs and zero-knowledge proofs. Multi-party computation and TEEs may secure private inputs in complex governance decisions. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik B

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nansen founder Alex Svanevik announced on X that their API now supports x402 payments, allowing users (AI Agents) to pay per request without an API key.

Key Insights: Hyperliquid price climbed 6% after launching a U.S. policy center, boosting visibility around decentralized derivatives and regulatory engagement efforts. Network TVL dropped from $4.7 billion to $4.2 billion, while weekly revenue declined 55%, reflecting softer ecosystem

The Meme coin TRUMP team announces that they will enter a new development phase, enhancing market liquidity and application scenarios, implementing profit and liquidity plans, optimizing market structure, and managing strategic reserves. Holders can participate in the profit plan through the Kamino Vault, incentivizing over $10 million in scale. At the same time, they will strategically use some tokens based on the unlock schedule, including ecosystem investments and Web3 gaming deployments.

Sigil's sovereign AI Automaton can earn stablecoins autonomously, upgrade itself, and reproduce sub-agents. This concept has raised risk warnings from ETH regulators. Vitalik Buterin is concerned that this technology could diminish human value and questions its sovereignty. Sigil believes that market competition will impose constraints on AI behavior, and the impact of this technology remains to be seen.

The Meme coin TRUMP team announces that they will enter a new development phase, focusing on enhancing market liquidity and application scenarios, as well as capital operations. The plan includes measures such as simultaneous promotion of returns and liquidity, market structure optimization, and more, supporting holders to participate in profit-sharing programs. Additionally, tokens will be unlocked for ecosystem investment and collaborations, aiming to improve capital efficiency and market stability.

MARA Holdings has acquired 64% of Exaion, cementing its push into AI and cloud services amid Bitcoin mining challenges. As mining margins tighten, firms are pivoting to hybrid models, leveraging AI for stable revenue along with traditional mining operations.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Sonic Labs CEO Mitchell Demeter has announced his departure on his personal X account: "I have left Sonic Labs. Although I was there for a short time, I am grateful for the experience and wish the company all the best." Mitchell Demeter took office last September. His activity on social media has been relatively infrequent, and this departure announcement is his first post in 2026.

Pump.fun introduces a new mechanism in 2026 that allocates "creator fees" to GitHub accounts, potentially changing its incentive structure and enhancing user engagement. This move aims to drive the platform toward a more social direction, although it also faces supply-side risks and market controversy.

IoTex announces an update stating that they have controlled the private key leak incident, with losses of approximately $2 million, involving multiple assets. The team is working with exchanges and law enforcement agencies to freeze the stolen funds and conduct an investigation. On-chain functionalities will be restored after the security upgrade and will keep transparent progress.

XRP Ledger deepens its foothold in real-world asset tokenization as Dubai activates secondary trading for tokenized real estate, unlocking regulated resale of millions of property-backed tokens and accelerating blockchain integration into official land registry systems. Ripple Touts XRP Ledger

IOG's Leios prototype has demonstrated clear end-to-end behavior, showcasing a system capable of handling transactions to block validation. It aims to boost Cardano's Layer-1 performance from 10 TPS to 500 TPS and plans a public testnet by Q2 for community evaluation. Official integration is targeted through the Dijkstra hard fork this year.

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Soil launched its RLUSD Yield Protocol on XRP Ledger, achieving $1M in capacity in 72 hours. Investors can stake XRP or deposit RLUSD/USD for rewards, with plans for institutional access and expanded offerings to enhance compliance and yield generation.