Project Progress

According to BlockBeats, EthLabs founder Barnabé Monnot published a Week 2 update on July 6, summarizing progress on interoperability, PropAMMs, and fundraising initiatives. The team is advancing zero-knowledge-based asynchronous interoperability to improve cross-chain bridge security, with Fast

According to K-STAR, a consortium of Korean won stablecoin technology firms including AhnLab Blockchain Company, the alliance successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) for blockchain-based local currency digital transformation with BNK Busan Bank on July 6. The project achieved 100%

According to ChainCatcher, Vitalik Buterin recently outlined Ethereum's long-term protocol development roadmap following a research meeting in Berlin. Lean Ethereum will be a series of staged improvements over the next three to four years—comparable in significance to the Merge—rather than a

Securitize (SECZ) became the largest tokenized stock with $270.6 million in onchain shares after beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 2. The company closed its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II on July 1, then tokenized its common stock on Solana and Avalanche t

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published takeaways from an updated version of the network's draft long-term roadmap in an X post Saturday, describing the multi-year 'Lean Ethereum' effort as a near-total rebuild of how the network operates. The post follows a meeting of Ethereum researchers in

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's co-founder outlined a multi-year Lean Ethereum initiative on Saturday, describing it as the network's third major iteration rivaling the Merge, with a timeline of three to four years. He stated that "almost every major piece of the protocol will be

Ondo tokenized U.S. securities on Ethereum while maintaining regulated custody and shareholder rights. The structure grants token holders voting and disclosures through Broadridge’s ProxyVote system. The model follows recent SEC guidance and could shape future on-chain securities

According to Tom Wan, an analyst at Entropy Advisors and former analyst at 21.co, Robinhood Earn's vault managed by Steakhouse Financial on Morpho has reached a TVL of $16 million with an APY of 7.1%. The APY comprises 1.7% from protocol yield and 5.4% from incentive subsidies. Robinhood

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted an orange dot bitcoin chart on July 5 as investors monitored the company's next bitcoin purchase. The chart maps Strategy's bitcoin acquisitions against price movements, displaying 113 purchase events and total holdings of 847,363

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has processed nearly 1 million AI agent transactions through its x402 facilitator, according to t54.ai, a company building trusted infrastructure for AI agents. The milestone follows an integration last month that enabled AI agents to use XRP or RLUSD to pay for APIs, AI

According to t54.ai, nearly 1 million AI agent transactions have settled through the XRP Ledger's x402 facilitator as of last month. The milestone marks autonomous AI agents increasingly conducting financial transactions using XRP or RLUSD to pay for APIs, AI inference, cloud computing, and

According to Forbes Middle East, the Central Bank of the UAE granted a no-objection certificate to DDSC, the dirham-backed stablecoin, clearing it for listing on Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) regulated exchange platforms. Developed by International Holding Company, First Abu Dhabi Bank

According to ChainCatcher, Moonbeam announced a new protocol transforming the Polkadot parachain into a decentralized AI Agent communication and settlement network for on-chain economy. GLMR token will migrate 1:1 to Base and become a native ERC-20 token. The cross-chain migration is now open

Vitalik Buterin shared top priorities for Lean Ethereum today (July 5, 2026). As part of the Ethereum Foundation's plan to enhance privacy and scalability, the initiative proposes introducing a new virtual machine, with leanISA and RISC-V among the leading

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum researchers finalized the Ethereum Purge roadmap two weeks ago at a Berlin conference. The roadmap is a multi-year series of forks spanning 3-4 years starting with I-star, replacing most core components as Ethereum's third major phase. Key changes include

According to ChainCatcher, Aave deployed its V3 market on the Monad network on July 3, surpassing $100 million in deposits within 2 days. The market reached $75 million in deposits within the first 24 hours, initially supporting 12 assets including USDT, USDC, GHO, WETH, and cbBTC. Separately, Aave

On July 5, Moonbeam announced its transition from the Polkadot parachain to Base, alongside the launch of an AI agent framework. GLMR token holders are required to bridge their tokens to Base before July 31. The exact launch timeline for the AI agent platform has not been

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum researchers recently gathered to finalize a long-term development roadmap for the protocol. Vitalik described Lean Ethereum as a series of staged improvements spanning 3-4 years,