Project Progress

According to Ondo Finance, the company launched tokenized versions of BlackRock's iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and Micron shares on Thursday under a third-party custodial framework aligned with SEC guidance issued in January. The tokens are issued on Ethereum and backed 1:1 by securities held

According to the Ethereum Foundation, the organization published a policy guide on July 1, positioning Ethereum as neutral public infrastructure for governments and institutions. The guide cites approximately $76 billion in staked ETH securing the Ethereum network as of March 2026, with an

According to Bitcoin.com News, Ondo Finance launched onchain tokenization of BlackRock's IVV ETF and Micron shares on July 2, marking the first such offering in the U.S. under SEC-compliant custody. Broadridge Financial Solutions will manage proxy voting for token holders through its Proxyvote.com p

The IOTA Foundation published its report for the second quarter of 2026, reporting significant progress in the expansion of TWIN. The main focus was on the activation of the Starfish consensus protocol on April 23, trade projects in Africa and the United Kingdom, and a stronger organizational

According to IOTA Foundation's Q2 2026 report, the Foundation activated the Starfish consensus protocol on April 23 to enhance mainnet stability under real-world network conditions. The upgrade also completed Protocol Version 29 with enhanced smart contract security measures. In application-level p

According to BlockBeats, Aave deployed its V3 lending protocol on Monad on July 3, initially supporting 12 assets including USDT, USDC, GHO, USDe, mUSD, AUSD, WETH, cbBTC, wstETH, weETH, syrupUSDC, and sUSDe. The deployment marks Aave's first mainnet launch to enable Chainlink's Smart Value

According to Foresight News, on-chain lending protocol Maple Finance launched syrupUSDG on Robinhood Chain. Risk management firm Steakhouse Financial approved syrupUSDG as collateral for Robinhood Earn, the first decentralized lending product in Robinhood's app. Morpho provides vault

Able Finance, founded by CEO Islam Shazhaev, is building a Sharia-compliant fintech platform combining stablecoin infrastructure, AI-native architecture, and halal yield products to serve the global Islamic finance market. The platform addresses a gap in accessible financial services for a 2

According to an interview published on July 2, Able Finance CEO Islam Shazhaev explained the company's strategy to capture the $4.93 trillion Islamic finance market by building proprietary stablecoin infrastructure rather than competing on payments alone. The platform combines an AI-native

According to Foresight News, Venus Protocol proposed shutting down 87 deprecated markets across BNB Chain, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and five other blockchains by June 29. The proposal executes in two steps: first, the protocol will set reserve factors to 100% and significantly raise borrowing rates to en

Solana has launched Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs), an onchain governance system enabling validators and delegators to vote on major network decisions through stake-weighted ballots. A validator vote account with at least 100,000 SOL staked can submit a proposal, which enters a support phase.

According to Cointelegraph, Sei released the Giga white paper V2 on July 2, bringing upgrades including sub-250 millisecond finality, pre-execution privacy, protocol-level MEV resistance, and transaction throughput exceeding 200,000 per second.

According to Cointelegraph, Sei has released Giga Whitepaper V2, detailing upgrades designed to achieve finality in under 250 milliseconds, process over 200,000 transactions per second, and introduce pre-execution privacy protection alongside protocol-level MEV

According to Odaily, Arcus, a decentralized exchange developed by the dYdX team, has launched on Robinhood Chain, offering 24/7 zero-fee trading for 95 tokenized stocks and perpetual contracts. Robinhood Crypto has invested in Arcus. All tokenized stocks are issued and redeemable on Robinhood Chain,