Project Progress

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch will shut down its prepaid payment card service, the 1inch Card, on Dec. 18. Crypto-focused media outlet BlockBeats reported on Oct. 20 that 1inch announced the service termination in its official help center, with new user registration already suspended.

According to 1inch's official help center, the 1inch Card project will cease operations on October 20. New user registrations have been closed, though existing cardholders can still use their accounts. The company has advised users to withdraw or spend their card balances by December 18 at the

According to Odaily, Cysic released a service status update today stating that its mainnet operations remain unaffected, though its Cosmos browser is temporarily unavailable and undergoing restoration. Following a recent security incident, the cross-chain bridge remains paused. Funds related to

According to ChainCatcher, Lido engineer Dmitry Gusakov warned at developer conference ACDC 189 that Glamsterdam upgrade's one-time builder onboarding mechanism could compromise deposit security for shared validator public keys. The issue arises because Glamsterdam's special builder access logic

Polygon has introduced CDK Besu, an infrastructure solution designed to help banks, financial institutions, and enterprise consortia connect private blockchains to other networks through its Agglayer interoperability platform. The system combines Hyperledger Besu with zero-knowledge cryptographic pr

Polygon launched CDK Besu on October 19, a solution enabling banks and financial institutions to connect private blockchains to other networks through its Agglayer interoperability platform. The system combines Hyperledger Besu with zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs to facilitate cross-chain

According to BlockBeats, on October 20, Papertrade, a high-leverage synthetic perpetual protocol on HyperEVM, announced that PAPER token transfers will remain suspended in the short term and adjusted its fee structure and token minting curve. The protocol cited risks of manipulation attacks on its f

According to Foresight News, USD.AI today launched CHIP governance for its stablecoin protocol that provides credit to AI applications. The standards for sUSDai compute financing will now undergo public governance process, including at least 4 days of forum discussion, Snapshot voting, and

According to Aave, Aave V4 surpassed $100 million in active loans on the Arc network today (October 20). The figure represents unpaid loans on Arc alone and does not include total deposits or cumulative lending across Aave V4's entire

According to Citi research shared by Aave on Oct 20, the protocol is positioned as a decentralized collateral infrastructure layer rather than solely a lending protocol. As tokenized assets, stablecoins, and institutional participation enter mainstream finance, Aave's V4, Horizon, and GHO products a

According to PANews, Lighter, a decentralized derivatives trading platform, launched binary options on Lighter Core on October 20. The platform indicated that it will introduce a full suite of options products in the coming

Sophon has set a Nov. 25 deadline for users to withdraw their assets ahead of its planned mainnet shutdown. The Ethereum layer-2 blockchain announced Monday it will begin shutting down key infrastructure and related websites on Nov. 25, following a June announcement that it would abandon its

According to Foresight News, Cashmere Labs, a LayerZero-based multi-chain MEV-resistant DEX aggregator, announced today (October 20) that it is expanding its ecosystem. Goat LP, an automated liquidity management tool for Uniswap v3/v4 positions on Robinhood Chain, will now be open to all

According to official announcement on October 20, BNB Standard Corporation (BNC) appointed Alex Odagiu as Chief Executive Officer. Odagiu, who joined YZi Labs in September 2021 as investment manager and advanced to Investment Partner by September 2025, previously led Web3 investments in DeFi,

As of Oct. 19, the Pi Launchpad platform had completed two token tests: the first was IRRA, and the second was SLICE. SLICE is the most recently completed test. More than 242k Pioneer users committed 15.92 million Test-Pi to acquire 10 million $SLICE tokens. SLICE added a liquidity pool and real-time price charts and was linked to a real game. Pi Launchpad Core Mechanism: Pi Issuance Funds Enter the Liquidity Pool, Not the Project According to Pi Network's official explanation, Pi Launchpad's de

The Ethereum Foundation announced the Glamsterdam upgrade, set to activate on the Hoodi testnet on October 26 at 17:42 UTC. The upgrade will raise the block gas limit to 200 million, aligning it with the Sepolia testnet, and will implement enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level