Project Progress

On October 17, 2026, Yuga Labs launched Mudwater, a physical and digital trading card collection on Solana, during ApeFest 2026 in Charleston, South Carolina. Claims opened for holders of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs. The inaugural release, Swamp Origins,

Mirae Asset Securities is reviewing privately placed money market funds and private bonds for institutional investors, targeting a first-quarter 2027 launch for its first tokenized financial products, Digital Asset reported on October 19. The South Korean brokerage's initial lineup is expected to fo

According to CoinDesk, Zcash's Zakura team released an engineering article on Oct 19 proposing to allocate independent viewing keys for each ZEC swap completed through NEAR Intents, to defend against future quantum computing threats. The solution prevents quantum computers from using Shor's

Vitalik Buterin argues that Ethereum's Virtual Machine (EVM) and precompiles are not the optimal place for cryptographic support. He advocates for a shift towards client-side computations using STARK proofs, with results processed through the EIP-8288 recursive aggregation mechanism. This approach a

According to ChainCatcher, XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 patch is scheduled to take effect around Oct. 23 at 09:34 UTC, with 29 validator votes securing the required 80% threshold among the network's 35 validators. The protocol has maintained the required support for nine days of a two-week

The Pi Network core team announced through its official X account on October 18 that it will hold the first Pi Ecosystem Summit from November 17 to 19. The three-day online event will focus on developer platform updates, tool demonstrations, application showcases, and direct discussions between developers and the core team. Details of a new upcoming hackathon will also be announced during the event, while the prize amount and competition rules have not yet been disclosed. Five Key Agenda Items f

Security researcher Tayvano pointed out that the $250,000 bounty paid by the XRP Ledger for the infinite-minting vulnerability disclosed this month was the same as the compensation for a remote code execution vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser, sparking discussion over whether XRPL’s bug bounty standards are sufficient. The proposed XRPL lending-related amendments currently have only 19 to 21 votes each, all below the 29-vote threshold, and none has an activation date. Tayvano Points Out

According to Bloomberg, on October 19, BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL reached approximately $2.3 billion in assets under management. The asset manager is expanding the use of tokenized assets beyond cryptocurrency markets into traditional finance, enabling them to function not only as

According to ChainCatcher, lending protocol Secured Finance has completed its recovery and reopened lending markets on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Filecoin. The protocol stated that no user funds were lost, assets have been replenished, and all contracts, balances, positions, and order books have been r

NEAR Protocol announced post-quantum readiness for user accounts, according to co-founder @ilblackdragon. The update addresses security threats from advancing quantum computing technology. As quantum computing capabilities evolve, blockchain platforms face potential vulnerabilities in current

According to co-founder @ilblackdragon, NEAR Protocol has announced post-quantum readiness for user accounts, marking the protocol's proactive approach to future quantum computing security threats. The update, shared via official channels, highlights NEAR's commitment to enhancing account security a

According to BlockBeats, on October 19, Ripple Prime, Ripple's institutional brokerage arm, launched perpetual swaps for real-world assets (RWA) covering over 100 reference markets including equities, indices, ETFs, metals, energy, and forex. The swaps are priced against perpetual contracts on

Stacks protocol released its Q3 2026 Ecosystem Report on October 15, 2026, outlining a Q4 roadmap centered on expanding Bitcoin locked in its system. The Bitcoin layer 2 network will run monthly BTC Staking bonding periods, integrate locked BTC into ecosystem applications, and deploy the Epoch 4.1 n

According to its Q3 Ecosystem Report released on October 15, 2026, Stacks outlined Q4 priorities centered on growing Bitcoin locked into its system. The protocol plans to launch monthly Bitcoin Staking bonding periods on a fixed schedule, with Bond 3 slated to open around November 10. Bitcoin Stakin

Sui Foundation announced on October 8 that its Hashi Bitcoin lending infrastructure project is preparing for a phased October mainnet rollout with over $500 million in partner capital commitments from a coalition of more than 20 partners. The commitments enable institutions to use Bitcoin as

According to the Sui Foundation's announcement on October 8, Hashi, a Bitcoin lending infrastructure system, has secured over $500 million in capital commitments from a coalition of more than 20 partners for its phased October mainnet launch. Anchorage Digital is joining as a launch partner,

zkSync will participate in the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas this week, with an important announcement scheduled for Wednesday. The layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum is engaging with key financial institutions at the

According to Odaily, on October 16, Vitalik Buterin launched a paranoia mode for his AI agent designed to hide user identity, request sources, and payment traces. The system integrates zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local language model prompt rewriting into an OpenAI-compatible

Ledger introduced Atom on October 15, a device designed to run everyday apps while keeping sensitive approvals inside its secure operating system. The Founders Edition has a reservation price of $849 with an estimated shipment in the second quarter of 2027. The announcement comes during scrutiny of