Project Progress

According to NEAR Protocol's official announcement on July 8, the platform launched Confidential Intents, making its confidential execution infrastructure available to all developers. Developers and dApps can integrate NEAR's 1Click Swap API to enable confidential trading functionality for users. C

According to The Block, Strike launched a Bitcoin-backed loan product today (July 8) that prevents forced liquidation as long as borrowers continue making payments, regardless of Bitcoin price declines. The product eliminates loan-to-value (LTV) price triggers; collateral remains safe as long as pay

According to The Block, Zcash developers are nearing completion of a mathematical proof today (July 8) to confirm that the Ironwood privacy pool contains no undetectable forgery vulnerability like the one disclosed in the Orchard pool last month. The proof completion has boosted ZEC to $483.45,

According to The Block, on July 8, Ondo Finance announced that its perpetual futures trading platform now allows users to utilize tokenized stocks as collateral. The service is available to Ondo Perps Pre-Alpha users and supports tokenized versions of commodities such as oil and gold, as well as sto

Jack Mallers' Strike launched a bitcoin-backed lending product that eliminates forced liquidation regardless of bitcoin price movements, provided borrowers maintain payment schedules. The product removes price-triggered actions tied to loan-to-value ratios, allowing users to borrow dollars while

According to The Block, Strike has launched a new bitcoin-backed lending product that protects borrowers from liquidation regardless of bitcoin price declines, provided payments remain current. "No margin calls. No price liquidations," Strike founder Jack Mallers said, noting collateral stays

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Tether is launching USDT on the Bitcoin network via the RGB protocol as early as July 2026, in partnership with software firm Utexo. The Bitcoin-based USDT will support instant swaps with BTC via the Lightning Network, with Tether Wallet and several exchanges

Radar Chat launched Tuesday, introducing an app that combines end-to-end encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. The app, developed by the team behind Cake Wallet, allows users to send Bitcoin via text messages without switching apps or copying wallet

Radar Chat, developed by the Cake Wallet team, launched on Tuesday, combining end-to-end encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, according to founder Vikrant Sharma. Available on iOS and Android, the app uses Signal's open-source protocol to enable users t

Zcash developers announced on Tuesday they are nearing a mathematical proof that the protocol's upcoming Ironwood shielded pool does not contain an undetectable counterfeiting bug. Project Tachyon outlined new details of its verification effort for Zcash's Ironwood shielded pool, with founder

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

Lido manages over 9.2 million Ether in staked deposits, roughly 28% of all staked ETH on the network, and its liquid staking token stETH now serves as collateral across nearly every major DeFi lending protocol. A crypto.news analysis published on July 7 highlighted how leverage strategies built on s

Ondo Finance announced Tuesday that its perpetual futures trading platform now allows traders to use tokenized stocks as collateral, marking the first platform to offer this capability. The firm stated that this feature is available to pre-alpha users of Ondo Perps and enables 24/7 permissionless tr

According to TheStreet, Ondo Finance launched Ondo Perps on July 7, the first permissionless platform enabling investors outside the United States to trade perpetual futures on U.S. equities using tokenized stock and ETF holdings directly as collateral. The platform offers up to 20x leverage on

According to Evernorth, a public XRP treasury company, the XRP Ledger now hosts more than $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), exceeding the XRP ETF market at approximately $900 million by more than 4 times. Over 500 tokenized financial products, including bonds and treasury

According to Odaily, Base will activate the B20 token standard on its mainnet on July 9 at 2:00 AM Beijing time. The upgrade was originally scheduled for June 27 but was postponed due to stability concerns. B20 is Base's native token standard designed to improve user experience through faster,

Rhino.fi introduced a USDT credit facility through the Wildcat protocol on the Plasma network to address liquidity constraints in corporate stablecoin settlements and enable high-value cross-chain transactions. The market launched with $2 million initial capacity and offers lenders a projected 10

Rhino.fi launched its inaugural USDT credit facility via the Wildcat protocol on the Plasma network on July 07, offering lenders a projected 10 percent yield. The market debuts with $2 million initial capacity aimed at resolving liquidity constraints in corporate stablecoin settlements and

According to YGG's official announcement on Monday (July 7), Yield Guild Games shut down its Web3 publishing arm YGG Play and laid off 35 employees. Despite lifetime revenue exceeding $9 million, YGG Play was unable to sustain commercially in the current gaming market amid the October 2025 crypto do

According to BONK Foundation, on July 6 an estimated $20 million worth of BONK tokens were drained from the BonkDAO treasury through a malicious governance proposal attack. The foundation identified exchange wallets used to purchase BONK before the proposal was submitted and is coordinating with