Project Progress

Park Hyun-joo, Chairman of Mirae Asset Group, announced plans to expand digital assets to 150 trillion won at a May 26 event in Seoul. The expansion is driven by Mirae Asset's '3.0 strategy,' which merges traditional assets like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks with digital assets through

According to Seoul Economics on August 26, Mirae Asset Group Chairman Park Hyun-ju announced the company's new 'Mirae Asset 3.0' strategy, aimed at merging traditional and digital assets to expand the digital asset scale to 150 trillion won. The strategy focuses on diversifying investment products

According to 21Shares, Solana is advancing two governance proposals—SIMD-550 and SIMD-553—designed to reshape SOL's economic model over the next two years by reducing staking yields and enhancing SOL

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a trading and settlement engine, on Tuesday. The infrastructure is designed for exchanges to plug into rather than compete with, allowing venues to skip building their own matching, clearing, settlement, and risk systems. ZRO jumped more than 20% from near $1 following the

According to LayerZero, on August 25 the protocol unveiled ATLAS, a trading and settlement engine designed to sit underneath exchanges rather than compete with them. ATLAS has no app or frontend; trading venues integrate it, retain their own interface and customers, and skip building matching,

Hyperliquid validators approved the AQAv2 framework with 69.08% support, directing roughly 90% of yield on approximately $5 billion in USDC toward HYPE token buybacks. The mechanism is expected to generate between $135 million and $160 million annually, adding to roughly $771 million from

According to Bitcoin.com News, Hyperliquid's AQAv2 (Aligned Quote Asset v2) upgrade is now live after receiving 69.08% validator approval. The mechanism directs 90% of yield generated on approximately $5 billion in USDC reserves back to the protocol for HYPE token buybacks, with payments

Bitdeer released its July 2026 operational update showing the company mined 1,190 BTC in July, up 322% year-over-year, with total dedicated hashpower reaching 81.7 EH/s. In AI infrastructure, Bitdeer's Volta subsidiary signed a $4.7 billion 16-year managed hosting agreement for AI and

According to Foresight News, TAC blockchain and Cosmos Labs coordinated today to delay the release of an incident postmortem and recovery plan. The vulnerability affects Cosmos' shared EVM module, prompting Cosmos Labs to request additional time to ensure all impacted Cosmos ecosystem networks can s

Japan's Financial Services Agency is supporting a blockchain-based demonstration experiment for securities settlement, working with the country's largest banks and brokerages to test infrastructure that records and manages transfers of Japanese government bonds, corporate bonds, investment trusts, a

Japan's Financial Services Agency is supporting a demonstration experiment to test blockchain-based settlement for stocks, bonds and investment trusts using atomic delivery-versus-payment mechanisms with stablecoin payments. The initiative, part of the FSA's Payment Innovation Project, aims to

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid's HyperCore manual borrowing feature launched on testnet today (August 26). The company's co-founder Jeff Yan announced the update, noting that mainnet borrowing remains limited to portfolio margin mode for now. HyperEVM smart contracts can now access HyperCore'

The Ethereum network is preparing for the Glamsterdam upgrade, a protocol update that will recalibrate gas fees for state-related operations through two scheduled proposals: EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. The changes address a gas pricing divergence that has widened since the Berlin fork in 2021, aiming to

According to the Ethereum Foundation, Ethereum developers must audit gas assumptions ahead of the Glamsterdam upgrade, which will adjust gas fees for state-related operations through two proposals: EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. EIP-8037 increases the cost of creating new state—covering accounts, storage

Mirae Asset Group unveiled its transformative 'Mirae 3.0' strategy today, positioning itself as a comprehensive investment finance group spanning both traditional and digital assets. The strategy centers on two pillars: MAPS, a global investment platform connecting Mirae Asset entities and clients a

Citi announced Tuesday it will launch Custody+, a bitcoin custody service for institutional investors, later this year. The service will allow clients to custody both traditional assets and bitcoin within a single framework, eliminating the need for separate custody systems. Citi first announced

According to Lisk, the Ethereum L2 network will shift its strategic focus toward a modern fund operations platform for finance teams. Lisk Chain will officially shut down on October 31, with normal operations maintained until then. The project has opened an optional migration path to Celo for

Tron reached 400 million accounts on August 23, up from 300 million in April 2025, as the network now settles 51.4% of all circulating USDT, a $94.2 billion float. Earlier today, Tron Inc. added 145,199 TRX at an average price of $0.3444, lifting its treasury holdings to 711.5 million TRX worth

On August 26, Hyperliquid activated AQAv2 for USDC, redirecting approximately 90% of stablecoin reserve yield revenue to its Assistance Fund, which will use the income to conduct open-market purchases of HYPE tokens. With approximately $5 billion in USDC circulating on Hyperliquid, market analysts e