Project Progress

According to BlockBeats, Lighter announced on October 16 that it will launch options trading services soon. The platform posted "Options season. Coming soon" on social media, though specific details remain

Etherscan released a Transaction Debugger skill that converts complex Ethereum transactions into structured reports using its own data, with public promotion beginning September 4, 2026, and additional guidance released October 16, 2026. The block explorer designed the tool for agent platforms

The 1inch platform announced it will enable continuous trading of tokenized stocks during traditional stock market closures. The decentralized exchange aggregator emphasized its 24/7 trading capability for digital assets as an alternative option for investors. The move reflects growing acceptance of

AGM, a cryptocurrency project, is gaining attention for its agentic payments concept after crypto commentator @base highlighted the model in a tweet. The concept allows personal agents to autonomously handle transactions, reducing the need for multiple subscriptions by providing information as

Starknet has launched STRK20 Shadow Accounts on the Opus platform, enabling users to conduct transactions without revealing their main wallet addresses. The feature allows private borrowing and position management separate from users' primary wallets. The launch addresses growing privacy concerns in

According to Foresight News, Metis Andromeda will terminate Stargate support on October 23, 2026. LayerZero Labs' DVN and Executor will cease providing services to Metis on October 30. Users providing liquidity to Stargate pools on Metis must withdraw by October 23; staked positions must be

MoonPay has named Anne Giviskos chief financial officer as the company expands from crypto on-ramps into trading infrastructure, stablecoin payments, agentic finance and tokenized capital markets. Giviskos most recently served as interim CFO and chief accounting officer at Navan. Her

According to BlockBeats, on October 16, Celestia launched Eden, a high-performance EVM chain running on Celestia. Eden serves as an experimental sandbox for Agentic Commerce, enabling AI Agents to test autonomous payments, on-chain trading, and model invocations. The chain features EVM

According to Rune Christensen, Sky's quarterly operating expenses fell to $6.8 million as of October 16, down from over $20 million a year earlier. Christensen attributed the reduction to Sky's treasury management mechanism, which enables more predictable spending and maintains costs within

According to Ripple's announcement, on October 15, Ripple launched Ripple Prime, offering 24/7 institutional trading in perpetual swaps across 100+ real-world asset markets including equities, stock indexes, exchange-traded funds, metals, energy and foreign exchange. Virtu Financial is among the ins

Circle Internet Group, issuer of the dollar-backed stablecoin USDC, plans to expand into approximately 50 emerging and developing markets as demand for digital dollars rises. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told CoinDesk in an interview published Oct. 16 that demand for stablecoin-based payments and

According to Jupiter official statement on October 16, the platform's YOLO high-leverage trading product surpassed $1 billion in trading volume in less than 24 hours since launch. YOLO currently supports up to 1,000x leverage on SOL, BTC, and ETH. Developed by Jupiter Labs, YOLO simulates

According to Ronin's official statement on October 16, Ronin Waypoint migration has entered its final grace period, lasting until October 31, 2026 at 11 PM Beijing time. After the grace period ends, Ronin Waypoint will shut down completely. Users were previously required to migrate assets from Waypo

According to JPYC's official statement on X, the Japanese yen stablecoin issuer experienced processing delays on the Polygon network around 2 p.m. local time on October 16. The issue has now been resolved, and previously pending issuance requests are being processed sequentially. JPYC confirmed

According to BlockBeats, UMX (The Unified Market Exchange), a crypto-friendly securities platform incubated by Avenir Group under Li Lin, officially launched on October 16. Since beta testing began on August 10, the platform accumulated 788 product feedback submissions, with 89 requirements

According to ChainCatcher, NEAR Protocol launched privacy accounts for SOL yield earning on October 16. Users can deposit funds into the vault without the vault knowing their address, with no lock-up requirements and the ability to withdraw or transfer assets at any time. The vault is deployed by