Project Progress

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

According to BlockBeats, on October 16, decentralized exchange Metric officially launched metric.xyz, supporting swaps, liquidity provision, and permissionless pool deployment. The DEX is now live on Robinhood Chain, BNB Chain, and Ethereum, targeting tokenized stocks and real-world assets (RWA)

According to Foresight News, Vana launched a new app that allows users to authorize and track data movement when other applications request access. The app enables users to view data requests from third-party applications, decide whether to grant permission, and record each data transfer

Ripple launched real-world asset swaps for institutional clients on 15 October, giving 24/7 exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets through Hyperliquid-linked futures, with Virtu among the clients using Ripple Prime as counterparty. The swaps address institutional demand for round-th

According to Ripple's October 15 announcement, Ripple Prime launched real-world asset (RWA) swaps giving institutional clients 24/7 exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets including equities, ETFs, commodities and currencies. Virtu is among the initial clients using the new swaps,

Ondo Finance, a real-world asset tokenization platform, said its total value locked surpassed $4 billion on Oct. 16. The company announced the milestone on its official X account, attributing the growth to business expansion from tokenized U.S. Treasuries into stocks, exchange-traded funds,

Ethereum's Dual Investment feature launched on BNB Chain, allowing traders to set specific buy or sell prices for ETH with settlement dates up to one week in advance. The launch was announced by PancakeSwap, a decentralized exchange operating on BNB Chain. The feature targets investors seeking

Decentralized finance protocol Kintsu opened a private beta on Canton Network around October 8–9, 2026, introducing early access to lending, collateralized borrowing and staking functionality. The beta invited selected borrowers, lenders and vault managers to evaluate the platform before a broader r

According to Filecoin's announcement this month, the network introduced three key developments. The new Solstice rewards mechanism redirects more block rewards to services that bring paying customers to the network, while mining-only rewards will decrease and unearned portions will be burned.

Balaji Srinivasan's Network School acquired Farcaster from Neynar on Thursday and rebranded it as Network State Protocol. The same day, multiple users reported their accounts were restricted to "read-only" mode due to previous posts violating new community rules. Kunal Gandhi, former India

According to Pendle, the integration of Pendle vaults with Morpho is now live, enabling autocompounding rewards through Beefy Finance and AI-driven allocation of USDC across DeFi strategies. This enhancement aims to boost yield capabilities and user engagement within the

Ripple announced on Oct. 15 that its institutional business, Ripple Prime, now supports perpetual swaps linked to Real World Assets (RWA). Institutional clients under Virtu have begun trading contracts based on more than 100 markets, including stocks, stock indices, ETFs, metals, energy, and Forex. The swaps reference perpetual futures contracts launched by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid. Ripple Prime RWA Perpetual Swap Structure According to Ripple’s official explanation, Ripple Prime’s RWA perpetual

According to predict.fun, the first Predict the Worlds tournament's loot boxes have been distributed as of today (October 16), with users able to view their loot rarity on the event page. The second batch of loot boxes will be released within the coming

According to Foresight News, Solana liquidity protocol Meteora has completed improvements to its legacy DAMM v1 pool accounting design. The updated system now tracks LP total supply internally, preventing external token burns from inflating remaining LP share values. Security researchers

According to Osmosis, on October 10, the protocol confirmed a redemption contract vulnerability in bOSMO, a liquid staking token issued by Backbone Labs. Since April 2026, the contract has repeatedly miscalculated OSMO staked by Backbone's own validators during each redemption, causing users to

As of the U.S. stock market close on Oct. 15, 2026, Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) traded at $86.97, up $7.42, or 9.33%, on the day, with trading volume of approximately 15.99 million shares, significantly above the average daily volume of 13.19 million shares. The intraday trading range was $75.27 to $87.76. The opening price of $75.27 was below the previous close of $79.55, indicating that the day’s gain mainly came from a sustained intraday rise. During after-hours trading, CRCL edged dow

According to Foresight News, LONG, a RWA liquidity and token issuance platform on Robinhood Chain, has launched AINX basket management. AI token holders can vote to determine basket contents and earn fees from AINX market activity. Voting power is allocated proportionally to AI holdings, and