Project Progress

Starknet is exploring a transition to become an independent post-quantum Layer 1 blockchain. The initiative aims to enhance security and operational independence in response to advancing quantum computing threats. Starknet announced this exploration through a tweet that includes a governance post in

KR1plc became the first publicly listed company to launch dedicated Ethereum validators on Lido StVaults, according to a report by CryptoTwitter commentator @LidoFinance. The initiative aims to attract institutional investment into Ethereum's staking ecosystem and enhance the underlying

According to Bloomberg, Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan proposed on Oct 15 that financial companies operating markets on the Hyperliquid blockchain, rather than the blockchain itself, should bear regulatory obligations. Bloomberg reported that this distinction could enable Hyperliquid to expand into

According to BlockBeats, on October 15, Starknet community initiated a 7-day non-binding governance vote on whether STRK holders support further research into transitioning Starknet from Ethereum Layer 2 to an independent quantum-resistant Layer 1. The proposal follows StarkWare's October 8

According to ChainCatcher, Tether AI Research released QVAC TranscribePsy, an open-source multilingual speech recognition model with 254 million parameters today. The model runs entirely on-device without requiring audio uploads to the cloud and is compatible with smartphones, smart glasses, and

According to Foresight News, Boros, a platform under decentralized rate protocol Pendle, launched its funding rate spread trading market today (October 15), with initial support for ETH and BTC. The product allows users to long or short funding rate differences across perpetual trading platforms in

zkSync reached a milestone with acknowledgment from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who stated that zkEVMs should now shift focus to enhancing security protocols. Buterin emphasized the need for formal verification of Ethereum specifications. zkSync is a Layer 2 scaling solution designed to

According to StandX's official announcement on X, the platform will airdrop DUSD with no lock-up period and will not conduct token issuance. The airdrop claim window will open on November 1 and close on December 31. StandX's perpetual contract business will enter reduction-only mode starting

According to Uniswap, the protocol launched VolatilePair Hook on Ethereum mainnet with ETH/USDC as the first trading pair. The dynamic fee Hook for liquidity providers adjusts rates based on market conditions. Uniswap reported that volatility trading pairs generated over $500 billion in volume

Rain, a US-based stablecoin payments platform, launched Rain Wallets, an embedded wallet service that enables business partners to offer stablecoin accounts directly within their applications. The launch expands the company's payments infrastructure beyond card spending, allowing users to receive, h

According to Rain's announcement on X on October 13, the US-based stablecoin payments platform launched Rain Wallets, an embedded wallet service enabling business partners to offer stablecoin accounts directly within their applications.

According to Foresight News, Tempo launched its privacy feature Zones today, allowing enterprises to keep customer stablecoin balances and payments private while maintaining built-in compliance controls and access to global liquidity. Deel, a platform for hiring remote workers, became the first cust

According to Odaily, EQX Labs today launched EQX, a protocol enabling 24/7 permissionless trading of tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Hyperliquid's HyperCore chain. The first 11 trading pairs are now live on Hyperliquid's public order book. Each tokenized asset is backed 1:1 by physical stocks

Tempo, a payment-focused blockchain, introduced a token burn function that operates without user approval through its T12 mainnet upgrade on 13일. The new capability, detailed in release notes published on 15일 (Korean time) on GitHub, allows designated accounts with BURN_AT_ROLE permission to burn

According to its GitHub release, payment-focused blockchain Tempo introduced a new token burning feature on October 13 via the T12 mainnet upgrade. The TIP-1006 technical specification enables accounts holding the BURN_AT_ROLE permission to burn TIP-20 tokens from specified addresses without

According to PANews, on October 15, the Osmosis community initiated a proposal to cease OSMO token inflation and halt new token issuance for staking rewards and community pool allocations. Under the proposal, staking rewards will be sourced entirely from protocol revenue going forward. The plan

Sui Network announced the launch of the Sui Agent Pass at Sui Basecamp, a security feature that allows users to set specific limits on their agents' transaction capabilities. The feature, introduced by Evan Web3, caps users' losses at a predetermined limit if the agent's key is compromised. This

Pi Network announced that, following the completion of Protocol 27 on the mainnet, the testnet has been upgraded to Protocol 28, with the official mainnet launch date set for Oct. 16. The official Pi Network node page requires all mainnet nodes to upgrade to Version 28. On Oct. 8, Pi Network also announced a partnership with Open Standard to explore integrating the OUSD stablecoin into the ecosystem. Three Technical Updates in Protocol 28: Delayed Transaction Processing, Batch Contract Upgrades,

According to PANews, on October 15, Uniswap launched VolatilePair, a dynamic fee hook based on v4, on the Ethereum mainnet, with the ETH/USDC pair as the first supported trading pair. The mechanism adjusts fees for buys and sells separately based on recent price volatility and recalculates them