Project Progress

According to Cointelegraph, Aave V4 deposits have approached $750 million, with the decentralized lending protocol attracting over $300 million in net inflows over the past week. The significant deposit growth reflects ongoing market attention to Aave's V4 upgrade and user adoption of the platform's

According to Foresight News, Illuvium co-founder Kieran announced that over the past six months the studio cut costs significantly across operations and now holds over 12 months of funding reserves. The remaining team members are largely focused on MMO game development, with most having worked at Il

According to BlockBeats and HTX data, Zcash (ZEC) surged past $833 today (Aug 22), marking an all-time high and posting a 1970% gain over the past year. The rally was driven by multiple catalysts, including Grayscale's fourth S-3 amendment filing to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF

According to LayerZero's announcement on X, the protocol will discontinue off-chain support for 15 low-activity chains over the next 30 days. The affected networks are EDU Chain, Meter, Shimmer, Cyber, Silicon, Sophon, Bitlayer, DFK Chain, Arbitrum Nova, DOS Chain, Cronos zkEVM, Degen, Skale

According to Chandler Fang, co-founder of AI agent startup t54, autonomous software is transitioning from purchasing digital resources to completing real-world commercial transactions on Aug. 21. Fang, a former product lead at Ripple, outlined how agents have already executed over a million transact

According to LayerZero on August 22, the protocol will gradually discontinue off-chain support for 15 low-activity networks over the next 30 days, including EDU Chain, Meter, Shimmer, Cyber, Silicon, Sophon, Bitlayer, DFK Chain, Arbitrum Nova, DOS Chain, Cronos zkEVM, Degen, Skale Europa,

Ripple is backing an institutional credit initiative on the XRP Ledger that will enable fintechs, payment companies and crypto businesses to borrow RLUSD against working-capital needs. The project brings together Clearpool, Cicada Partners and Ripple, with Clearpool building lending

According to BounceBit, between Wednesday and Thursday, an attacker transferred approximately 286.5 million BB tokens—worth roughly $3 million—through an authorization flaw in the Evmos stack used to build the blockchain. The vulnerability allowed a smart contract caller to specify another account a

According to founder Stani Kulechov, Aave became the first DeFi protocol to surpass $1 trillion in cumulative lending volume on February 25, 2026. The protocol's total value locked fell from an all-time high of $45.81 billion on October 7, 2025 to a 2026 low of $11.86 billion on June 7, before

Avalanche (AVAX) trades at approximately $7.66 as of 21 August 2026, representing a decline of roughly 94.7% from its all-time high of $144.96 reached on 21 November 2021, according to CoinGecko data. The token's sharp drawdown reflects the broader crypto market downturn that began after the 2021

According to Lido, over 1 million wstETH is now supplied on SparkFinance, with a total value exceeding $3 billion. The milestone marks a significant acceleration in institutional Ethereum staking, with the wstETH supply on the platform roughly doubling since early 2026, when it stood at

According to Foresight News, Kaito has open-sourced its browser extension Pulse, which allows users to sync their internet activity with their X native timeline while maintaining control over their data. The new version has been submitted to Chrome Web Store for standard review and is expected to

BounceBit, the YZi Labs-backed crypto project, is shutting down its standalone blockchain after a security breach exposed a protocol-level flaw. The attack allowed an intruder to move approximately 286.5 million BB tokens, valued at roughly $3.3 million at the time. The project chose to abandon its

BounceBit shut down its standalone blockchain following a protocol-level security breach that allowed an attacker to move approximately 286.5 million BB tokens, valued at roughly $3.3 million. Rather than patch the core vulnerability, the YZi Labs-backed project chose to retire the chain

According to The Defiant, Illuvium co-founder Kieran Warwick announced recently that the team agreed to further salary cuts following significant cost reductions over the past six months. With the adjustment, the project's cash reserves can support operations for over 12 months, though Warwick did n

According to Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens, Kraken is testing Hyperliquid's HIP-3 perpetuals deployment on testnet since Aug 19. The deployment, named "Kraken HIP-3 test DEX," has enabled permission management

Hyperliquid's HYPE token continues outperforming during the bear market as the platform prepares to activate AQAv2 on August 26, according to onchain analyst Pentosh1. The upgrade will route roughly 90% of reserve yield from over $5 billion in USDC into HYPE token burns, adding an estimated $135

According to an announcement on August 20, Sui unveiled programmable transaction blocks (PTBs), a technology designed to execute up to 1,024 Move function calls within a single atomic transaction. The innovation allows AI agents to complete complex sequences of blockchain operations without

According to Blockworks analyst shaunda devens, Hyperliquid testnet added compliance operational controls on August 21, including whitelisting, liquidation, and collateral transfer functions. A node labeled "Kraken HIP-3 test DEX" is currently testing these permissioned features with 10 wallets whit

According to BlockBeats, on August 21, Solana Company (HSDT) announced its voting positions on three Solana governance proposals (SGPs): supporting SGP-0001 on the Solana Constitution, while opposing SGP-0002 to double