Project Progress

XRP (Ripple) stood at $1.48 as of October 14, while monthly ETF inflows fell from $121 million in September to $12.09 million, a decline of approximately 90%. Analyst Popeye posted on X that both election cycles overlapped with bear markets during Bitcoin halving cycles. In 2018, XRP fell to $0.32, a decline of approximately 43%; in 2022, it fell again to $0.31. XRP Midterm Election Historical Data: Both 2018 and 2022 Saw Declines of Over 30% According to TradingView data, XRP recorded declines

WEMIX announced on Oct. 14 that it had relaunched its bug bounty program in partnership with CertiK. The program now operates on the CertiK Hunt security platform, offering CertiK-approved security researchers a maximum bounty of $10k for discovering a single critical vulnerability in the WEMIX3.0 blockchain or its governance smart contracts. Bounties are denominated in USD and paid in USDT via the Ethereum network. Bounty Structure: Tiered Rewards for WEMIX3.0 Blockchain and Smart Contract Vuln

According to Crypto Briefing, Marc Vanlerberghe, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of the Algorand Foundation, resigned on October 14. He joined the foundation as Chief Marketing Officer in March 2024, serving approximately two and a half years. Chief Technology Officer Bruno Martins departed

According to Sui's official announcement on X, the blockchain platform introduced Sui Agent Pass, an agent that executes operations within user-defined limits. If the agent's private key is compromised, losses are capped at the user-specified maximum amount, reducing exposure from unauthorized

0xfluid has reached a $237 million market size on Arbitrum, with $104 million in total borrowed funds confirmed according to an official announcement. The expansion reflects growing demand for liquidity solutions on the Ethereum layer-2 network. Arbitrum serves as a scaling solution designed to

According to ChainCatcher, Clovis unified account protocol announced its private mainnet is now live. The protocol consolidates yields, cross-chain asset transfers, and collateralized borrowing into a single unified account, allowing users to deposit assets on supported chains and move assets

Polygon Labs completed its acquisition of Coinme on Wednesday, securing regulated payment operations across 48 US states through 37 money transmitter licenses and 11 exemptions. The acquisition enables Polygon's stablecoin payments platform to legally convert dollars into digital assets and back,

Chainlink crossed $30 trillion in total transaction value enabled, marking a significant milestone for the decentralized oracle network. The achievement underscores Chainlink's infrastructure role in connecting smart contracts to real-world

According to OAK Research researcher Lilian Aliaga, on-chain options protocol Derive has generated $14.22 billion in notional trading volume since January 2026, capturing approximately 75% of on-chain options notional trading volume and 88.1% of paid premiums. September alone saw $3.43 billion in no

According to an X announcement, Irene Patrikios has been appointed Chief Business Officer at Zama, a fully homomorphic encryption company. Patrikios joined Zama in November 2025, ahead of the mainnet launch, bringing nearly 12 years of experience in the crypto industry. She emphasized that privacy i

According to Alon, Pump.fun's co-founder, the platform has introduced updates to its Callout Rewards algorithm on October 15. The new mechanism adds a Tailer PNL multiplier, where recommenders earn higher rewards if followers profit, while losses

According to ChainCatcher, EQX Labs announced the launch of EQX, a platform for issuing tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs natively on Hyperliquid's HyperCore as HIP-1 tokens. The first 11 markets are now open on Hyperliquid's public order book, offering 24/7 permissionless trading. EQX tokens are

According to ChainCatcher, Swarms Launchpad has integrated Meteora's Dynamic Bonding Curve (DBC) for issuing tokenized agents and prompts, with issuance speed improving by approximately 80%. Creators can now pair tokens with specified Solana tokens and earn creator fees from paired tokens in

BNB Chain achieved $87.7 million growth in its tokenized stock market cap over the past week. This growth reflects increasing investor appetite for tokenized assets in the cryptocurrency sector. The performance positioned BNB Chain ahead

According to ChainCatcher, on October 14, stablecoin payment blockchain Tempo launched its Zones privacy system in production, with payroll platform Deel as the first customer. Contractor balances and payment history are no longer publicly visible. Under the Zones system, funds deposited by Deel's

AGI3, an institutional onchain finance platform, launched on October 13, 2026 with Fireblocks infrastructure integrated from day one. Firms using Fireblocks for digital asset operations can connect to AGI3 through existing wallets, transaction policies, and approval workflows. AGI3's CEO stated

Solana activates its Alpenglow upgrade on October 21 at approximately 15:00 UTC during epoch 1064, according to the Solana Foundation. The upgrade replaces TowerBFT and targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds, down from about 12.8 seconds. Validators approved the upgrade in

According to AGI3 and Fireblocks, AGI3, an institutional onchain finance platform, launched on October 13, 2026, with native Fireblocks infrastructure integration from day one. Institutions already using Fireblocks can connect to AGI3 with their existing wallets, transaction policies, and approval w

According to the Solana Foundation, Alpenglow will activate on Solana mainnet in epoch 1064 starting Wednesday, October 21, at approximately 15:00 UTC. The upgrade replaces TowerBFT with Votor, a new consensus mechanism that reduces transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150