Project Progress

Base launched its Earn & Borrow platform to provide stablecoin yield and lending options against crypto assets. The announcement, surfaced by CryptoTwitter commentator @base, sparked community discussions about stablecoin usage in financial services. Stablecoins serve as a bridge between

According to NEAR Protocol, the Robinhood Chain and NEAR Intents feature were launched at Token2049, designed to enhance cross-chain user interactions and streamline blockchain interoperability. The Bitwise NEAR ETF has recorded over $50 million in inflows, reflecting institutional interest in the d

Squads cofounder confirmed the successful testing of Falcon-512 post-quantum signing for multisig voters on Solana's mainnet. This advancement aims to enhance transaction security against future quantum computing threats. Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for decentralized

Starknet launched Shadow Accounts, a privacy feature enabling users to interact with shielded STRK20 balances while keeping main wallet information confidential. The feature allows developers to integrate privacy-focused accounts into decentralized finance applications, with users conducting

Evernorth Holdings shareholders voted on a plan to take an XRP treasury company public in September without knowing that a critical bug in the XRP Ledger could have allowed hackers to mint trillions of new XRP tokens beyond the network's fixed 100 billion supply. The vulnerability was privately

According to Base's official website and X account, on October 14, Base launched Earn & Borrow, a solution enabling platforms to offer users floating-rate stablecoin yields and crypto-backed loans on Base infrastructure. User yields from deposited stablecoins like USDC primarily derive from

KiiChainio has launched on Polygon, introducing 24/7 settlement capabilities to enhance onchain liquidity on the network. The launch aims to provide continuous transaction settlement infrastructure for the Polygon ecosystem. Polygon continues expanding its blockchain infrastructure, having

According to Ondo Finance, the protocol's tokenized U.S. Treasury bond products reached $3 billion in total assets as of October 13, ranking first among RWA platforms. USDY alone holds $2.328 billion, surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL at $2.204 billion. The portfolio includes USDY ($2.328B), OUSG

According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin financial platform Mezo announced on October 13 that cross-chain transfers for swBTC and USDe will close today, while SolvBTC and xSolvBTC withdrawals will continue through October 29. Deposits for all four tokens have been

According to an official announcement on October 14, Starknet launched shadow accounts, enabling users to participate in public DeFi activities through independent, self-controlled addresses while keeping the association between these addresses and their main wallets confidential. The shadow account

Hedera launched AI Agent Accounts, a new feature enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for services on behalf of users. The accounts are designed with built-in security guardrails to protect users during

According to the International Monetary Fund's October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report, Ondo Finance appears among the largest tokenized asset platforms, alongside Securitize, Circle, Tether Holdings, and Bridgetower. Ondo currently leads all providers in tokenized U.S. Treasuries with $2.9 b

According to ChainCatcher, Zest Protocol announced October 23 as the deadline for users to exit aeUSDC positions from Stacks Market V1. The migration to Stacks Market V2 requires users to first withdraw aeUSDC liquidity from V1, then swap aeUSDC for USDCx via Bitflow, and deposit USDCx in the V2

According to ChainCatcher, Hyperliquid's 11-person core team generated over $900 million in net profit in 2025, with per-capita profitability surpassing Apple, Nvidia, and OpenAI. The decentralized trading platform leverages custom blockchain infrastructure, on-chain transparent transactions, and

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf stated in an August 4, 2026 interview that stablecoin use cases in the US remain unclear, while announcing the bank will begin a preliminary rollout of tokenized deposits for selected corporate clients in fall 2026. Scharf explained that corporate clients express

Paolo Penna of Input Output Global and Manvir Schneider of the Cardano Foundation presented research at the 8th Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies held in London from October 6-9, 2026, challenging assumptions about proof-of-stake blockchain security. The paper, titled 'Reserve

Peach, an on-chain aggregator and launchpad, added native USDC bridging for the Arc blockchain on October 8, 2026. Users can now move USDC from external chains such as Ethereum and trade on Arc without opening another app. The integration uses Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to move ca

Sui Devnet has added post-quantum signature support, according to a tweet by @WuBlockchain. Mysten Labs co-founder Kostas Chalkias announced that Sui Devnet processed its first quantum-safe transaction, with mainnet deployment targeted for Q1 2027. The update addresses security concerns as the