Project Progress

According to ChainCatcher, Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder recently stated that Arbitrum's multiple strategic decisions—including its approach to interactive proofs, business model, DeFi focus, and dedicated blockchain rollout—were initially controversial but are now aligning with

Market analyst Jamie Coutts released an assessment report on August 12, citing data tracked by Helios Analytics from October 2025 through July 2026 and noting that the daily settlement volume of the x402 cryptocurrency payment protocol had fallen 93% year to date and 55% over the past three months. Actual payment activity remains far below market expectations for the AI agent economy. Key x402 Settlement Volume Data The following are the key x402 settlement volume figures cited in Jamie Coutts’s

According to The Defiant, Circle's cirBTC launched on Ethereum on June 8 and currently has only approximately 40 BTC in circulation (with reserves at roughly 42.5 BTC), significantly lower than competitors WBTC (over 116,000 BTC) and cbBTC (approximately 97,000 BTC). cirBTC is currently limited to

According to Reuters, Anchoin Finance, established by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), has launched the first phase of its Hong Kong Dollar stablecoin HKDAP. The stablecoin is currently available exclusively to institutional distributors and professional investors, with plans to expand to

Dunamu and Naver Financial's merger has been delayed for approximately 9 months due to prolonged Fair Trade Commission review, with the transaction deadline extended twice from June 30 to September 30 and again to December 31. Since the merger announcement on November 26, Dunamu's over-the-counter s

According to Hayden Adams, on August 13, Uniswap abandoned all creator fees from tokens generated by Uniswap employees during pools.trade testing and configured them for automatic buy-back and burn. The team is considering opening this burn functionality to other token

On August 12, 2026, The Block reported that Anchorpoint, backed by Standard Chartered Bank, officially launched the first phase of its HKD stablecoin, HKDAP. Using a B2B2C model, it provides institutional and professional investors with beta access through authorized distributors. HashKey Exchange has completed the first HKDAP minting and redemption transactions. Anchorpoint Background: Standard Chartered Bank Subsidiary and One of the First HKMA-Licensed Stablecoin Issuers Anchorpoint is a subs

According to The Block, Zcash Labs officially launched on Wednesday to help businesses overcome adoption barriers for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC). The independent organization's early focus includes technical integration support and funding projects that expand real-world

According to The Defiant, Boltz founder has stepped down immediately on Wednesday, Aug 13, with an anonymous group of experienced Bitcoin developers agreeing to take over the paused swap service. The new operators will provide funding and engineering resources to identify and fix vulnerabilities, ta

According to CoinDesk, Miden will launch USDCx, a privacy-focused stablecoin pegged 1:1 to USDC, set to go live alongside mainnet in late August. Built on Circle's xReserve infrastructure, USDCx enables users to hold and transfer funds without exposing balances, counterparties, or transaction

According to Odaily星球日报, on August 11, Fidelity submitted a registration statement amendment to the SEC requesting to add ETH staking functionality to its Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH). Under normal conditions, FETH can stake up to 100% of its ETH holdings with no minimum staking requirement. If

According to The Block, Hyperion DeFi, the treasury company of Hyperliquid, reported Q2 net profit of $31 million, more than triple the prior quarter's $8.8 million and a dramatic turnaround from last year's $9 million loss. The company's HYPE holdings surged to $133 million from $71 million at the

According to The Block, SKALE Labs launched Agent Pit on August 13, a simulation trading sandbox on its zero-gas blockchain designed to train and test AI trading strategies. The platform replicates Polymarket's order book, settlement framework, and real-time event data, allowing developers and

According to The Block, on August 13, the U.S. SEC Investment Management Division issued a no-action letter permitting Franklin Templeton to use its on-chain U.S. Treasury money market fund (BENJI) for cash management across traditional registered funds, with exemptions from certain custodial

According to The Block, Hyperion DeFi reported record quarterly profits of $31 million in Q2 2026, more than triple the $8.8 million earned in the previous quarter. The company's HYPE token holdings increased to $133 million from $71 million at the end of Q1. Hyperion also announced new

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter to Franklin Templeton posted Wednesday, clearing the firm's traditional registered funds to invest in its blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund. The letter cites Section 17(f) and

According to Hayden, Uniswap founder, the team today abandoned all creator fees generated during the pools.trade testing phase and directed them to an automated buyback-and-burn contract. The protocol is considering making this mechanism available as a standard feature for other token

MemeToro proposes a fixed-rate funding model for memecoin launches that combines one published price per round with wallet limits and no insider tiers. This approach contrasts with bonding curves, which adjust prices continuously based on supply and demand, often favoring early or bot-assisted

Broadridge's Distributed Ledger Repo platform processed $8.0 trillion in transactions during July, with the company reporting the platform averaged $365 billion in daily repo transactions during the month. The volume represents a 28% increase from the same period a year earlier, reflecting growing i

MemeToro published its initial open-source framework on July 30, 2026, while the AI memecoin launchpad platform remained in design phase. The project released code before making product claims to enable users to inspect how signals convert to token proposals. This approach differs from standard crypto project practice where code disclosure follows marketing announcements, allowing technical review of validation logic and data pipelines during active development. MemeToro Releases GitHub Reposito