Project Progress

Ripple Prime entered the U.S. leveraged ETF financing market by providing total-return swaps to fund managers, the company announced Tuesday, October 6. The expansion follows Ripple's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road, completed in 2025, after which the prime brokerage business became Ripple

According to ChainCatcher, on Oct 9, Ethereum contributor Francesco Risitano submitted the EIP-8440 (Execution Layer Proof) draft proposal. The proposal leverages recursive zero-knowledge proofs to verify the validity of all execution payloads from the head beacon block to the origin beacon block, b

According to Firelight this week, the on-chain security protocol unstaked funds from 87 deposit addresses that failed compliance screening, returning a total of 1.175 million FXRP to their original wallets. The protocol explained that its current mechanism screens addresses against blacklists and

According to Foresight News, Ethereum Foundation researcher frisitano released an EIP draft today proposing execution chain proofs designed to enable constant-time synchronization of the execution layer from weak subjectivity checkpoints. The proposal includes recursive proofs verifying all executio

The Aptos Foundation outlined a restructuring of APT token economics, committing to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT. The changes form part of Aptos Improvement Proposal 140 (AIP-140), originally published in February 2026 and subsequently accepted through the network's governance

The Aptos Foundation has restructured APT token economics in October 2026 via Aptos Improvement Proposal 140 (AIP-140), committing to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT while reducing annual staking rewards from 5.19% to 2.6%. The locked tokens, representing 18% of circulating supply and 37%

According to ChainCatcher, Frax, a U.S.-based stablecoin and payments company, has submitted an application to ICANN for the .frax top-level domain in 2026, marking the first TLD application from a crypto company. The application is supported by MarkMonitor, an ICANN-accredited domain registrar.

According to ChainCatcher, on October 8, XRP Ledger activated PermissionDelegationV1_1, enabling account owners to delegate specific tasks to other accounts without surrendering master keys. The upgrade required support from over 80% of trusted validators for two consecutive weeks; with 35 current v

According to Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO of StarkWare, Starknet is considering transitioning to Layer 1 by 2027 to mitigate quantum computing risks. Ben-Sasson stated that quantum threats may arrive sooner than expected, requiring blockchain networks to enter a "refuge mode" and become quantum-resistant.

Animoca Brands and Franklin Templeton announced a strategic partnership on October 8, 2026, to expand institutional access to tokenized real-world assets through NUVA, a vault marketplace built by Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs. The partnership aims to broaden the range of assets available on the

Robinhood has officially added $25 million in Bitcoin to its balance sheet; the company’s Perpetual Contracts are about to go live, Robinhood Chain’s TVL has surpassed $1.05 billion, and tokenized stocks are traded 24/7. However, the SEC’s “innovation exemption” framework caps trading volume for tokenized U.S. stocks, and Kerbrat said tokenized stock trading volume will “soon hit some limits.” Three Major Expansion Directions for Robinhood’s Crypto Business According to an interview with The Blo

According to BlockBeats, Pump.fun updated its Custom Pairs feature on October 9, enabling new tokens to pair with any tokens currently on the platform in bonding curve or graduated to PumpSwap. Previously, new tokens could only pair with tokenized stocks or whitelisted tokens. Tokens graduated to

According to Pyth's Q3 update released on October 8, the oracle network's active annual recurring revenue (ARR) reached $11.49 million as of the end of the third quarter, representing 86.5% sequential growth. New net ARR added in Q3 totaled $5.33 million, driven by growth from exchanges,

Optimism's co-founder discussed the shift towards blockchain sovereignty following standardization on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The discussion focused on enabling multiple chains to operate while remaining interconnected, addressing inter-chain communication challenges. Optimism functions as a l

According to ChainCatcher, perpetual futures platform Extended announced on October 9 its plan to migrate settlement to Arc, Circle's Layer 1 blockchain for financial markets. The migration is scheduled for the week of October 19, 2026, with trading continuing during the transition. Accounts,

According to Bitcoinist, the XRP Ledger's BatchV1_1 amendment is expected to activate around October 9 if validator support remains above the required threshold. The upgrade allows multiple transactions to be bundled into an atomic group, enabling them to succeed or fail together—a feature

NEAR Protocol and crypto industry participants gathered at Quantum + Privacy Day in Singapore to address post-quantum security challenges for digital assets. The event focused on cryptographic solutions needed to protect blockchain systems against potential quantum computing threats. NEAR Protocol e

SushiSwap has officially launched the HYPE token on Robinhood Chain, according to the platform's announcement. The integration with LayerZero Core enables users to buy, trade, provide liquidity, and issue tokens using HYPE. This multichain expansion represents SushiSwap's strategy to enhance

NEAR Protocol introduced NEAR Intents, an initiative described by co-founder ilblackdragon as a 'market of markets.' The project aims to reshape how markets operate within the crypto ecosystem by enhancing interactions and trading strategies. This initiative reflects broader trends in