Project Progress

Pump.fun's mobile app crossed $50 million in daily trading volume today, up from $250,000 when it first launched. Daily transactions have scaled to 905,000 from 2,500 over the same period. The Solana-based memecoin launchpad has generated $214 billion in lifetime trading volume, accumulated $1.3 bil

The Depository Trust Company, DTCC's subsidiary, successfully tokenized eligible US Treasuries and equities on July 15, with BitGo Bank & Trust serving as the OCC-regulated custodian for settlement and onchain asset movement. Over 30 financial firms, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and J.P.

European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel stated that central bank money must move onchain, announcing two projects to integrate ECB reserves with distributed ledger technology. Project Pontes will launch in September 2026 to synchronize the ECB's TARGET Services payment

According to PANews, the Zcash Zakura team released Zakura Common on August 30, a cryptography and protocol library for the Zcash ecosystem. Official benchmarks show mobile proof generation speed improved over 14 times, with Sinsemilla hashing up 21 times, trial decryption up 1.5 times, and

According to Odaily Daily, Unit HIP-4 will launch at 11:45 UTC on September 5, 2026. Deployers of HIP-3 must stake an additional 500,000 HYPE tokens to activate HIP-4, monitored by HyperliquidNews. Staked tokens require a 5-day-20-hour unlock period before becoming available in spot

According to Foresight News, o1.exchange founder Jerry Pan announced today that the o1 Launchpad new contract has been deployed to production. The contract removes vested and unvested internal allocations and enables developers to mint and purchase tokens via a Pump.fun-like mechanism, ensuring

According to Meebits' announcement, the Nightshades on-chain survival game is set to launch in the second week of September, deployed on Robinhood Chain. The project is a collaboration between MeebCo Labs (the team operating Meebits) and Clutch Markets. Meebits also warned the community to remain v

According to CryptoSlate, Polygon Labs issued an emergency notice on August 29 after the Austin and Kyoto hard forks activated, requiring nodes running outdated Bor or Heimdall versions to upgrade immediately. The Austin hard fork activated at mainnet block 91,949,700 and requires Bor v2.10.0 or

According to HyperliquidNews, Hyperliquid's new spot trading code SL recently completed an auction at a price of 501.68 HYPE, equivalent to approximately $41,635.

According to PANews, on Aug 30, Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN announced that co-founder Luke Dashjr has stepped down as chairman, chief technology officer, and board member. The company repurchased his entire shareholding as part of the mutual separation. The departure stems from differing visions on th

According to Solana Foundation VP Jacob Creech, the network will introduce Transaction V1 on September 9, which will further reduce block times. The announcement also includes plans to activate the first phase of rent relief next week, deploy the Alpenglow upgrade in October, and host the Scale or

According to BlockBeats, on August 30, Fogo, a SVM Layer 1 network, suspended its mainnet operations after detecting unauthorized activity to prevent further transfer of affected assets. The team will upgrade the network and restrict addresses related to the incident during the halt.

According to BlockBeats, on August 30, Pons, the token issuance platform on Robinhood chain, recorded daily revenue of $550,000 yesterday for the first time, breaking the $500,000 threshold. The platform's cumulative revenue has reached $8.16 million, according to DefiLlama

According to Foresight News, NEAR protocol co-founder Illia announced that near.com has enabled privacy as default, with the team completing its transition to full on-chain financial privacy. All account balances, deposits, exchanges, yields, and payment activities are now visible only to the accoun

According to Odaily, Clutch Markets announced the introduction of STORMM (Stock Token Optimized Regenerative Market Maker) and will debut its permissionless on-chain options exchange Leverage Machine in September. On the platform, users can provide stock token or ETH liquidity to earn LP fees, optio

According to Foresight News, Polygon disclosed multiple previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities affecting its proof-of-stake network, which were fixed through the Austin and Kyoto hard forks. The vulnerabilities affected Polygon's Bor and Heimdall clients, including denial-of-service