Project Progress

According to Foresight News, Aster DEX launched its Listing Vote mechanism, allowing validators staking 20 million ASTER tokens to initiate listing proposals. All ASTER holders will participate in on-chain voting weighted by their stake. The first proposal, submitted by United Stables, seeks to list

According to BlockBeats, on May 18, Aave upgraded SavingsGHO to a new vault offering 4.25% APR via AaveSavingsRate. The platform also announced that rewards for the legacy stkGHO will end in 7 weeks, requiring users to manually migrate to the new vault to continue earning. The upgrade introduces

According to COTI Foundation's official announcement on May 17, the organization introduced a private ERC20 token infrastructure designed to enable encrypted transactions while maintaining full compatibility with Ethereum-based applications. The framework features encrypted balances, private token t

According to ChainCatcher, Aave has formally proposed a principal-preserving charitable donation layer that allows users to continuously donate generated yields to charity while retaining control and liquidity of their principal assets. The proposal is currently undergoing a temp-check vote on the A

According to an official announcement, BNBAgent SDK officially launched on BSC mainnet on May 18, providing core infrastructure for scaling AI agents on-chain. The SDK features four modular components: identity and trust based on ERC-8004, commerce and custody via ERC-8183 (APEX), autonomous

Following the April rsETH exploit that drained approximately $230 million in ETH from the lending protocol, Aave has restored normal loan-to-value ratios for wrapped ether (WETH) across six V3 networks. According to Aave governance documentation, WETH LTVs have returned to 80.5% on Ethereum

According to BlockBeats, on May 18, Quantography Labs announced the early access version of Lock.com, a cryptocurrency wallet featuring isolated signing and air-gapped architecture for offline private key management without requiring dedicated hardware devices. The platform separates the signing en

Zcash announced on May 16 that it is introducing provably secret on-chain voting for Network Upgrade 7 (NU7), allowing shielded ZEC holders to participate in governance decisions through the Zodl Wallet. Voting is scheduled to begin in June. The underlying voting protocol will also be opened for int

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI has officially launched on Solana, expanding its multi-chain ecosystem to eight networks: TRON, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana. Users can now log in via MetaMask or Phantom wallets and deposit SOL, USDT, USDC, or WBTC to activate

According to Foresight News, Sygnum has completed a pilot program for AI agent-driven digital asset trading where agents execute real-time multi-step transactions on blockchain mainnets based on plain-text customer instructions. The agents independently plan and prepare each transaction step,

According to Foresight News, Remixpoint, a Japanese Bitcoin treasury company, announced today it is expanding its Bitcoin lending operations to approximately 1,496 BTC. The expansion incorporates the previously announced 1,411 BTC holdings plus additional purchased and borrowed Bitcoin, managed in c

Pi Network’s core team has confirmed that the migration deadline for Protocol 23 has been extended from May 15 to May 19, giving node operators an additional four days to install the updated version. Pi Network also confirmed that May 19 is the final deadline for this upgrade process; node operators should install the updated version before the deadline to avoid potential synchronization issues after the migration. Confirmation of the Revised Technical Specifications for Protocol 23.0 According

According to the Ethereum Foundation Protocol Cluster, five senior contributors have departed or taken extended leave in recent weeks. In April, Josh Stark and Trent Van Epps left the foundation. In May, Tim Beiko and Barnabé Monnot announced their departures, while Alex Stokes entered extended leav

According to Bitcoin.com News on May 17, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, at the XRP Las Vegas Summit, confirmed three core differentiating features of XRP in the digital asset space: settlement speed of 3 to 5 seconds, transaction costs of only a fraction of a cent, and a transaction record of more than 4 billion completed transactions. Three Core Technical Metrics Confirmed by Garlinghouse Settlement speed: Complete transaction settlement in 3 to 5 seconds. Transaction costs: The cost per transac

According to Foresight News, Pre-IPO stock tokenization platform PreStocks issued a statement responding to recent SPV (special purpose vehicle) risk discussions, stating it has implemented multiple risk control measures. These include avoiding SPVs with three or fewer layers, verifying beneficial o

Charms Interactive announced the completion of a $1.5 million seed funding round, launching Charms.ai, centered on creator-owned rights and independent economic systems for roles. Role characters control revenue and allocate it to creators, the platform, referrers, and a role treasury. Technically, it uses inference memory to prevent chat resets. Pennsylvania has filed an illegal medical practice lawsuit against Character.ai, alleging that its characters impersonate medical professionals and list invalid license numbers. In the U.S., AI medical regulation shows interstate divergence: the FDA lacks guidance, and each state sets its own rules.

According to PANews on May 18, ALEX Lab Foundation submitted governance proposal AGP-8 to restructure the ALEX protocol through three measures: halting ALEX community token emissions, discontinuing the

Aave founder Stani Kulechov confirmed on X on May 18 that the next step in the rsETH technical recovery plan has been completed, and the WETH loan-to-value (LTV) for all affected networks has been restored to the pre-incident levels. Users can now borrow again on the Aave platform using WETH as collateral, including via the collateral swap and debt swap functions. Restored Features and Affected Network List The specific functions restored: · WETH collateral borrowing feature (re-enabled) · Colla

According to Nikkei Asia, on May 17, SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities are jointly developing a crypto-asset investment trust fund on their own, planning to sell it directly to retail investors. In late April, Hiroyoshi Yamaji, CEO of Japan Exchange Group (JPX), confirmed that if the current Diet session completes the relevant legal reforms and tax policy changes, the Tokyo Stock Exchange could list a crypto ETF as early as 2027. SBI and Rakuten’s in-house development strategy SBI Securities

According to Kelp's announcement on X, the protocol will discontinue rsETH cross-chain support on 20 networks after June 15, 2026. Affected networks include Optimism, Manta, Mode, Blast, Scroll, X Layer, zkSync, Zircuit, Swellchain, Hemi, Berachain, Sonic, HyperEVM, Unichain, TAC, Avalanche,