Project Progress

According to Cointelegraph, World Liberty Financial launched USD1 stablecoin natively on Canton Network on Tuesday, allowing institutions to settle transactions involving tokenized real-world assets. USD1 can serve as the cash leg for derivatives collateral, institutional lending, and asset

LayerZero announced ATLAS, new exchange infrastructure for trading platforms and financial institutions built on the Zero blockchain. ATLAS, short for Aggregated Trading, Liquidity and Settlement, is built on the Zero blockchain that LayerZero announced in February in collaboration with Citadel

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a headless exchange infrastructure built on its Zero blockchain, over the past 24 hours. ATLAS is designed for trading platforms and financial institutions to use as backend infrastructure without building their own systems or relying on competing exchanges. The infrastruc

According to ChainCatcher, Kamino, a DeFi protocol on Solana, launched Kamino Fixed Rates, a framework for on-chain fixed-term and fixed-rate lending. The private testnet is now live, with public launch planned for Q3 2026. The product provides borrowers and lenders with pre-locked terms and

Rain Protocol burned 7,419,354,838 $RAIN tokens valued at approximately $108 million at the time of the burn, following the close of a settlement claim window tied to its first DAO vote. The burn was triggered by coordinated activity in which participants used multiple wallets to bypass the Credit R

According to Lisk founder Max Kordek, Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026, as the platform pivots to enterprise treasury management services supporting multi-currency operations across jurisdictions. The closure marks the end of Lisk's blockchain ecosystem. Lisk will destroy 100 million L

According to ChainCatcher, Lisk announced it is transitioning into a modern capital operations platform for finance teams. As part of this shift, Lisk Chain will be phased out gradually, with the team providing an optional migration pathway to Celo for current builders deployed on Lisk.

TRON DAO announced on August 25, 2026 that the TRON blockchain exceeded 400 million total accounts on August 23, 2026. The milestone reflects sustained activity across the network, which has processed more than 15.2 billion transactions and total transfer volume surpassing $29 trillion. The

According to Foresight News, Galaxy launched GalaxyOne, a cryptocurrency portfolio lending product enabling investors to borrow against Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Staked SOL collateral through a single credit facility with no fees. The product carries an 8.99% annual interest

According to ChainCatcher, Arcus, a decentralized exchange founded by the original dYdX team, officially launched on Robinhood Chain today, introducing over 95 equity tokens with 24/7 trading and zero fees. The platform simultaneously rolled out perpetual contracts covering stocks, ETFs,

According to BlockBeats, THORChain launched v3.20 upgrade today (August 25), enabling native swaps of XMR and ZEC directly to BTC, ETH, and stablecoins without asset wrapping or exchange registration. The upgrade also introduced protocol-owned liquidity (POL) and Stable Reserve, which supports

Sui blockchain's stablecoin supply remains near $478 million as of recent onchain data, holding 69% below its May 2025 peak of $1.6 billion. The plateau follows Mysten Labs' May rollout of a zero-fee stablecoin transfer feature that has processed $65 billion in volume since June 10, according to

Monad, an Ethereum-compatible layer-one blockchain, introduced a community proposal to separate a wallet's public address from its authentication methods. The proposal allows users to replace lost, compromised, or outdated keys without transferring assets or creating new

Monad, an Ethereum-compatible layer-one blockchain, recently unveiled a community proposal redesigning crypto wallet security and recoverability. The plan separates a wallet's public address from its authentication methods, allowing users to replace lost or compromised keys without transferring

According to Cointelegraph, Arcus, a decentralized exchange built by the dYdX team, launched tokenized perpetual futures positions on Robinhood Chain on Tuesday. The protocol converts perp positions into transferable ERC-20 tokens, including products such as pBTC3x and pHOOD3x, offering 3x

REP Labs, an applied cryptography and artificial intelligence firm backed by angel investors with experience at the Ethereum Foundation, Consensys, Symbiotic, BlackRock, and Mask & Lens Networks, launched its first consumer application built on a verified-context graph. The application

REP Labs, a cryptography and AI firm backed by advisors from Ethereum Foundation, Consensys, and BlackRock, launched its first consumer application on August 25, enabling users to consolidate verified activity data across X, Polymarket, Hyperliquid, Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain into a single