Project Progress

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

Ethereum researchers including Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake filed EIP-8361 on Aug. 4, a proposal to burn a growing share of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises. The filing comes as the share of ETH supply staked climbed to 34%, up from about 29% at the start of the year, raising

According to researcher SMOKE, Ripple's National Trust Bank received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in December 2025, enabling the company to advance its institutional ambitions independent of the delayed CLARITY Act. SMOKE argues that while the bill co

According to ChainCatcher, SKALE Labs launched Agent Pit on August 12, a paper trading sandbox for prediction markets running on its zero-gas blockchain. The platform mirrors Polymarket's order book, settlement mechanism, and real-time event data, enabling developers and AI agents to test and

According to ChainCatcher, Aventus launched Aventus Cloud node sales on August 12, with Genesis Tranche node licenses priced at $1,755. The enterprise blockchain infrastructure provider aims to enable individuals and institutions to run nodes through available computing resources. Over 2,500 nodes a

According to Cointelegraph, Hyperliquid expanded HIP-1 with a new scaleWei function controlled by token deployers. The function enables proportional balance adjustments across all token holders—equivalent to an on-chain stock split—and supports airdrops, dividends, repricing, and reverse splits.

According to CoinDesk, zero-knowledge blockchain Miden is launching privacy stablecoin USDCx at mainnet launch scheduled for late August. USDCx is natively issued via Circle's xReserve infrastructure and backed 1:1 by USDC held in xReserve smart contracts. Users can hold and transfer USDCx without p

According to Anchorpoint, the Standard Chartered-backed company launched the beta phase of its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin HKDAP today (August 12), with OSL Group among the first authorized distributors. The launch marks the first live phase around four months after the Hong Kong Monetary