Project Progress

According to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's blog post on Sunday, Hegotá—planned for 2027—could be the network's last "normal" fork before development shifts toward recursive STARKs, formal verification, and quantum-safe cryptography. Buterin said Hegotá's features would likely remain

According to Pendle, the platform's USDC vault exceeded $75 million in total value locked (TVL) as of September 28, 2026, ranking among Ethereum's top eight vaults. The vault facilitates USDC borrow liquidity through PT markets, attracting substantial user

Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said today that the protocol will expand into new asset classes including solar energy, batteries, GPUs, robots, and space infrastructure. Kulechov noted that Aave's market potential is measured by the universe of collateralizable assets, with the goal of

The Digital Asset Innovation Organization (DCIO), a corporate entity focused on deposit token-centered digital finance development, held a press conference in Tokyo on the 25th and announced it will begin full-scale operations from October 1. Katsura Eijiro serves as representative director and

According to Foresight News, Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure Omnity Network shut down its cross-chain bridge Omnity Hub on August 26, with full operational cessation scheduled for September 26 (30 days later). The company cited rising security pressures and challenges in generating sufficient revenue t

According to Alpen, the Bitcoin infrastructure provider has partnered with Circle to make USDC stablecoin and the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) available at the time of Alpen's mainnet launch. The partnership will allow Alpen users to access Circle's payment infrastructure and

USDai operates tokenized AI compute credit markets on Arbitrum by transforming GPUs into collateral. The platform creates credit markets designed for AI infrastructure financing. This approach represents an innovation in decentralized finance applied to AI project funding mechanisms. USDai

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article on September 28 outlining how Ethereum will transition by 2030 from an architecture in which “every node repeatedly verifies the same batch of transactions” to a hybrid system combining an underlying blockchain, cryptographic proofs, and an off-chain computing network. Buterin believes the Hegotá upgrade, expected to launch in 2027, will be the last “traditional” hard fork. Bottlenecks in the Existing Architecture: Scalability Limits of Re

According to Omnity's official statement today (September 28), Omnity Network has announced it will halt operations due to depleted funding. The Bitcoin DeFi products RichSwap and Satsman will cease operations within 30 days. The team urged liquidity providers to withdraw their liquidity promptly an

The Clearing House (TCH) announced on September 28 that it will adopt the technology of programmable money infrastructure provider Quant to support its “On-Chain Money Initiative,” building an entirely new interoperable payments network that enables financial institutions of all sizes to clear and settle tokenized deposit transactions. Following the announcement, Quant’s native token QNT rose 342.1% over the past 7 days, reaching $298.75. The Partnership’s Technical Architecture: Quant’s Specifi

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) repaid the $200 million credit facility provided by Coinbase Credit this week, releasing the collateral backed by Bitcoin, USDC, and cash. According to a filing Riot Platforms submitted to the SEC on September 25, the company paid off all remaining principal and interest without incurring any early termination fees or penalties. $200 Million Credit Facility Repayment Details: Collateral Composition, Repayment Date, and SEC Disclosure According to the filing Ri

Korean financial firms and fintech companies are accelerating infrastructure development for won-denominated stablecoins as institutionalization discussions continue. Companies are building digital asset wallets, payment, remittance, and settlement systems to launch services immediately after

According to Yonhap News, South Korean financial institutions and fintech companies are accelerating infrastructure preparations for won-backed stablecoins as legislative discussions continue as of September 28. Kakao Group, including Kakao Bank and Kakao Pay, has signed memorandums of

According to Yonhapnews, on Sept 28, Korean financial institutions and fintech companies including Kakao, Kakao Bank, and Kakao Pay are accelerating infrastructure development for Won stablecoin ahead of expected legislation. The companies signed multiple memoranda of understanding with domestic and

Zano rolled back approximately one month of blockchain history after a vulnerability in Gateway Addresses allowed unauthorized ZANO and Freedom Dollar tokens to enter circulation, according to its core team Sunday. The rollback was necessary because the exploit enabled unlimited creation of tokens,

According to BlockBeats, DYORSWAP announced on September 28 that it has compensated affected users with over 200 ETH following the fake GIWA Network 9134 incident. The multi-chain DEX clarified the event resulted from a fraudulent network impersonating GIWA, not a smart contract exploit. The false

Illia Polosukhin recently shared insights into NEAR Protocol's dynamic resharding, a technique designed to enhance scalability for the agentic economy. According to the announcement shared on X, this approach aims to help NEAR manage increasing demands more effectively as it evolves its

According to @NEARProtocol, the blockchain platform announced today the launch of 52 new AI-driven models designed to enhance user privacy. Ten of the models run confidentially in hardware enclaves, with all enclave requests fully attested to ensure data

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter announced that the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade is approaching its final development phase, with a Sepolia testnet fork scheduled for October 6, 2026, and a mainnet launch expected in Q4 2026. The upgrade centers on EIP-7928 (Block-Level Access