Project Progress

Solana reported $143 million in app revenue and achieved 5.2 billion transactions in August. The surge reflects the platform's expanding ecosystem and growing appeal to developers and users. Solana introduced new payment channels enabling up to 1 million agent payments per second, positioning the hi

Pencil Finance, a decentralized lending protocol incubated by Animoca Brands, completed a $1 million student loan cycle entirely on-chain, from capital raising to repayment recording. Education-financing company ErudiFi issued the loans, which were funded in July 2025 by Animoca Brands, Open

According to Pencil Finance and Animoca Brands, the decentralized lending protocol completed its first fully on-chain student-loan cycle in September 2026, deploying $1 million in capital over a 12-month period beginning July 2025. The loans, issued through partner ErudiFi, supported more

According to MetaMask market data, ARB surged to $0.197 on Sept. 6, up roughly 49% in 24 hours and approximately 131% from its Aug. 30 low of $0.0844. The rally, lifting Arbitrum's market capitalization above $1.3 billion, was largely driven by Robinhood Chain activity, which generated $3.75

According to ChainCatcher, PAIR, a multi-pool RWA token issuance platform on Robinhood Chain, has burned over $3 million worth of PAIR tokens, representing over 10% of the total token supply. The protocol has accumulated nearly $100 million in trading volume and issued over $600,000 in creator

According to Solana, the blockchain's upcoming Alpenglow upgrade is set to significantly reduce transaction times from 12 seconds to 400 milliseconds. The initiative aims to enhance network performance and capacity, potentially attracting more developers and users to the platform. Alpenglow was

According to Foresight News, StonkFun, a Launchpad on Solana, has launched Raydium LaunchLab for new project deployments. The new feature reduces deployment costs and lowers sniping risks, while incorporating an auto-compounding mechanism to increase liquidity after projects

According to Foresight News, Ethereum execution client ethrex has launched a public testnet based on Glamsterdam to test privacy roadmap-related proposals. The testnet supports five EIPs: EIP-8141 (framed transactions), EIP-8250 (key randomness), EIP-8272 (recent root), EIP-7805 (FOCIL), and EIP-836

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted significant progress on EIP-8141 in a recent tweet. The update focuses on improving privacy solutions and broadening functionality within the Ethereum network. Buterin encouraged the community to review the updated Ethereum Improvement Proposal

According to E Daily, South Korea's Financial Services Commission will expand tokenized securities to include private money market funds, private bonds, and non-listed stocks beginning February 2027. Unlike fractional investment products, these traditional securities will not require separate

According to Algorand, the blockchain network surpassed 1 million post-quantum transactions on its mainnet, marking a significant milestone in addressing quantum computing threats. The announcement, highlighted in an official tweet, underscores Algorand's position as a leader in quantum-resistant bl

Cathie Wood of ARK Invest has endorsed LayerZero, with ARK researcher Lorenzo Valente projecting the protocol could generate nine-figure annual recurring revenue from its cross-chain messaging business. LayerZero handled approximately 44% of cross-chain volume during the first half of 2026,

According to t54 data, XRPL agentic payments jumped 29% in four days to reach approximately 3.99 million transactions by September 4, up from 3.1 million on September 1. The acceleration underscores rapid adoption of autonomous machine-to-machine payments on the XRP Ledger using the x402

According to ChainCatcher, Balancer sent on-chain messages to wallets linked to the August 31 protocol exploit, offering a bounty for returning the stolen $234,000. The team pledged not to pursue legal action if the funds are returned by September 9 at 5 UTC. If no response is received by the

According to Aerodrome, the decentralized exchange announced the launch of new tokenized stocks and metaswaps, coupled with a buyback of 281K $AERO tokens. The new tokenized stocks offering has already generated over 200 million in trading volume, demonstrating strong user interest in the platform's

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently highlighted De Nederlandsche Bank's $11 billion gold relocation as evidence that traditional finance still relies on slow infrastructure for value transfer. The Dutch central bank moved about 86