Project Progress

The XRP Ledger Foundation partnered with Ankr to deploy globally distributed public nodes, enabling developers to access the network without operating their own servers. The infrastructure partnership provides free JSON-RPC endpoints across four regions, reducing the technical overhead for teams

According to the XRP Ledger Foundation, the XRP Ledger Foundation partnered with Ankr to deploy globally distributed public nodes, enabling developers free access to mainnet and testnet without running their own infrastructure. Nodes are deployed in New York, Singapore, Amsterdam, and San

According to Cardano Foundation, Cardano and Injective have established a connection via the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol on testnet. ADA tokens can now enter the Injective ecosystem, while INJ tokens can enter the Cardano ecosystem, enabling cross-chain asset interoperability

According to The Block, BlackRock has launched tokenized share classes for European money market funds on its Institutional Cash Series platform. The Ethereum-based share classes, built by JPMorgan's Kinexys, cover euro, British pound, and US dollar funds.

American Bitcoin Corp. reported Q2 2026 results showing its Bitcoin strategic reserve increased by 981 BTC, or 14%, from roughly 7,021 BTC on 31st March to 8,002 BTC on 30th June 2026, according to a press release. The expansion in mining and treasury operations occurred despite a 12% drop in Bitcoi

According to AMBCrypto, Robinhood secured FCA crypto registration on July 31, strengthening its UK expansion and gaining an early foothold before the country's new digital asset regime begins in October 2027. The approval allows the company to offer eligible crypto services under the current

Boltz disabled its Bitcoin swap service on Monday after reporting a sharp rise in automated AI-assisted attacks against its infrastructure. The non-custodial swap provider said it dealt with several exploits over the past few months, with attacks accelerating over the past few days. Boltz

According to PANews, Solana's double deflation proposal SGP-0002 entered the support phase on August 4. The proposal requires 10% of active staked SOL (43.27 million SOL) to advance to full governance voting; support votes have reached 27.19 million SOL, hitting 41.9% of the threshold. The proposal

Cardano and Injective activated their first live on-chain connection using the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol on August 3, 2026, according to announcements from both networks. The integration enables the transfer of ADA and INJ tokens between Cardano Preprod and Injective Testnet, marking C

According to official announcements on August 3, 2026, Cardano and Injective activated their first live Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol connection on their respective test networks. The integration enables ADA and INJ token transfers between Cardano Preprod and Injective Testnet,

According to ChainCatcher, citing SolanaFloor, Solana's Inclusion Fee proposal SGP-0003 has entered the support phase. If approved by 15% of active staked SOL, the proposal will advance to full governance voting. Should the proposal be implemented, estimated daily SOL burns would increase from the c

According to ChainCatcher, NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin has proposed establishing a sovereign fund to enhance the long-term sustainability of the network's token economics. The fund would be composed of the protocol's existing and future treasury along with protocol revenues, holding NE

NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin proposed creating a protocol sovereign fund on Monday to improve the long-term sustainability of the network's tokenomics. The proposal, uploaded on the NEAR forum, outlines using protocol revenue and treasury assets to fund ecosystem public goods such as se

BitMine Immersion Technologies staked 150,120 Ethereum (ETH) tokens worth approximately $278 million on August 4, according to blockchain analytics account Lookonchain. The transaction raised BitMine's total staked ETH to 5,067,309 tokens valued at about $9.38 billion, representing 87.4% of the

According to ChainCatcher, Aptos mainnet launched Confidential APT today (August 4), enabling selective privacy protection for compliant use cases. The feature supports payroll, fund management, and intercompany settlement

On-chain proof-of-attendance protocol POAP co-founder Isabel Gonzalez announced in August that the team would gradually wind down POAP’s operations. POAP entered maintenance mode in March, stopped accepting new issuers, and halted active development. Describing the current situation as “winding down” means that POAP is now officially moving toward a complete shutdown. POAP Operations Timeline The key milestones for POAP are as follows: 2019: Launched at the ETHDenver event, allowing participants

According to Foresight News, non-custodial Bitcoin cross-chain bridge Boltz announced on-going suspension of its swap services until further notice due to sustained automated and AI-assisted infrastructure probing attacks. The team said the iteration speed of attackers has exceeded its patching

NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin has proposed establishing a protocol sovereign fund in the community. The proposal seeks to consolidate current and future protocol reserves, historical protocol income, and future protocol revenue into the fund, with earnings directed toward financing ecosystem

According to ChainCatcher, Solana lending protocol Kamino launched Kamino Institutional Yield on August 4, a blockchain infrastructure connecting institutional credit markets with on-chain users. The inaugural Commodity Yield vault began operations with an initial deposit of $25 million USDC,