Project Progress

According to Cardano developers, the V11 'Van Rossem' hard fork update launched on the Preview testnet on May 19th, with the mainnet governance vote targeted for May 29th. The update enables smart contracts to run faster and at lower costs while introducing enhanced cryptography features and

On May 19, Sleepagotchi, a Solana-based health platform, launched its AI Sleep Coach MVP and announced a strategic transition from its sleep-to-earn model toward a broader AI-driven wellness ecosystem. The company integrated health signals from wearables including Whoop, Oura, and Apple Watch,

Canaan Inc. has been selected to supply hash-to-heat equipment to a district heating network in the Nordic region, deploying its Avalon A1566HA hydro-cooled mining units to deliver hot water directly to residential customers. Key Takeaways: Canaan Inc. won a competitive bid to deploy 8 MW of A

Byreal, a Solana-based DEX, launched a USD1 ecosystem incentive campaign on May 19 with a total reward pool of 2 million WLFI. The campaign runs through June 18. The initiative includes two components: a trading competition offering 1 million WLFI in rewards for users trading USD1 or WLFI against a

XRP Ledger's upcoming 3.1.3 upgrade has sparked fresh debate after Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz explained why XRPL sees more events that look like "technical hard forks." Summary David Schwartz said XRPL has more "technical hard forks" than most established public ledgers. XRPL 3.1.3

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council approved the "Next-Generation AI and On-Chain Finance" proposal on May 19, 2026, positioning on-chain finance—including stablecoins and tokenized deposits—as the country's next-generation national financial infrastructure. The proposal is

According to the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, Japan approved the 'Next-Generation AI and On-Chain Finance' proposal on May 19, 2026, positioning on-chain finance including stablecoins and tokenized deposits as core national financial infrastructure. The plan is being

Opening On May 6, the XRP Ledger achieved a milestone when Ripple, JPMorgan's Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance executed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries, settling the transaction in under five seconds. Evernorth, commenting on the event, emphasized th

According to Matrixdock's announcement on May 19, the RWA tokenization platform's XAGm tokenized silver has integrated Pyth Network's real-time price oracle and deployed on the Sui blockchain. The platform's tokenized gold XAUm and silver XAGm now both have independent real-time price data

Solana generated approximately $342 million in "chain GDP" during the first quarter of 2026, according to ecosystem analytics reports and on-chain data providers. This metric measures aggregate economic activity generated directly on-chain through transaction fees, application revenue, validator

According to its official announcement on May 18, AFX, a sovereign Layer 1 purpose-built for on-chain perpetual derivatives, has launched its Mainnet. The network features 100ms median latency, transaction capacity exceeding 100,000 per second, and a Zero Gas execution model. AFX supports perpetual

According to Panther Protocol Foundation, Panther Protocol went live on Polygon on May 7, 2026, introducing zero-knowledge privacy infrastructure for decentralized finance. The protocol enables confidential on-chain interactions through locally-generated cryptographic proofs, with credential-based a

According to Deploi's announcement on May 14, 2026, the company launched a direct issuance framework for private credit on Polygon, securing ISIN allocations from Nasdaq CSD for its inaugural UK Consumer Credit Notes. The first issuance, Series 2026/CON/001, enables regulated digital debt issuance w

According to ChainCatcher, Ostium, an Arbitrum-based DeFi perpetual trading platform, has become the first on-chain platform to integrate Nasdaq's official data feed for equity perpetual contracts. Users can trade U.S. stock contracts through crypto wallets with 24/7 market exposure. The platform ha

According to BlockBeats, on May 19, Ostium, a DeFi perpetual futures platform built on Arbitrum, became the first on-chain trading platform to integrate Nasdaq's official data source and offer perpetual contracts on individual U.S. stocks. Users can trade stock-linked contracts directly from

According to CoinDesk, Ostium, a decentralized exchange built on Arbitrum, has become the first on-chain platform to offer perpetual futures on individual U.S. stocks using Nasdaq data, enabling users to gain direct exposure to American equities via blockchain infrastructure. The platform supports e

OmenX officially launched its mainnet on May 19, introducing what it describes as the first live leveraged prediction market platform. Built natively on Base, OmenX allows users to trade prediction market assets with up to 5x leverage at launch, with plans to expand to 10x leverage as market

According to ZachXBT on May 19, BlockDAG is facing renewed allegations that Gurhan Kiziloz's projects extracted at least $350 million from retail investors while failing to deliver core promises. The investigator claimed that promised BlockDAG Mainnet infrastructure and mining hardware have not

According to ChainCatcher, BNB Chain completed post-quantum cryptography migration testing on May 14. Transaction signatures have been switched from ECDSA to ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium), while consensus voting aggregation shifted from BLS12-381 to pqSTARK, using NIST-standardized quantum-resistant

According to CoinPost, on May 19, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Digital Society Promotion Division released a policy proposal on next-generation AI and on-chain finance, aiming to combine AI and blockchain to automate decision-making, financing, and asset management operations. The propo