Project Progress

According to Cryptopolitan, Ethereum Foundation opened applications for EPF7 (Ethereum Protocol Fellowship 7) on May 1, with a deadline of May 13, 2026. The fellowship will prioritize depth of participation over breadth compared to previous cohorts. Selected developers will receive monthly

According to ENS, the ENSv2 upgrade will launch soon. Existing domain ownership will remain unchanged, but users must complete an upgrade to use domains in new applications and resource managers. ENS will provide migration guidance tools at launch and extend validity periods for all active domains,

According to The Block, Tether-backed wallet startup Oobit launched AI Agent Cards on Thursday, allowing autonomous bots to make purchases using USDT balances without converting to fiat or accessing corporate card credentials directly. The Visa-supported cards are usable online wherever Visa is acce

On April 30, AequiSolva announced the production launch of its Sentinel Stack, an AI-integrated exchange architecture designed for institutional digital asset markets. The platform combines Deterministic Execution, AI-driven market surveillance for pre-trade integrity, and the Omni-Attest Engine for

According to a recent announcement, a leading cryptocurrency exchange unveiled the Agent Payments Protocol on April 29, an open standard enabling artificial intelligence agents to execute full business transactions across multiple blockchain networks without human intervention. The protocol

According to Circle's blog post, Circle launched Nanopayments on mainnet yesterday (April 29), offering gas-free USDC transfers as small as $0.000001 across 11 blockchains including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon PoS. Built on Circle Gateway, the product enables instant v

According to the Ethereum Foundation, applications for Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 (EPF7) are now open with a deadline of May 13. The program aims to develop engineers capable of contributing to Ethereum's core

MARA Foundation focuses on Bitcoin security, open-source support, self-custody, policy advocacy, and education initiatives. Initiative includes research on quantum computing risks, aiming to protect Bitcoin’s long-term resilience and infrastructure. $100K grant launched with community

XRP Las Vegas 2026 opened its doors on Thursday, April 30, drawing the XRP community together for a two-day event running April 30 to May 1. The gathering follows directly on the heels of the Bitcoin 2026 Conference that concluded at the Venetian earlier in the week, keeping Las Vegas at the center

According to The Block, Oobit, a Tether-backed wallet startup, launched virtual 'Agent Cards' today that allow AI agents to spend USDT directly at Visa-supported merchants without currency conversion or per-transaction approval. Each card is assigned to a single agent and includes spending limits

According to The Block, South Korea's Shinhan Card announced Thursday a partnership with Solana Foundation to build stablecoin payment systems on Solana's blockchain. The company is conducting an advanced proof of concept this year focused on real-world payment scenarios between customers and

According to Franklin Templeton, the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) reached $1.98 billion in assets under management as of April 2026. Operating as BENJI tokens on the Stellar network, the fund has become the second-largest real-world asset (RWA) on the blockchain

According to AethirClaw's official announcement on April 30, the company launched CARA, a preconfigured crypto AI agent running on Aethir's decentralized GPU infrastructure. The platform features over 50 built-in skills covering real-time market monitoring, whale wallet tracking, on-chain

Two weeks after the rsETH cross-chain bridge was hacked on April 18, Kelp completed its upgrade on 4/29: validators on 4/4, 64 block confirmations, hub-and-spoke topology, and cross-chain messages must route through the Ethereum as a relay. ether.fi also hardened weETH in parallel and added a 5,000 ETH donation to DeFi United. DeFi United mobilized more than 70,000 ETH in rescue funds, and market interest rates such as Aave’s fell significantly; however, the attacker still holds about 107,000 rsETH awaiting liquidation, which requires governance and committee-style processes to recover.

According to CoinDesk, German joint venture AllUnity announced on April 30 that its compliant euro stablecoin EURAU has launched on Solana following its earlier deployment on Ethereum, offering faster and lower-cost euro-denominated on-chain settlement. EURAU is issued on a full-reserve basis

According to BlockBeats, on April 30, Jasper Vault announced plans to end its beta phase after the May Day holiday and fully remove invitation code restrictions, allowing more users to access BTC perpetual trading and Perpetual Protect (PP), a new perpetual contract protection feature combining perp

Mezo has launched an institutional-grade product designed to help corporate treasuries earn yield and access lending on their bitcoin holdings. Key Takeaways: Mezo and Anchorage Digital Bank launched Mezo Prime to provide bitcoin yield to corporate treasuries. Over 1,000,000 bitcoin currently si