Project Progress

Input Output Group announced the launch of USDCx on Cardano, a Cardano-native asset backed by USDC in Circle's xReserve. This integration enhances DeFi liquidity and enables seamless interaction between Ethereum and Cardano, despite some community criticism.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire revealed that Circle has completed internal entity transfers using USDC through the Circle Mint platform, transferring over $68 million in the first month, with significantly higher efficiency than traditional bank wire transfers. The platform will launch a fund management update in March to optimize account transfers and integrate with accounting system APIs.

Gate News Report, March 7th, OpenSea launched the Skill feature for AI agents. Users can query information such as NFTs, listings, and transactions through the terminal, or install it as a Skill to access OpenSea's on-chain data. This feature aims to provide AI agents with more powerful data access capabilities.

Gate News Announcement, March 7th, Claude Code core member Thariq tweeted that the desktop version of Claude Code has launched a local scheduled task feature. Users can create scheduled tasks and set them to run periodically; as long as the computer is awake, these tasks will continue to execute.

Renaiss Protocol released the BETA 2.0 roadmap on March 7th, announcing a comprehensive upgrade, the launch of the AI Laboratory Auranaiss Intelligence, and open-source capability modules. A Hackathon will be held in April to attract developers. The first ecosystem project, What's Your References, has begun testing, and a co-branded card pack has been launched in collaboration with Collector Crypt. Currently, it has accumulated 220,000 users and $4 million in trading volume.

The ShibClaw skill aims to enhance the Shiba Inu ecosystem by introducing AI agents that automate tasks on the Shibarium blockchain. It emphasizes community collaboration and includes important tools for network interactions, while urging users to remain cautious against scams.

The BNB Beacon Chain token recovery tool is now in Phase 1 of its sunset, and 7-day processing will only be available until April 30. Only mirrored BEP2 tokens are recoverable; holders of unmirrored assets risk permanently losing them. BNB Chain has begun a phased shutdown of the BNB Beacon

According to on-chain analyst Yu Yan's monitoring, the lending platform Spark transferred 570,000 USDS to a new multi-signature wallet on March 5th, initiating the SPK token buyback. They have already repurchased 1.84 million SPK tokens, worth approximately $36,000. This buyback plan is expected to last 12 months, with 10% of funds each month allocated for repurchasing.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Project Acacia successfully tested blockchain through 19 real transactions using Hedera technology. This initiative explores various tokenization use cases, signaling a potential shift in modernizing financial markets and enhancing efficiency.

SKY rose 10% after the network cut staking emissions and continued buybacks, tightening supply across the market. Sky expanded the USDS credit infrastructure as lower token issuance and steady buybacks supported bullish market momentum. SKY, the governance token of the DeFi protocol

Kite AI announces Ehsan Yousefzadeh joins as Head of Product, having previously led AI payments at PayPal and possessing extensive experience in internet and payment product management. This addition will drive the development of agent-based infrastructure and autonomous intelligent agents.

Pi Network tested AI image recognition on nodes with OpenMind, using idle CPU power during its ongoing Mainnet upgrade phase. The network requires Mainnet nodes to upgrade to v20.2 by March 12 as part of its path toward version 23.0 in Q2 this year. Pi Network is testing artificial

Utexo has secured $7.5 million to enable direct USDT settlements on the Bitcoin network, reducing reliance on bridges and enhancing payment efficiency. Tether's investment signals strong market potential for Bitcoin as a stablecoin payment platform.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that the company recently used USDC and Circle Mint to settle $68 million cross-company transactions in less than 30 minutes, replacing the traditional fiat wire transfer process that takes 1-3 days. This method has full auditability and is expected to be adopted by more enterprises in the future.

The Web3 Foundation announced a strategic realignment on March 7, focusing on Web3 promotion, resource management, and long-term vision, transferring several projects to other teams to ensure healthy ecosystem development.

Pi Network news today reports that it is seeing renewed attention. As its ecosystem prepares for a major update. Over the past week, the Pi coin price has surged by more than 35%. It is driven by strong retail demand and growing excitement around upcoming upgrades. The latest momentum comes as the n

Boundless officially released a progress report on March 7, stating that its network is the largest decentralized ZK proof network, with throughput increased by 80-100 times, and daily proof capability exceeding 400 trillion times. At the same time, several mainstream chains such as Citrea and Wormhole have integrated with Boundless, and new positions for Vice President of Engineering and Protocol Engineer have been added.

Vitalik Buterin proposed on the X platform to replace Ethereum's finality component Casper FFG with Minimmit, claiming it offers better security and recoverability. Minimmit requires only one round of signatures, reducing the fault tolerance threshold to about 17%, which can enhance the network's competitiveness and coordinated recovery ability under attack.