Project Progress

According to PANews, Cardano wallet provider SecondFi released a security incident update on July 8, announcing an isolation mode launching this week that allows users to check if their wallet addresses are affected and submit support tickets. The platform plans to introduce a secure wallet export f

Base is scheduled to activate its B20 token standard on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 6 pm UTC. The upgrade will allow developers to create native tokens on the Base network, including stablecoins, real-world assets (RWAs), and other token

According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger's new server software v3.2.0 has launched recently. Of approximately 833 active nodes, 43% have upgraded to the new version while 51% still run v3.1.3. However, 89% of the 35 validators in the default UNL have upgraded, exceeding the required 80% activation

According to Foresight News, Ethereum Institutional, a non-profit organization established on July 1, has announced it is recruiting to build its core team. The nonprofit, positioned as an institutional-grade entry point for the Ethereum ecosystem, will focus its hiring efforts in the coming weeks o

Margin Trade expanded its multi-asset trading platform with perpetual and spot markets for artificial intelligence company stocks, commodities, and digital assets. The Solana-native platform announced the addition of tokenized perpetual markets including NVIDIA, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Micron,

According to Foresight News, YGG Play, the Web3 gaming division of YGG, announced a shutdown schedule on July 8. Starting July 9 at 3 p.m. Singapore time, purchase functions and platform-wide tasks will cease for "LOL Land" and "Waifu Sweeper," with the entire platform closing on July 31. The

According to Foresight News, decentralized data network Vana has acquired the Base ecosystem's open data protocol Memory Protocol team. Jack Spallone, Memory's lead, has joined Vana to lead technical integration, with acquisition terms not disclosed. Vana's upgraded application is now available

According to Foresight News, Aave Labs has proposed integrating Maple Finance's syrupUSDG, a yield-bearing token, into Aave V4's Global Dollar Hub as a collateral asset for the Aave DAO.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the company's crypto blockchain is "great for memes," adding a retail-culture dimension to a network the brokerage has primarily positioned as infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets and on-chain financial services. Tenev made the comment on X, writing that

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said on X that the company's blockchain is "great for memes," signaling retail-culture appeal alongside the platform's primary focus on tokenized real-world assets and on-chain financial services. The remark follows Robinhood's latest international expansion announcement, in

According to Foresight News, BitTorrent's BTTC Bridge closure plan (Sunset Program) has been completed. The BitTorrent team announced it will now focus on decentralized artificial intelligence development and maintaining the BitTorrent decentralized protocol. All user funds remain secure, and

According to Wormhole's announcement reported by BlockBeats on July 8, the Moonbeam network will officially cease operations on July 31, 2026. The Moonbeam parachain will continue running during the transition period but will stop operating after the deadline. Wormhole stated that Portal and Wormhol

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced a new long-term project called 'Lean Ethereum' following a meeting of Ethereum researchers in Berlin, Germany. He described it as the 'third major iteration' of Ethereum after the Merge. The Merge, completed in 2022, transitioned Ethereum from energy-in

Strike launched a Bitcoin-backed loan product that eliminates forced liquidations during market crashes. The company introduced the volatility-proof loans after customers experienced liquidations following Bitcoin's 54% decline from its peak after the May 2025 product launch. According to a Ledn

According to Foresight News, Cardano lending platform Levvy announced it will officially shut down by the end of July. The platform urged all users to transfer their assets and repay any outstanding loans before this

According to BlockBeats, Arc announced on July 8 that its testnet will conduct a planned stress test to analyze network performance and stability under extreme conditions. During the test, users may experience network congestion, increased transaction failure rates, higher gas fees, extended block g

Yield Guild Games (YGG) co-founder Gabby Dizon announced on July 6 that the company is shutting down its game publishing division YGG Play, launched in 2025, with the platform and some games to be gradually taken offline by July 31. According to a Caladan report in April, of the approximately 3,200 blockchain gaming projects tracked, 93% have been classified as "effectively dead." YGG Play Shutdown Details: 35 Employees, Offline by July 31 According to YGG's official statement, the shutdown arra

According to Foresight News, Category Labs launched Cadence, a new consensus protocol featuring a multi-concurrent proposer (MCP) mechanism that enables multiple block proposers to participate concurrently without sacrificing latency. Simulation tests on a 200-node global network showed average

From late June to early July, three major changes occurred at the Ethereum organizational level: On June 22, five former Ethereum Foundation (EF) core researchers announced the establishment of Ethlabs, an independent non-profit research and development lab aimed at making Ethereum the settlement layer of the global economy; on June 23, the EF announced a new organizational structure, ending collaboration with about 54 employees (approximately 20% of total staff). After the restructuring, ETH go

Zcash's ZEC token rose about 12% after developers behind Project Tachyon announced they are close to formally proving that the network's incoming Ironwood shielded pool carries no undetectable counterfeiting bug. The price gain follows progress on formal verification work aimed at ruling out a