Project Progress

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

According to Echo Protocol, on May 19, the team discovered unauthorized eBTC activity on Monad caused by a leaked admin key, resulting in unauthorized minting and approximately $816K in funds affected. The Monad network itself continues operating normally. The team has successfully regained

According to Echo Protocol's X statement, the team has successfully regained control of the compromised admin key and destroyed the remaining 955 eBTC held by attackers following unauthorized minting activity on the Monad network. The incident, caused by a compromised admin key on Monad, resulted in

According to Echo Protocol, administrator keys for its Monad deployment were compromised, leading to unauthorized minting and approximately $816,000 in asset losses. The team has regained control of the admin keys and destroyed 955 remaining eBTC tokens held by the attacker. The Monad network

Solana strengthened its position in institutional tokenisation and payments during Q1 2026, with real-world asset lending deposits, stablecoin settlement volumes, and tokenised trading activity all rising as broader crypto trading cooled. According to a Messari report, Solana captured 41% of

Pi Network's V23 upgrade has entered its final phase as Mainnet node operators race to complete migration before the network-wide deadline. Testnet 1 and Testnet 2 have already fully transitioned to Protocol V23, while Mainnet continues operating on V22 during the final synchronization stage.

According to Pi Network community updates, on May 19, Testnet 1 and Testnet 2 have fully completed migration to Protocol V23, while Mainnet remains on V22 during the final synchronization stage. The deadline marks the beginning of network-wide node operator migration to the new protocol. According t

According to ChainCatcher, SUN.io completed its Universal Router contract upgrade, with the new contract immediately eligible for up to 99% energy subsidy. The contract interface remains unchanged, ensuring no disruption to user operations. The legacy contract will gradually discontinue energy subsi

Bitcoin miner Hive Digital Technologies announced on May 19 that its subsidiary Buzz High Performance Computing plans to build a 320 megawatt (MW) “AI superfactory” in the Greater Toronto area in Ontario, Canada, with a total investment of about C$3.5 billion. After the news release, Hive’s share price rose about 26% on the day. Confirmed Specifications for the Ontario Facility According to Hive’s official announcement: Subsidiary: Buzz High Performance Computing Location: Greater Toronto area i

According to ChainCatcher, DeFi lending protocol Alchemix announced the completion of its cross-chain infrastructure update. The legacy alUSD and alETH cross-chain bridges on Optimism and Arbitrum have been discontinued and replaced with new bridges compatible with the v3 alchemist architecture. Alc

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to publish its innovation exemption for tokenized stocks as early as this week. The framework would allow traditional institutions to experiment with blockchain technology without requiring full registration