Project Progress

Vitalik Buterin released an update to the Lean Ethereum roadmap in a July 6 post, integrating privacy into the core protocol design alongside quantum-resistant cryptography and lighter consensus systems. The roadmap outlines a three to four year development path following The Merge. The plan

According to Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's Lean Ethereum roadmap, detailed on July 6, places native privacy as a core protocol goal and spans a three to four-year planning horizon. The roadmap integrates privacy into base network consensus, transactions, validator records, and state storage while

Ondo tokenized U.S. securities on Ethereum while maintaining regulated custody and shareholder rights. The structure grants token holders voting and disclosures through Broadridge’s ProxyVote system. The model follows recent SEC guidance and could shape future on-chain securities

BNK Busan Bank and the K-STAR consortium completed a proof of concept for a blockchain-powered digital version of South Korea's local currency system, achieving a 100% transaction success rate and sub-one-second settlement processing, according to South Korean outlet Newsis. The trial tested the

According to Newsis, BNK Busan Bank and the K-STAR consortium have completed a proof of concept for a blockchain-powered digital won on the Kaia blockchain mainnet, achieving a 100% transaction success rate and sub-one-second settlement processing. The consortium comprised BNK Busan Bank, AhnLab

According to the UN Development Programme, on July 6, the organization moved its Stellar blockchain payment initiative beyond the pilot stage following successful trials across five countries. The pilots demonstrated reduced costs, improved system resilience, and will now inform broader deployment a

According to a post on Ethereum Research this past weekend, Vitalik Buterin outlined a technical proposal to radically shrink Ethereum's consensus layer using zero-knowledge proofs, part of a broader "Lean Ethereum" initiative aimed at making the network more efficient and secure. The "Extremely Le

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank by assets, plans to launch a cryptocurrency wallet and digital asset depository by Dec. 1 following the expected enactment of the country's digital asset law on Sept. 1. First Deputy Chairman Kirill Tsarev said the bank aims to integrate the crypto wallet into its

According to RBC reported Monday, Sberbank, Russia's largest bank by assets, targets launching a cryptocurrency wallet and digital asset depository by early December following the expected enactment of the country's digital asset law on September 1. First Deputy Chairman Kirill Tsarev said Sber

Endl launched on Product Hunt on July 06, 2026, where it ranked first among featured products. The platform offers a unified financial interface for borderless businesses, consolidating fiat accounts, stablecoins, contractor payouts, foreign exchange, and corporate cards into a single dashboard. The

Injective launched an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables artificial intelligence agents to convert natural language instructions into signed blockchain transactions. The infrastructure is designed to simplify decentralized application development and on-chain trading on

On July 5, Injective launched an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents to convert natural language instructions into signed blockchain transactions. The infrastructure includes 22 integrated tools supporting market data retrieval, trading, token transfers, and

According to Cantor, MicroStrategy's immediate priority is to restore its STRC preferred stock to $100 par value, which the investment bank said is essential to restart the company's bitcoin acquisition program and strengthen its capital structure. The dividend coverage period for STRC has

On July 6, 2026, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced a blockbuster news that rocked the crypto industry's capital markets: the company sold a total of 3,588 Bitcoin between June 29 and July 5, with a total value of approximately $216 million. This is the company's largest reduction since December 2022 and the second publicly disclosed Bitcoin sale in 2026. Source: @saylor For a company that has enshrined "buy and never sell Bitcoin" in its corporate DNA, every sale draws attention. This

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr rejected calls to withdraw BIP-110, a proposal that would temporarily limit non-financial data stored on the blockchain. Responding to suggestions that Michael Saylor's recent comments supported abandoning the proposal, Dashjr stated that Saylor 'didn't say anything

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr rejected calls to withdraw BIP-110, the proposal designed to temporarily limit arbitrary data stored on the blockchain. Responding to suggestions that billionaire Michael Saylor's recent comments supported abandoning the proposal, Dashjr clarified that Saylor "didn't sa

According to StarkWare, the project proposes to significantly restructure its STRK delegation program, reducing validators from over 130 to a maximum of 31 within five weeks. Per-validator delegation will increase to between 15 million and 20 million STRK. Channel A offers 26 slots for validators wi

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an updated roadmap for the blockchain's protocol overhaul in a tweet on Saturday, following a recent gathering of Ethereum researchers in Berlin. Buterin described the 'Lean Ethereum' plan as the network's third major iteration after the 2022 Merge,

According to Vitalik Buterin's official tweet on July 4, Ethereum is preparing its third major iteration since the 2022 Merge, with a refreshed "Lean Ethereum" roadmap that will replace almost every major protocol component over the next three to four years without forcing existing apps to

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, formally proposed on July 6, 2026, an overhaul to make validator identities on the network effectively untraceable using zero-knowledge STARK proofs. The proposal, dubbed 'The Extremely Lean Chain,' redesigns Ethereum's consensus layer across two phases: