Project Progress

Zcash developers announced on Thursday that the Ironwood network upgrade is nearing testnet activation, marking progress toward restoring user confidence following May's critical counterfeiting vulnerability disclosure. The vulnerability in Zcash's Orchard shielded pool left developers unable to

According to Zcash developers on the forum on Thursday, July 2, the Ironwood upgrade is nearing testnet activation, designed to let users verify the network's circulating supply integrity while restoring confidence following the May Orchard vulnerability disclosure. The flaw could have allowed

TRON Nile Testnet deployed a post-quantum signature upgrade to secure its ledger against theoretical future decryption risks from quantum computing. The deployment represents a proactive step in Layer 1 security for the testnet environment. This upgrade is currently active on the Nile testnet, not t

Mysten Labs deployed testnet update v1.74.1 with protocol version 128 on the Sui blockchain, reducing gas prices for users and developers on testnet. The upgrade implements optimizations intended to scale performance before mainnet deployment. The technical update represents ongoing protocol-level d

According to Shielded Labs, Zcash's Ironwood upgrade faces a possible delay on July 3 as exchanges, mining pools, and wallets may need more time to complete Z3 software migration and safely prepare for the upgrade.

Robinhood Europe expanded its perpetual futures offerings for eligible European Union users by updating its Specific Information Document to include crypto perps tied to XRP, Cardano, Sui, Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Avalanche, Chainlink, Hyperliquid, Bittensor, Aster, and PAX Gold. The

Solana-based prediction market platform World adopted Chainlink oracle price feeds to settle prediction markets with verifiable data. The integration, which operates through the Phantom wallet infrastructure, aims to reduce oracle manipulation risk by providing tamper-resistant price data for market

According to Remixpoint's announcement, the Japanese listed company generated 9.96 BTC in lending income as of June 30, 2026, equivalent to approximately 108.3 million yen since February 24. In June alone, the company

According to ChainCatcher, AEGIS X officially launched its global genesis phase today, marking the project's entry into a new ecosystem development stage. Global users can now participate in the genesis phase using

TRON activated post-quantum signature support on its Nile Testnet using standards developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) while expanding decentralized finance access through Binance Wallet integration with JustLend DAO. The dual upgrades aim to strengthen the

According to TRON DAO, the blockchain network activated post-quantum signature support on its Nile Testnet on July 2, 2026, using standards developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The upgrade is designed to strengthen the network's resilience against future

According to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan, MSTR introduced a new digital credit capital framework that allows the company to flexibly sell bitcoin to pay dividends, no longer obligated to maintain STRC's $100 face value. Hougan noted that MSTR's bitcoin holdings total approximately $49.6 billion,

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said crypto's next phase should focus on tokenizing real-world assets rather than producing speculative memecoins, speaking after the company launched Stock Tokens. Tenev questioned the benefit of countless memecoins and said productive assets need underlying purpose,

Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization platform Securitize officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker SECZ. On the first day of listing, it simultaneously tokenized approximately $295 million worth of common stock on-chain, deployed on the Solana and Avalanche blockchains, becoming the first listed company globally to fully tokenize its own stock on the day of listing. SECZ Stock On-Chain on Day One: $295 Million in Common Stock Deployed on Solana and Avalanche Accordi

Zilliqa published a roadmap on July 2, 2026, introducing a compliance-before-settlement framework for institutional blockchain transactions. The framework conducts regulatory and compliance checks before transactions are

According to Zilliqa, the company published a roadmap on July 2, 2026, introducing a compliance-before-settlement framework designed to process institutional transactions across blockchain networks. The model performs regulatory and compliance checks before transactions are executed, reversing the t

According to BlockBeats, Spiko, a tokenized fund platform, launched on Solana today (July 3). The platform's tokenized funds can now be natively minted, transferred, and redeemed on Solana, with subscriptions and redemptions settled directly in

David Schwartz, Ripple CTO Emeritus, evaluated a proposal to modify transaction ordering on the XRP Ledger to prevent sandwich attacks. The proposal aims to limit Miner Extractable Value (MEV) and front-running by altering how transactions are sequenced within ledger cycles. Sandwich attacks

According to Foresight News, Celestia V9 network upgrade went live on mainnet. The upgrade halves block time from 6 seconds to 3 seconds and introduces the x/fibre module, an advanced feature for data availability

According to developer Sean Bowe, Zcash Ironwood network upgrade has completed all consensus rule changes and entered the audit phase. Testnet activation is scheduled for July 4, with mainnet activation expected around July 21. The team is conducting formal verification to exclude supply integrity r