Project Progress

Robinhood Markets announced the public mainnet launch of Robinhood Chain, built on Arbitrum and designed to bridge traditional finance and decentralized finance. The platform connects to on-chain users through partnerships with Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink, supporting

According to Foresight News, Grass Foundation launched its Phase 2 rewards portal on July 22, 21:00 Beijing time, allowing users to check estimated reward amounts. The rewards cover participants who shared bandwidth during Epochs 1-19 (October 14, 2024 to June 8, 2026), with payouts issued in

ENS community member Christoph Jentzsch proposed on X on July 2 that the ENS DAO dissolve itself, stating "ENS DAO is broken," suggesting burning the ENSv2 Universal Router key (set to 0x00) and distributing remaining funds to formally transition ENS into public infrastructure. EP 6.45 Vote Failed: Johnson Controls ~80% of Voting Share, On-chain Result 82% Against EP 6.45 was an on-chain proposal to update the ENS DAO Security Council's operations; the Security Council consists of 4 out of 8 mem

According to ChainCatcher, TRON Nile testnet has launched a post-quantum resistant upgrade, rolling out the mandatory update GreatVoyage-v4.8.2-PQ1-build1. The version introduces post-quantum signature capability for the first time, supporting Falcon-512 and ML-DSA-44 signature algorithms. The

Solana Foundation announced on July 2 via X that the Solana on-chain governance mechanism is now live; validators can propose, support, and vote on core protocol decisions through Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs), with all proposals completed on-chain. Any validator with at least 100,000 SOL delegated can permissionlessly initiate an SGP; the threshold for a proposal to enter the voting phase is 15% active stake support. Solana Foundation: Minimum Threshold for Validators to Submit SGP is 100,

According to The Defiant, on July 2, ENS community member Christoph Jentzsch proposed that the ENS DAO self-dissolve, stating the organization has "collapsed." The proposal follows co-founder Nick Johnson's use of approximately half of the protocol's active voting power to single-handedly veto a

Solana-based perpetual futures exchange Drift Protocol announced on July 1 that it is rebranding as Velocity DEX, part of the platform's relaunch plan after being offline for over three months following an attack on April 1. The attacker stole over $280 million in assets through 31 transactions in about 12 minutes. Lazarus Group Attack: $280 Million Stolen and Affected Protocols On April 1, 2026, attackers breached Drift Protocol's multi-signature wallet, stealing over $280 million in assets thr

According to Uniswap, Uniswap v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX launched on Robinhood Chain today with full support for Web App, wallet, and API integrations. Users can now swap, provide liquidity, purchase stock tokens, and power AI agents through Uniswap on the Layer 2

According to dYdX Foundation on July 2, Arcus is an independent product built on separate infrastructure and does not impact dYdX Chain, which remains governed by token holders, protected by validators, and community-owned. Trading, deposits, withdrawals, staking, governance, and validator

According to The Block, the Ethereum Foundation's global policy strategy team released a policy guide for governments and institutions on July 2, positioning Ethereum as critical public infrastructure. The network is backed by approximately $76 billion in staked ETH as of March 2026 and features a g

According to BlockBeats, dYdX Labs launched Arcus, a decentralized exchange built on Robinhood Chain, on July 2. The platform supports 24/7 trading of 95 stock tokens, equity perpetual contracts, and major cryptocurrencies, with zero fees for stock token spot trades. DYDX token fell 23.11% to $0.14

According to ChainCatcher, Solana Foundation has launched Solana Governance Proposals (SGP), an on-chain governance mechanism enabling validators to submit, support, and decide core protocol decisions. All proposals are conducted on-chain using stake-weighted voting verified through Merkle proofs.

According to Odaily, Robinhood announced today that its Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain, has launched on mainnet. Built on Arbitrum tech stack, the chain is designed as an AI-native, permissionless platform tailored for real-world assets (RWA) and institutional standards. The platform will

Ansgar Dietrichs, a former Ethereum Foundation researcher now with Ethlabs, conceded that ETH lacks a clear value story after five years below $5,000, according to journalist Laura Shin's Unchained podcast. The admission highlights Ethereum's ongoing struggle to articulate what ETH is actually for,

According to Odaily, former Ethereum Foundation researcher Ansgar Dietrichs, a member of newly launched Ethlabs, stated on Laura Shin's Unchained podcast that Ethereum has failed to develop a clear value narrative despite

According to research from Evernorth, Ripple USD (RLUSD) activity has generated over $2.5 billion in XRP Ledger settlement volume, while RLUSD/XRP trading volume has approached $900 million. RLUSD is a fiat-backed stablecoin designed for stable settlement on the XRP Ledger, distinct from XRP, the ne

Robinhood announced on July 1 the launch of its public blockchain mainnet and a suite of DeFi products following months of testing. The company also plans to launch crypto trading services for UK residents.

STBL launched the USST stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain on July 1, 2026, backed by tokenized treasury collateral. The launch came through a partnership between STBL and the Stellar Development Foundation, announced July 1 and shared with Bitcoin.com News. USST runs on STBL's Stablecoin 2.0

According to Odaily, STBL launched institutional-grade stablecoin USST on the Stellar network on July 1, 2026, backed by real-world assets. The stablecoin is initially collateralized by USDY, tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds. Built on STBL's Stablecoin 2.0 infrastructure, USST enables market

BNB Beacon Chain launched Phase 3 of its migration on July 1, 2026, introducing a self-service recovery tool for users holding BEP2 and BEP8 tokens on the deprecated Beacon Chain. The update enables manual asset recovery and transfer to the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) network. The migration addresses the