Project Progress

According to Circle's blog post, Circle launched Nanopayments on mainnet yesterday (April 29), offering gas-free USDC transfers as small as $0.000001 across 11 blockchains including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon PoS. Built on Circle Gateway, the product enables instant v

According to the Ethereum Foundation, applications for Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 (EPF7) are now open with a deadline of May 13. The program aims to develop engineers capable of contributing to Ethereum's core

MARA Foundation focuses on Bitcoin security, open-source support, self-custody, policy advocacy, and education initiatives. Initiative includes research on quantum computing risks, aiming to protect Bitcoin’s long-term resilience and infrastructure. $100K grant launched with community

XRP Las Vegas 2026 opened its doors on Thursday, April 30, drawing the XRP community together for a two-day event running April 30 to May 1. The gathering follows directly on the heels of the Bitcoin 2026 Conference that concluded at the Venetian earlier in the week, keeping Las Vegas at the center

According to The Block, Oobit, a Tether-backed wallet startup, launched virtual 'Agent Cards' today that allow AI agents to spend USDT directly at Visa-supported merchants without currency conversion or per-transaction approval. Each card is assigned to a single agent and includes spending limits

According to The Block, South Korea's Shinhan Card announced Thursday a partnership with Solana Foundation to build stablecoin payment systems on Solana's blockchain. The company is conducting an advanced proof of concept this year focused on real-world payment scenarios between customers and

According to Franklin Templeton, the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) reached $1.98 billion in assets under management as of April 2026. Operating as BENJI tokens on the Stellar network, the fund has become the second-largest real-world asset (RWA) on the blockchain

According to AethirClaw's official announcement on April 30, the company launched CARA, a preconfigured crypto AI agent running on Aethir's decentralized GPU infrastructure. The platform features over 50 built-in skills covering real-time market monitoring, whale wallet tracking, on-chain

Two weeks after the rsETH cross-chain bridge was hacked on April 18, Kelp completed its upgrade on 4/29: validators on 4/4, 64 block confirmations, hub-and-spoke topology, and cross-chain messages must route through the Ethereum as a relay. ether.fi also hardened weETH in parallel and added a 5,000 ETH donation to DeFi United. DeFi United mobilized more than 70,000 ETH in rescue funds, and market interest rates such as Aave’s fell significantly; however, the attacker still holds about 107,000 rsETH awaiting liquidation, which requires governance and committee-style processes to recover.

According to CoinDesk, German joint venture AllUnity announced on April 30 that its compliant euro stablecoin EURAU has launched on Solana following its earlier deployment on Ethereum, offering faster and lower-cost euro-denominated on-chain settlement. EURAU is issued on a full-reserve basis

According to BlockBeats, on April 30, Jasper Vault announced plans to end its beta phase after the May Day holiday and fully remove invitation code restrictions, allowing more users to access BTC perpetual trading and Perpetual Protect (PP), a new perpetual contract protection feature combining perp

Mezo has launched an institutional-grade product designed to help corporate treasuries earn yield and access lending on their bitcoin holdings. Key Takeaways: Mezo and Anchorage Digital Bank launched Mezo Prime to provide bitcoin yield to corporate treasuries. Over 1,000,000 bitcoin currently si

According to on-chain researcher Fleck, Hyperliquid is publicly testing HIP-4, a proposal to integrate prediction markets directly into its trading platform alongside perpetual futures. The decentralized exchange partnered with Kalshi, which co-authored the proposal, formalizing the collaboration in

According to BlockBeats, ArbMe, a Solana ecosystem trading tool, launched a Chrome browser plugin on April 30 that enables users to earn SOL cashback during normal trading. The non-custodial plugin requires no fund deposits or changes to existing trading habits. Users can trade on supported Solana p

According to ChainCatcher, Printr founder Jason Ma announced on April 30 that he is stepping down as CEO. COO and GTM lead Lennon will assume the CEO role effective immediately, while co-founder Lea will continue as CTO. Ma will transition to an advisory role. The platform simultaneously announced

According to ChainCatcher, TwentyOne Capital announced strategic updates on April 30, consolidating its Bitcoin company operations across five core areas: financial services and distribution (including custody and institutional client infrastructure), low-cost Bitcoin mining to expand treasury reser

Ripple altcoin XRP continues to trade at steady low prices. The blockchain’s accomplishments continue to outperform.  This steady activity and milestone completions create bullish hype for XRP price. The crypto community is once again in low spirits as

According to Solana, South Korea's largest credit card issuer Shinhan Card signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation today (April 30) to bring stablecoin payments to its 28 million cardholders on the Solana blockchain. The partnership builds on a preliminary proof-of-concept co