Project Progress

Christopher Montagnano, Chief Legal Officer of Orca, delivered a speech on May 22 at a National Assembly seminar titled 'Global Digital Asset Institutionalization Trends and South Korea's Legislative Direction' held at the National Assembly Members' Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Montagnano proposed a

Pudgy Penguins launched Vibes Series 3 trading cards in Target stores nationwide across the US this week, marking the NFT project's largest retail expansion to date. The release lifted total Vibes cards in circulation to around 15 million and introduced Moonbirds NFT characters, new gameplay

Pudgy Penguins rolled out Vibes Series 3 trading cards in Target stores nationwide across the US this week, lifting total cards in circulation to around 15 million. The card game, developed with Orange Cap Games, introduces new gameplay mechanics, street-artist artwork, and Moonbirds NFT

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum research forum has introduced a "validator reward redirection" proposal that allows validators to redirect between 0% and 10% of staking rewards to ecosystem infrastructure and public goods funding. If a majority of validators support a specific percentage, that r

According to ChainCatcher, Altura CEO Ranveer Arora announced the DeFi protocol will orderly close its stablecoin yield vault following unprecedented redemption requests over the weekend. The platform processed over 8.5 million USDT in instant redemptions within 24 hours prior to the

Taiko issued a security notice on X on June 22, stating that it has confirmed that Taiko’s on-chain state verification mechanism was compromised, and that all security assumptions for cross-chain bridges deployed on Taiko can no longer be relied upon. The cross-chain bridge and the treasury have been paused; both directions of the cross-chain bridge are offline, and pending transactions are in a paused state rather than lost. Blockaid monitoring shows Taiko lost over $1 million in the ERC20 Vaul

The Algorand Foundation released its “Anti-Quantum Roadmap” on June 18, aiming to make the entire Algorand ecosystem quantum-resistant by the end of 2027. Starting this year, Algorand will roll out a series of major upgrades, including the introduction of post-quantum accounts and multi-signature wallets. In subsequent development phases, the upgrades will expand to the network’s underlying protocols and infrastructure. The ultimate goal is to complete “quantum resistance” across the entire ecos

Pi Network refreshed its Ecosystem Directory Staking feature to help developers gain visibility across its community of more than 60 million users. The update provides a tool designed to make app discovery easier while giving developers, creators, and businesses a direct way to promote their

According to Pi Core Team, on June 22, Pi Network released an updated version of its Ecosystem Directory Staking feature designed to help developers gain visibility across its community of more than 60 million users. The refreshed feature allows users and businesses to stake PI tokens in support of

Ethereum Foundation researcher Nicola Consigny released SPHINCS-, a quantum-resistant signature system optimized for the Ethereum Virtual Machine, while Aztec Connect suffered a $2.19 million exploit on June 14 through a deprecated RollupProcessorV3 contract. Arbitrum unveiled its 2026

According to ChainCatcher, JustLend DAO on June 22 officially enabled its U stablecoin lending market. Users can now directly deposit and borrow U assets on the platform.

According to Foresight News, Miden co-founder azeem recently stated that departures from the Ethereum Foundation represent a positive development. azeem cited longstanding organizational challenges including political dysfunction, poor execution, and undervalued talent. Former foundation members

Base activates its Beryl upgrade on mainnet June 25, 2026, at 18:00 UTC, introducing the B20 native token standard and reducing single-proof withdrawal finalization from seven days to five days. The upgrade adds compliance tools for stablecoin issuers and deploys Reth V2, an

Base activates the Beryl upgrade on mainnet on June 25, 2026, at 18:00 UTC, introducing B20, a native token standard built directly into node software rather than deployed as a smart contract. B20 operates as a superset of the ERC-20 standard, maintaining compatibility with existing wallets and

According to BlockBeats, HashKey Cloud and the Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) launched the EAG Contribution Pool today (June 22), an ETH staking platform that allows users to direct a portion of their staking yield to support Ethereum application ecosystem development. The non-custodial platform

According to Foresight News, Kleros founder Clément Lesaege proposed a validator reward redirection mechanism on EthResear.ch that would allow validators to redirect up to 10% of staking rewards toward Ethereum ecosystem public goods. If over 51% of validators agree, the redirection ratio would

Danal Fintech and BNK Busan Bank completed the second technical verification (PoC) of a Korean won stablecoin platform on the 22nd, according to an announcement by Danal Fintech, the blockchain subsidiary of Danal. The two companies verified processing speed and stability required for commercial

According to Danal Fintech on June 22, the company and BNK Busan Bank successfully completed the second phase of proof-of-concept (PoC) testing for a Korean won-denominated stablecoin platform. The testing validated the stablecoin's capability to function as a payment method with production-grade

DeFi protocol Altura announced on Sunday that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its stablecoin yield vault following substantial withdrawal requests over the weekend. CEO Ranveer Arora stated the platform processed more than 8.5 million USDT in instant redemptions over the 24 hours leading up to

According to PANews, on June 22, Cactus Custody, a licensed custody brand of BIT Group, received certifications for ISO 9001 quality management, ISO/IEC 27001 information security, and ISO/IEC 27701 privacy information management systems. The custody provider has served over 400 institutional