Project Progress

According to Foresight News, Ethereum's native privacy transfer proposal EIP-8182 has been proposed for inclusion in the Hegotá hard fork upgrade. The announcement was made today by EIP-8182 developer Tom Lehman on

Chainlink secured the fourth position in Fortune Magazine's 2026 Crypto 100 ranking within the Blockchains and Protocols category, placing behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The ranking, published around June 11, was developed using data analysis conducted by Inca Digital alongside insights

According to Fortune Magazine's 2026 Crypto 100 ranking published on June 11, Chainlink secured fourth place in the Blockchains and Protocols category, behind only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The ranking was developed using data analysis by Inca Digital alongside industry expert insights. Chainl

According to Foresight News, NEAR Protocol launched the Near@3.33 incentive milestone program for users of its Confidential Intents cross-chain private trading feature. The program will distribute 333,333 Milestone tokens in the first round once Confidential Intents TVL reaches $70 million. Users

Circle introduced Arc Privacy on June 10, 2026, a privacy-focused smart contract engine built on its proprietary Layer 1 blockchain, Arc. The solution enables enterprises to selectively conceal sensitive on-chain information related to payroll, treasury operations, tokenized assets, and lending

According to Jeremy Allaire on June 10, Circle unveiled Arc Privacy, a selective disclosure privacy engine built on its Arc Layer 1 blockchain. The solution enables enterprises to conceal sensitive transaction data—including payroll, treasury operations, and lending activities—while allowing

According to CoinDesk, Ondo Finance announced the appointment of John Hoffman, former head of Invesco's ETF and index strategy business for the Americas and former Grayscale executive director, as managing director of portfolio business. Hoffman will oversee the development and distribution of

According to Sui's official announcement, WaterX has launched on the Sui mainnet, enabling users to access perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and tokenized stocks (including pre-IPO shares) within a single account. Early users who incurred net losses during the testing phase will receive

According to Odaily, 0G Labs in collaboration with research teams from National University of Singapore, Peking University, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications unveiled Agora at ICML 2026, an automated testing framework for consensus protocols. The framework discovered 15

According to Hong Kong's Financial Services and Treasury Bureau Director Paul Chan, regulated stablecoins are expected to launch by mid-year, after two licensed issuers complete required testing and implement risk management measures. The Monetary Authority requires issuers to establish secure

According to DBS Group, the Singapore-based bank announced on June 11 its plan to introduce tokenized physical gold, marking the first such product in Singapore. Each token will be backed by one gram of physical gold stored in DBS vaults and will enable retail customers to digitally acquire, hold, a

According to CoinDesk, Stellar Development Foundation announced plans to migrate all XLM accounts to quantum-resistant signature schemes by the end of 2027. The migration will be completed through a protocol-layer upgrade while maintaining existing addresses and on-chain transaction history

According to CoinDesk, Stellar Development Foundation announced on June 11 plans to migrate all XLM accounts to quantum-resistant signatures by the end of 2027. The protocol-level update will maintain existing addresses and on-chain transaction history, protecting user accounts against potential

According to XBIT DEX, the platform launched its prediction market leverage feature on June 11, supporting up to 5x leverage for high-liquidity market trading. The launch coincides with a World Cup prediction event offering a total prize pool of 1.1 million USDC, running through the final match on J

According to Foresight News, Vitalik Buterin confirmed that Cleave, a derivative protocol without liquidations, has launched its testnet and appears to realize his previously proposed concept of using options as a DeFi foundation layer to replace collateralized debt positions and liquidation

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced on June 11 that a framework for building index-tracking assets based on options rather than debt is now undergoing implementation and testing across multiple teams in the Ethereum ecosystem. Buterin emphasized that protocols planning mainnet launch

Nasdaq-listed bitcoin financial services company Fold sold approximately $45 million of bitcoin at an average price of $71,000 per coin yesterday (June 10), according to an official statement. The company used proceeds to repay $20 million in bitcoin-collateralized debt, completely erasing its

Travala launched what it describes as the world's first agentic AI travel protocol on June 11, 2026, enabling autonomous software agents to search, book, and pay for over 2.2 million hotels including Marriott, Hilton, and IHG, with human involvement limited to final payment authorization. The

Travala launched the world's first end-to-end agentic AI travel protocol on June 11, enabling autonomous software agents to search, book, and pay for 2.2 million hotels, including Marriott, Hilton, and IHG properties. The platform offers a 10% cbBTC (Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin) rebate to developers