Project Progress

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

According to Foresight News, Federated Hermes announced the launch of OFFXX, its first money market fund compliant with the GENIUS Act, targeting stablecoin issuers while remaining open to institutional and retail

According to Curve Finance, the CRV token surged 8.5% in the past 24 hours to approximately $0.213 on June 10, 2026, driven by the launch of LlamaLend V2 on Optimism. The new lending protocol version expands collateral options to include Curve LP tokens and Pendle PT tokens, and introduces

According to Injective's official announcement on June 9, the Vulcan mainnet upgrade went live, aimed at optimizing the chain for perpetuals, stablecoins, and tokenization. INJ's price fell 2.01% on the day of the announcement and declined an additional 7.14% in the following days, reflecting a

According to BlockBeats, on June 11, 3Jane—a Paradigm-backed unsecured credit lending protocol—opened to the public. Users can now mint USD3, a credit-backed yield-bearing stablecoin with a $50 million supply cap, and participate in liquidity mining to earn JANE tokens. USD3's staking version,

The Stellar Development Foundation announced a phased roadmap for quantum-resistant cryptography upgrades, with enterprise wallets scheduled for 2026 and personal accounts by the end of 2027. Pi Network, which uses an adapted version of Stellar's technology at its underlying layer, could receive

According to the Stellar Development Foundation, Pi Network will receive a quantum-resistant security upgrade by end of 2027. The upgrade follows Stellar's newly unveiled phased roadmap to protect wallets and on-chain assets from future threats posed by quantum computing. Since Pi Network uses an ad

Botanix Labs is shutting down its Bitcoin Layer 2 network after four years of development, citing insufficient user demand and fee revenue to sustain operations. The Polychain-backed project has instructed users to withdraw all Bitcoin and other assets by July 9, after which remaining Bitcoin will b

Botanix Labs announced it is shutting down its Bitcoin Layer 2 network, requiring users to withdraw all assets by July 9. The team cited insufficient user demand for Bitcoin-native decentralized finance, weak fee revenue and high operating costs as reasons for the closure. The Spiderchain network, w

Ripple unveiled the XRPL AI Starter Kit, a developer framework designed to position the XRP Ledger and RLUSD stablecoin as infrastructure for autonomous AI-driven commerce, as XRP recovered from intraday lows near $1.09 and tested the $1.12 level. The launch represents a strategic pivot toward

Ripple announced the XRPL AI Starter Kit today, positioning the XRP Ledger and RLUSD stablecoin as infrastructure for autonomous AI-driven commerce. XRP recovered from intraday lows near $1.09 and tested the $1.12 level following the announcement. The toolkit includes integrations with Anthropic's

Circle launched Arc Privacy on June 11, 2026, a confidential smart contract engine for its Arc platform that enables transactions to be processed without revealing sensitive information on public blockchains. The system is designed to help organizations and developers protect sensitive financial

Circle launched Arc Privacy on June 11, an opt-in smart contract engine enabling confidential onchain transactions on public blockchains. The technology preserves Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility while allowing enterprises and developers to protect sensitive financial data such as

According to PRNewswire, UAE-based ASK Group and Keeta, a blockchain company backed by tech billionaire Eric Schmidt, have launched a joint venture to tokenize physical Gulf commodities on a public exchange accessible to global investors by 2027. The platform will convert oil, gold, silver and

According to Arcium's announcement on June 9, the blockchain-based confidential computing network has processed more than one million transactions on Solana, marking a significant milestone for privacy-oriented infrastructure. Concurrently, ZINC, a protocol built on Arcium's technology, ranked third on Solana in fee revenue generation, indicating genuine network adoption. Additionally, Arcium's native token ARX was recently added to Coinbase's listing roadmap, potentially expanding market access

SBI Shinsei Bank launched a cryptocurrency voucher deposit program on June 10, 2026, rewarding customers with exchange vouchers redeemable for Bitcoin, Ether, or XRP through SBI VC Trade. The initiative allows depositors to receive vouchers equivalent to 20% of interest earned on yen-denominated dep