Project Progress

According to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Yu Wai-man on June 9, two Hong Kong-issued stablecoins are set to launch within 2026, with Anchord Tech expected to roll out its HKD stablecoin by mid-year, followed by HSBC in the third or fourth quarter. Anchord Tech's stablecoi

Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced that the protocol has developed a new risk framework in recent weeks, which will be rolled out within the coming weeks following governance approval. The framework encompasses asset risk, bridge risk, chain risk, and advanced automation features for risk

Zcash developers finalized the Ironwood upgrade, adding a new Orchard shielded pool to reduce counterfeit ZEC risk, per Coin Bureau on June 9, 2026. ZEC recovered over 80 percent from its intraday low of around 252 dollars on June 5. The upgrade improves shielded transaction processing and

Zcash developers have finalized a series of consensus rule changes for the Ironwood upgrade targeting late July 2026, following the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool that could have enabled unlimited counterfeit ZEC creation. According to developer Sean Bowe, Ironwoo

The XRP Ledger Foundation is targeting June 15 for mainnet activation of the v3.2.0 upgrade, an infrastructure-level release that renames the network’s core server software from rippled to xrpld and is expected to reduce memory consumption by 30–40%. The date was confirmed by dUNL validator Vet, an

According to BlockBeats, XAUE launched its first enterprise-grade consumer application, the XAUE Gold Gift Card, on June 9. The product is backed by digital gold XAU₮ (Tether Gold) and its yield layer XAUE (XAU-Earn), offering recipients an expected 1.5%-3% annual yield denominated in gold before

According to Odaily, Circle has launched cirBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin product on Ethereum fully backed by BTC on a 1:1 basis, targeting institutional investors seeking to access Bitcoin through DeFi applications including lending, decentralized exchanges, and stablecoins. The wrapped Bitcoin market is

According to Foresight News, XAUE, the yield-bearing asset issued by Tether and backed by XAUT, has officially launched tokenized gold gift cards. The cards allow customization of themes, denominations, and formats, with both virtual and physical card options available. Physical gold redemption

According to ChainCatcher, WINkLink Oracle added KGST price data support and launched the KGST/TRX trading pair as of May 14, 2026 (Singapore time). The decentralized price feed service is designed to enable KGST to integrate more efficiently into the TRON DeFi

Zcash developers finalized consensus rule changes for the Ironwood upgrade following the Orchard pool vulnerability that exposed the network to potentially unlimited minting of counterfeit ZEC. Developer Sean Bowe outlined the changes in a Monday post on X, stating the upgrade will introduce a new s

According to Foresight News, Zcash core developers led by Sean Bowe announced they have reached consensus on the Ironwood upgrade's specification changes. The upgrade will introduce a new shielded pool utilizing the Orchard protocol, while restricting payment functionality in the existing Orchard po

According to BlockBeats, Zcash developers completed Ironwood upgrade consensus rule changes on June 9, with activation planned for July. The upgrade introduces a flag mechanism between old and new Orchard transaction pools, restricting the legacy pool from receiving new deposits while allowing chang

Sahara AI clarified on June 9 that the large token transfer attributed to today's price volatility was a planned liquidity provision for its newly launched Chainlink CCIP cross-chain bridge, not a sale by the team or investors. The 600

According to Odaily, HSBC plans to launch Hong Kong Dollar stablecoins by the second half of 2026, with potential to optimize cross-border payment services. The bank is also considering offering stablecoins denominated in non-HKD currencies and integrating other HKMA-regulated stablecoins. The

According to BlockBeats, Bitget launched 30 stock spot tokens on June 9, including rDIS (Disney), rSONY (Sony Group), rMCD (McDonald's), rKO (Coca-Cola), and rPYPL (PayPal), per official announcement. The tokens, issued by Bitget's regulated RWA protocol Reality and connected to Nasdaq and NYSE

Pi Network announced that all mainnet node operators must complete the upgrade to Protocol 25 by June 18 or risk losing connection to the network. The Pi Core Team issued the directive as part of the project's ongoing mainnet development roadmap, which is gradually transitioning nodes from Protocol

According to Pi Core Team's June 9 announcement, all mainnet node operators must complete the Protocol 25 upgrade by June 18, 2026, or risk losing network connection. The upgrade is part of Pi Network's sequential protocol migration roadmap, with nodes progressing from Protocol 24.1 to 25.2 in

Circle launched cirBTC on Ethereum, a new asset backed 1:1 by Bitcoin reserves designed for institutional decentralized finance participation. The product allows institutions to deploy Bitcoin liquidity across DeFi applications without selling their holdings. Circle created cirBTC to address

An X account @justicechibueze posted on June 8, saying that Pi Network has successfully completed the Protocol 24 upgrade, and that Protocol 25 is the next confirmed milestone on its development roadmap. Pi Network’s global community has launched extensive discussions on this; the focus of the debate has clearly shifted from the technical protocol upgrade itself to questions about real-world ecosystem applications. Protocol 24 Completion and Protocol 25’s Roadmap Status Pi Network has confirmed