Project Progress

According to BlockBeats, Revolut Global Digital Assets Limited, a newly established crypto entity under Revolut, received a distributed ledger technology (DLT) license from Gibraltar on October 19. The approval supports the company's international cryptocurrency expansion. Revolut has over 80 millio

According to Initia's official statement on X, USDC on Initia will migrate from Noble to Injective on October 19 after Circle discontinues USDC support on Noble. Existing USDC.n tokens remain usable; new incoming USDC will arrive as USDC.inj, while outgoing USDC.n will be automatically redeemed to U

According to ChainCatcher, Stan Kladko, co-founder of SKALE Labs, has stepped down as CTO and board member on October 19, but remains a member of the SKALE Foundation council. He has formally proposed expanding the foundation's board with three additional seats to be filled by professionals with dee

According to Bloomberg, JPMorgan is expanding its deposit token JPM Coin to Ethereum mainnet, targeting institutional clients. The token enables institutions to send and receive funds around the clock, rather than being limited to business hours with multi-day settlement times.

According to Cysic Foundation's incident report, an attacker minted 10 million unauthorised CYS tokens on BNB Smart Chain on Saturday (October 17) through the protocol's cross-chain bridge. The attacker gained access to a database supporting the bridge infrastructure and exploited a flaw in the mint

According to Binance official announcement, Binance Square's WritetoEarn project upgraded on October 19, 2026 (UTC) with new engagement-based participation rewards. Creators meeting eligibility criteria now earn weekly rewards in addition to trading commissions, calculated based on content interacti

According to Based co-founder Edison, the team is accelerating trading product development with new features designed to enhance transaction speed and user experience. The team will disclose further details on the upcoming functionality. This development comes as Based continues to address the recen

According to Digital Asset, Mirae Asset Securities announced on October 19 plans to launch its first tokenized financial products in the first quarter of 2027. The Seoul-based securities firm will initially focus on private money market funds (MMF) and private bonds targeting institutional investors

According to CoinDesk, Zcash's Zakura team released an engineering article on Oct 19 proposing to allocate independent viewing keys for each ZEC swap completed through NEAR Intents, to defend against future quantum computing threats. The solution prevents quantum computers from using Shor's algorith

Mt. Gox, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, extended its Bitcoin repayment deadline to October 31, 2027, delaying settlement by another year. The exchange will distribute approximately 142,000 BTC owed to creditors over the extended timeline.

Vitalik Buterin argues that Ethereum's Virtual Machine (EVM) and precompiles are not the optimal place for cryptographic support. He advocates for a shift towards client-side computations using STARK proofs, with results processed through the EIP-8288 recursive aggregation mechanism. This approach a

According to ChainCatcher, Vitalik Buterin outlined today how Ethereum can support multiple cryptographic algorithms through EIP-8288 without requiring new precompiles. Under this approach, users generate signatures locally, which are then verified on-chain via STARK proofs and aggregators, eliminat

According to Bloomberg, on October 19, BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL reached approximately $2.3 billion in assets under management. The asset manager is expanding the use of tokenized assets beyond cryptocurrency markets into traditional finance, enabling them to function not only as

According to ChainCatcher, lending protocol Secured Finance has completed its recovery and reopened lending markets on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Filecoin. The protocol stated that no user funds were lost, assets have been replenished, and all contracts, balances, positions, and order books have been r

NEAR Protocol announced post-quantum readiness for user accounts, according to co-founder @ilblackdragon. The update addresses security threats from advancing quantum computing technology. As quantum computing capabilities evolve, blockchain platforms face potential vulnerabilities in current crypto

According to co-founder @ilblackdragon, NEAR Protocol has announced post-quantum readiness for user accounts, marking the protocol's proactive approach to future quantum computing security threats. The update, shared via official channels, highlights NEAR's commitment to enhancing account security a