Project Progress

Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated that the company is driving business growth through mergers and acquisitions, expecting to set new records in the first quarter of 2026. Ripple invested approximately $4 billion in the crypto ecosystem in 2025 and acquired Hidden Road and GTreasury. He is generally optimistic about the outlook for U.S. digital asset policy but expects the CLARITY Act to be delayed. Additionally, he warned that the weaponization of policy could impact innovation. The cryptocurrency industry and traditional financial institutions still have ongoing negotiations regarding legislative details.

On March 28, Abstract announced native support for Merchant Payment Protocol (MPP), enabling AI agents to make payments directly via HTTP, facilitating seamless on-chain transactions. Developers can leverage the @mpp toolkit to choose between fiat currency, cryptocurrency, and micropayments.

Ripple announced the integration of AI in optimizing the security, safety, resilience, and transparency features of the XRP Ledger. The move comes at a crucial moment, as the ledger is experiencing unprecedented adoption across payments, tokenization, DePINs, and other use cases. XRP Ledger

Band Protocol and Overlay Protocol have partnered to enhance exotic perpetual trading in DeFi by integrating Band's oracle infrastructure with Overlay's platform, allowing traders to access unique market opportunities and improve data reliability.

_Proof-of-Reserve vaults on Base cross $100M, signaling real-time verification is unlocking RWA use in DeFi markets._ Artificial Financial Intelligence reported that its Proof-of-Reserve vaults on Base have crossed $100 million. The update appeared in a detailed thread shared on X.  The firm

Key Insights: The Zcash price rose above $235 with strong volumes, reflecting sustained institutional participation and signaling broader market confidence in privacy-focused digital assets. The $25 million ZODL funding supports protocol upgrades, wallet growth, and shielded adoption,

The crypto sector may be struggling with the ongoing bear market, but some projects are relentlessly building and expanding their ecosystems. One such is Cardano, which just hit a milestone in its Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) integration, by completing the first atomic swap between BTC and t

Key Insights Ondo gained eight percent after partnering with Franklin Templeton, boosting visibility and signaling deeper integration between traditional finance and blockchain-based investment products globally. Tokenized ETFs will enable round-the-clock trading through crypto wallets,

After successfully implementing several consecutive protocol updates, the Core Team behind the controversial project noted earlier today that the next one is already in the works. At the same time, the underlying token has posted a minor gain since yesterday. However, its broader performance

Toobit has upgraded its Copy Trading feature, introducing customizable leverage, multiple referral profit-sharing tiers, a private leading mode for professional traders, and a redesigned user interface for better performance tracking. These enhancements cater to the growing demand for personalized social trading tools.

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, March 18th, 2026] BNB Chain today announced the launch of BNBAgent SDK, the first live implementation of ERC-8183 and a complete developer framework enabling trustless onchain AI workflows. The release represents a major step forward in building the infrastructure

The Lido ecosystem operations team has proposed to use up to 10,000 stETH from the treasury to purchase LDO, as its exchange rate is below the historical median of 63%. The plan will be executed in batches to control slippage within 3%, and all acquired LDO will be returned to the treasury.

BlockBeats message, March 27, 1inch announced the launch of the 1inch DAO Aqua yield-flow incubator, allocating $400,000 in funding to support Aqua strategies that can generate returns. Each team can receive up to $50,000 in grants, and the revenue share will be returned to the DAO treasury.

The Lido Growth Committee proposed to authorize the use of up to 10,000 stETH to purchase LDO, taking advantage of the current historically low LDO/ETH ratio. The proposal also outlines the execution mechanisms and risk management plans, aimed at enhancing yields and protecting DAO assets.

Gate News reports that on March 27, according to official disclosure, the ANUBIS mainnet will officially launch at 8:00 AM (Singapore time) on April 8, 2026, marking the project's transition from the construction phase to the real network operation and ecological development phase. According to the official introduction, ANUBIS is a privacy-focused public chain based on the EVM architecture, which introduces a fusion of privacy protection mechanisms and on-chain verifiable capabilities, providing infrastructure support for future on-chain financial scenarios while being compatible with existing blockchain ecosystems.

Gate News reports that on March 27, Virtuals Protocol launched the AI agent creation platform Virtuals Console, aimed at simplifying the process of creating AI agents. Users do not need to write code or prepare servers and specific hardware; deployment can be completed simply through a browser. The platform supports OpenClaw, Hermes, and custom models.

Pharos Network announced that it will deploy the USDC and Circle cross-chain transfer protocol, providing stablecoin settlement functions and cross-chain capital flow. Developers can build lending markets and financial products on it, institutional capital can access compliant RWA markets, and users will expand financial opportunities.

It has been two weeks since the conclusion of the much-anticipated Pi Day (March 14), in which the Core Team behind Pi Network announced some major updates and progress on key infrastructure developments. One of those garnered the community’s attention, as many of them have been waiting for a

Key Takeaways: Resolv burned and put about 46 million USR (57%) of illegal supply to its blacklist There is no hacker-related wallet which can transfer or swap USR One of the measures is to upgrade contracts with coordination efforts to restrict impacts of the exploitation After the recent