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July 19, 2026

Infrastructure

Cardano activates Van Rossem hard fork and shifts network to Protocol Version 11

Cardano activates Van Rossem hard fork, moves to Protocol Version 11 Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 18 at 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 with no reported downtime. The Conway-era upgrade cuts Plutus smart contract costs, tightens ledger and stake-pool security, and adds new cryptographic and data tools for developers. It was also the network’s first major upgrade approved fully through onchain governance.

Infrastructure

Zcash debuts Zakura node ahead of Ironwood upgrade and broader scaling push

Zcash launches Zakura full node ahead of Ironwood upgrade Zcash is rolling out Zakura, a new pruned full node and fast-syncing fork of Zebra that supports the Ironwood upgrade set to activate on July 28 at mainnet block 3,428,143. The client adds compatibility with the legacy zcashd software ahead of its end-of-life and is the first live part of a broader plan to scale Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second toward payment-network throughput while preserving privacy.

July 18, 2026

Infrastructure

Cardano to Activate van Rossem Hard Fork on July 18 at Epoch Boundary

Cardano to activate van Rossem hard fork on July 18 Cardano’s van Rossem hard fork is set to enact automatically at the next epoch boundary on July 18, 2026 at 21:44:51 UTC after meeting ratification thresholds on July 13 and being ratified at Epoch 643. The intra-era upgrade moves the network to Protocol Version 11, with Plutus and cost model improvements, tighter ledger consistency, stronger node security, and groundwork for the later Dijkstra era hard fork.

July 17, 2026

Infrastructure

Cardano to shift core development to outside teams through 2027

Cardano to hand core development to external teams through 2027 Input Output will start transferring control of Cardano’s Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other core components to independent specialist teams from August through 2027, in a push toward full decentralization. Charles Hoskinson called it the final stage of the Voltaire era, with groups including Se7en Labs and Teragone taking over parts of the stack under community oversight while IO shifts toward research and new ventures.

July 16, 2026

Infrastructure

Zano Targets 2027 Move to Zenith, a Pure Proof-of-Stake Privacy Protocol

Zano plans 2027 shift to pure proof-of-stake with Zenith Zano said it is implementing Zenith, a privacy-preserving pure proof-of-stake protocol, with a network transition targeted for 2027 pending testing. The proposed upgrade would cut block time from about one minute to 15 seconds, reduce typical confirmation time to 60-90 seconds, and end proof-of-work mining, removing roughly 720 newly created ZANO per day from issuance.

July 15, 2026

Infrastructure

BNB Chain completes 36th quarterly burn, removing 1.61 million BNB from supply

BNB Chain burns 1.61 million BNB in 36th quarterly reduction BNB Chain has completed its 36th quarterly token burn, permanently removing 1,615,827.795 BNB worth about $931.7 million on July 15 and cutting total supply to 133,166,127.91. The burn moves BNB closer to the 100 million supply target, and BNB Chain said this and future quarterly burns will be executed directly on BSC, with tokens sent to the blackhole address after the Fusion process.

Infrastructure

CT3 moves new ct-3.cloud uploads to dedicated storage contracts as usage grows

CT3 shifts decentralized storage to dedicated Storage Contracts CT3 said it is moving new ct-3.cloud uploads from a single main contract to dedicated Storage Contracts, with each contract tied to fixed capacity and its own on-chain utilization stats. The company said the change is aimed at scaling after more than 180,000 users and 500,000 uploads, while letting participants finance new capacity and share in profit from its use.

July 14, 2026

Infrastructure

Aave selects Chainlink CCIP as core cross-chain infrastructure for its mobile app

Aave Labs adopts Chainlink CCIP for cross-chain app infrastructure Aave Labs said it has made Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, the main cross-chain infrastructure for its new mobile app and broader multichain ecosystem after an updated LlamaRisk review found CCIP to be the most secure option. Aave said security was the deciding factor, and that CCIP adds no new trust assumptions beyond the Chainlink systems it already uses for oracles, GHO transfers, and governance.

Infrastructure

CleanSpark signs 20-year Sandersville data center lease worth $6.6 billion

CleanSpark signs $6.6B Sandersville data center lease with unnamed tech tenant CleanSpark signed a 20-year triple-net lease worth $6.6 billion in contracted revenue for its Sandersville, Georgia, data center with an unnamed high-investment-grade global technology company. The tenant will deploy 175 MW of critical IT load, with deliveries starting in Q4 2027, and gained exclusivity over CleanSpark’s Texas portfolio spanning 718 acres and up to 885 MW of secured and planned power capacity.

July 13, 2026

Infrastructure

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default layer for cross-chain activity

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default cross-chain infrastructure Aave has expanded Chainlink’s CCIP to become the default cross-chain layer across its ecosystem, adding deposits, withdrawals, Stable Vaults, asset transfers, and vault rebalancing to infrastructure that already handled GHO transfers and governance messaging. The change puts one interoperability system behind activity across the Aave App, including Stable Vault operations between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

July 12, 2026

Infrastructure

Hedera deploys v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking and USDC withdrawals

Hedera rolls out v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking Hedera deployed network upgrade v0.74, briefly halting exchange trading before services returned within hours, while Binance US launched HBAR staking and native USDC withdrawals. HBAR traded around $0.0702 after the updates, holding in a $0.0696-$0.0712 range on roughly $46-$48 million in volume as analysts tracked staking flows, token unlocks and RWA-related adoption for the next directional move.

Infrastructure

BNB Chain Releases Haber Hard Fork Node Specs Focused on Performance and Finality

BNB Chain publishes Haber hard fork node specs BNB Chain has released node details for its Haber hard fork, with changes aimed at improving performance, transaction state validation, and finality. The update gives validators and infrastructure providers time to prepare, and marks another step in BNB Chain’s effort to keep developers and users active with faster, more competitive network infrastructure.

Infrastructure

Solana Advances SIMD-0097 as Fee Design Debate Moves to Center Stage

Solana advances SIMD-0097 fee proposal Solana governance has advanced SIMD-0097, a proposal to change how priority fees are handled and how validators are incentivized when users compete for blockspace. The update does not remake the network on its own, but it pushes fee design further into the center of Solana’s economic debate as the chain works on congestion, validator payouts, and transaction costs.