Pharos Networ2026-09-30 12:02:28Pharos rebrands and rolls out Agent Native upgrade at Korea Blockchain WeekLayer 1 network Pharos Network announced a brand refresh and an Agent Native upgrade during Korea Blockchain Week, pairing its testnet live Sponsored Transactions feature with a new AI product experience for users and developers. The release covers Sponsored Transactions already running on testnet, the Pharos Port Agent Widget for natural-language RealFi interactions, the AI portal ai.pharos.xyz, and an updated technical roadmap, with broader product access set to open over time. Pharos said Sponsored Transactions separate the transaction initiator from the gas payer, allowing applications or authorized sponsors to cover fees while preserving the original sender. Under the updated roadmap, the network plans to introduce PoS staking and test a gas sponsorship program in the fourth quarter of 2026, gradually deploy Agent accounts, Agent transaction interfaces, and State Economy in 2027, and support end-to-end Agent Native workflows in 2028. Alongside the product changes, Pharos updated its brand message around putting real-world value to work and building for the agentic economy.290
Nillion2026-09-21 12:15:40Nillion says Dusk will go live on Ethereum mainnet in the first week of OctoberNillion, a decentralized privacy computing network, said on X that Dusk, the first phase of its "Encrypted Markets" roadmap, is scheduled to be deployed on the Ethereum mainnet in the first week of October. The rollout is set to introduce conditional trigger events, permissionless nodes, and developer tools. Nillion also said the first application built on Covenants has already launched on testnet. Beyond Dusk, the roadmap lists six additional phases: Darkfall, which expands to more EVM chains; Skyglow for cross-chain execution; Nightside for user-defined conditions; Neon for a dedicated language and virtual machine; Aurora for post-quantum hardening; and Moonshine, which is aimed at lowering costs and improving scalability. The update outlines the sequence of product development without giving extra deployment dates for the later stages.390
Vitalik Buter2026-09-20 03:50:42Vitalik says he will not give up on privacy and plans to push harderEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on Sept. 20 that he does not see privacy as a dead end and has no intention of stepping away from it. Responding to a question from Paradigm Chief Technology Officer Georgios Konstantopoulos about what room remains for privacy going forward, Buterin said privacy only truly dies when people give up on it. He added that he will not abandon privacy and instead plans to invest even more effort in it. The comment lines up with Buterin’s earlier roadmap update for Ethereum in August, where he identified quantum safety, privacy protection and native Rollups as key priorities for the network’s future direction. The latest remark offers a direct signal that privacy remains part of his long-term focus rather than an area being deprioritized.310
Ethereum2026-09-20 03:50:59Vitalik Buterin says he will not give up on privacy and plans to push harderEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to a question raised by Paradigm Chief Technology Officer Georgios Konstantopoulos about how much room privacy still has to develop going forward. Buterin said privacy is only truly dead if people give up on it, adding that he has no intention of doing so. Instead, he said he plans to double down. The response adds to Buterin’s recent public comments on Ethereum’s technical priorities. According to the earlier report cited in the source, Buterin updated Ethereum’s roadmap in August, placing quantum security, privacy protection, and native Rollups among the network’s focus areas for the future. His latest remarks frame privacy as an active area of work rather than a closed chapter. The exchange links a direct statement on privacy with Ethereum’s broader roadmap discussion, where privacy protection was already named as one of the key priorities.290
L22026-09-08 02:58:32L2s Are Thriving, But What About Ethereum? Rethinking Rollup Narratives and the CROPS RoadmapLayer 2 networks are reaping profits in the commercial frenzy, but Ethereum's own value capture is under question. The piece calls for a reassessment of the Rollup narrative and the CROPS development path.850
South Korea2026-09-04 09:45:41South Korea Targets February 2027 for Full Tokenized Securities MarketSouth Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) have announced a phased roadmap to fully tokenize traditional securities, including stocks, bonds, and funds, starting February 2027. The plan, reported by CoinDesk, aims to expand Security Token Offerings (STO) from fractional investment products to conventional securities. FSC Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-young stated that the authorities are committed to laying the groundwork for issuance and circulation of tokenized traditional securities, with the ultimate goal of transforming capital market infrastructure for digital connectivity. The roadmap includes three phases: Phase 1 (February 2027) involves legal changes for electronic registration, institutional money market funds, bonds, unlisted stocks via trusts, and fractional investment securities; Phase 2 extends tokenization to all publicly offered securities; Phase 3 establishes stablecoin-linked on-chain payment infrastructure. Individual subscription limits are set at the lower of 30 million won (approximately $22,000) or 5% of total issuance, with OTC platform annual net purchase cap at around $74,000. The timeline for later phases depends on Phase 1 execution and pending stablecoin legislation.890
South Korea2026-09-04 05:24:56South Korea's FSC to Launch Stock Tokenization Pilot with KRX, Reveals Three-Phase RoadmapSouth Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced plans to launch a pilot project for tokenizing listed stocks, centered on the Korea Exchange (KRX), drawing on lessons from NYSE and Nasdaq pilot programs. The FSC also unveiled a three-phase roadmap: Phase 1 starts in February 2027 under the Tokenized Securities Act, limited to institutional investors and private products; Phase 2 expands to public offerings; Phase 3 aims for on-chain settlement after stablecoin legislation.1010
Ethereum2026-08-23 10:14:46Vitalik raises privacy, quantum security and simplification in Ethereum roadmap updateVitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s current Strawmap still overlaps heavily with the project’s 2023 roadmap, but several priorities have shifted. In his latest update, he said quantum security has moved higher, some items such as VDF and many EVM improvements have moved down, and several earlier ideas have been replaced by newer constructions, including new state types in place of state expiry. He also highlighted several additions that were not part of the 2023 roadmap at all, including stronger privacy, post-quantum scaling work, simplification of specifications to support formal verification, blob and gas futures, and native rollups. Buterin also pointed to a broader architectural opening beyond the Ethereum Virtual Machine, saying zkzk frames imply the protocol will expose some non-EVM instruction set architecture to users, with leanISA and RISC-V described as leading candidates. He added that STARK-based systems and AI-assisted formal verification are now being treated as core building blocks across multiple layers of the protocol. In his closing remarks, Buterin said Ethereum is moving toward a system that is quantum-secure, privacy-first, secure, censorship-resistant, high-performance, scalable and lean.1330
