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QuFi Network launched a post-quantum verification platform and completed proof of concept on the Bitcoin testnet.The platform aims to address the security threats of quantum computing to crypto assets at a low cost by separating verification from settlement.

The core development team of Solana, Anza, announced that the Solana testnet has enabled the first phase of the SIMD-0437 proposal, and the account rent reduction mechanism has begun testing. This proposal includes a total of 5 functional gates, with only the first functional gate currently activated, and all adjustments have not yet been completed and deployed to the mainnet.Once all 5 phases are completed, the storage cost parameter lamports_per_byte for Solana will be reduced from 6960 to 696, resulting in an overall reduction of 90%. For example, in the case of token accounts, the deposit required to maintain an account in a rent-exempt state is expected to decrease from approximately $0.16 to $0.016, thereby lowering the costs of account creation and application deployment.

Arthur Hayes updated on the X platform stating: The FLOP airdrop eligibility will depend on users' testnet activities. The testnet token faucet will be launched on Technocore.chat, and users will need to access it through the DID keys provided by the AI agent.Previously, Hayes revealed that the FLOP is planned for a large-scale airdrop in the fourth quarter of 2026, with an expected 20% of the total token supply to be airdropped to testnet participants, distributed over 10 years------this may be adjusted later, and the purpose of announcing this figure is to collect user feedback. The FLOP token is expected to become one of the top two tokens in the cryptocurrency market.

HyperliquidNews posted on the X platform that tracking stop-loss orders have been launched on the test network.

According to a post by @0xMaxs, Hyperliquid core contributor Xulian is publicly soliciting feedback on the latest testnet template for HIP-4. The template can be accessed via on-chain queries or the testnet API, with each template family identified by an incrementing integer suffix for the latest version. After collecting feedback, validators will review and vote on-chain, and only approved templates will be written to the mainnet for deployers to use; all template instantiations still depend on HIP-4 being enabled on the mainnet.It is reported that the testnet currently has 16 template records (including old versions), with approximately 12 latest templates based on the highest version of each family, covering 7 types of market structures. Candidate types include expiration prices (settled using specified period TWAP), price-triggered markets, range earnings, as well as central bank decisions, sports two-way options, and sports win/draw/loss, etc. The mainnet outcomeTemplates and deployer list are currently still empty, and permissionless templates have not yet been officially opened.HIP-4 is Hyperliquid's permissionless deployment standard for outcome/prediction markets, with the complete process being: community feedback, validator review, on-chain voting, template writing to the mainnet, and market creation by deployers once the switch is enabled.

The Ethereum Foundation's DevOps team announced the launch of the Platåberget testnet as an early public testing environment for the Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam) upgrade. This testnet is open to the community and is planned to run for several months, providing developers with a stable experimental platform to identify and fix issues before the upgrade is deployed to long-term testnets like Sepolia and Hoodi. The Glamsterdam hard fork is scheduled to activate on August 20 on this testnet.The Glamsterdam upgrade includes several significant changes to both the consensus layer and execution layer, including built-in proposer-builder separation (ePBS), block-level access lists (BALs), gas repricing targeting approximately 200 million gas, an increase in the maximum contract deployment size from 24KiB to 64KiB, an increase in the initcode limit from 48KiB to 128KiB, and forward-compatible consensus data structures. Relevant EIPs are summarized in meta EIP-7773. Gas repricing will affect wallets, indexers, and gas estimation tools, and any tools with hard-coded maximum gas limits will need to be updated; EIP-8037 also introduces an independent state gas dimension, where new accounts or writing to new storage slots will be charged by state bytes.The Platåberget validator set is small and allows public participation, supporting deposits from validators or builders submitted through the Dora browser. The testnet provides one-click resources to add networks, faucets, and client images. The community can provide feedback on issues in the Ethereum R&D Discord and related specification repositories.

SolanaFloor stated that the first block time adjustment for Solana under the SIMD-0525 framework will go live on the testnet within two hours.This adjustment lowers the target block time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, marking the first step in a four-phase plan to achieve a target block time of 200 milliseconds.

The TRON network's Nile testnet has officially launched the post-quantum signature feature following the proposal from Committee No. 20628, with FN_DSA_512 enabled on the Nile testnet. This marks a new advancement for TRON in the validation of quantum-resistant cryptography and the evolution of testnet functionalities.TRON welcomes developers to experience the new features on the Nile testnet and to conduct testing and validation in conjunction with the post-quantum signature usage guidelines. The official reminder states that the related features are currently only effective on the Nile testnet and have not yet been launched on the mainnet.

According to Zcash developer Sean Bowe (@ebfull), the Zcash Ironwood network upgrade has made significant progress: all consensus rule changes have been implemented and have entered the audit phase, and the related specifications (ZIPs) have been released and are nearing final status; the testnet activation is scheduled for July 4, and the mainnet activation is expected to be completed around July 21.The team is simultaneously conducting formal verification work to eliminate potential risks regarding supply integrity, and the relevant results will be announced before the mainnet activation. The only impact on users after the upgrade will be the migration process of the old funding pool. There is already sufficient hashing power expressing support for the mainnet upgrade, although some wallets may not be able to complete adaptation in time, but the team has stated that this will not delay the activation, and ample alternative solutions and testnet time will be provided.

The TRON Nile testnet has recently launched a quantum-resistant upgrade and released the mandatory upgrade version GreatVoyage-v4.8.2-PQ1-build1. This version introduces post-quantum signature capabilities for the first time, supporting two signature algorithms: Falcon-512 and ML-DSA-44, further advancing TRON's technological exploration and capability verification in the direction of quantum resistance.According to the official introduction, the aforementioned capabilities can be applied in scenarios such as transaction signing, SR block signing, P2P relay node handshakes, and TVM contract verification. TRON reminds developers who have deployed nodes on the Nile testnet to complete the version upgrade as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the related new features will only take effect on the Nile testnet after being approved through proposal voting; the activation of testnet functions does not mean that the mainnet will go live simultaneously.

Ethereum core developer Terence posted on the X platform that the Ethereum Glamsterdam devnet-6 has been released, and significant progress has been made in the testnet. EIP-8282 introduces ePBS builder execution requests, which include two new system contracts. On the execution layer, based on the work from post-bal-devnet-7, EIP-2780, 8038 (repricing), 7997, 8246, and 8070 (optional) have been added, and modifications have been made to EIP-7954 (64 KiB), 8037 (source-based refunds), and 7928 (BAL×7702 preheat maintaining status quo).

Arc announced that the testnet will officially activate the v0.7.2 upgrade on June 18 at 20:00 (Beijing time), bringing new features to the network. The official reminder for testnet node operators is to complete the upgrade before activation to avoid node desynchronization.

According to community news, the Federal Reserve's June interest rate decision prediction event is online on the HIP-4 testnet. Previously, it was reported that Hyperliquid launched HIP-4 on the mainnet, with the first offering being a BTC daily settlement prediction market.

According to Cointelegraph, Tezos ecosystem developers have launched a prototype of a private blockchain payment testnet called TzEL, aimed at resisting future quantum computing attacks.This prototype uses post-quantum cryptography and zk-STARK proofs to protect transaction data and encrypted payment metadata, preventing "collect then decrypt" type attacks. TzEL leverages Tezos's data availability layer to handle the larger proof sizes brought by post-quantum cryptography (approximately 300 KB), which has been one of the main technical obstacles to building scalable quantum-resistant privacy systems on-chain. TzEL is currently running on the Tezos testnet and is still in the development stage, with the transition of the Tezos ecosystem to quantum-resistant cryptography still in its early stages.

AI native infrastructure and programmable IP blockchain Story announced the launch of the Confidential Data Rails (CDR) testnet, a universal secure data transmission architecture designed to enable the secure flow and compliant use of sensitive data in AI and general scenarios, under the premise that data is always encrypted and does not leave the domain.CDR supports end-to-end encryption, preset access permissions, and provides secure sharing capabilities for API keys and integration credentials. In addition, Story, as the infrastructure provider for the Seoul Exchange over the next two years, will provide ongoing technical and ecological support for the Korean RWA market.

Twin3 has proposed a digital identity soul infrastructure oriented towards the Agent economy, with the core idea being to give everyone a "digital body"—by binding human identity, personality, and experiences on-chain through a 256-dimensional Soulbound Token.Users can deploy personal AI agents based on this digital identity, joining the Agentic ecosystem to participate in automated economic collaboration, making human real experiences into verifiable and tradable RWA assets.

SimpleChain announced that its testnet officially launched yesterday, simultaneously initiating an early ecosystem airdrop plan. Users can earn points by participating in testnet tasks, and these points will serve as the core basis for future public chain token airdrops.It is reported that the core members of the SimpleChain team come from former executives of Shuqin Technology and Ant Group. ChainCatcher previously reported that SimpleChain has completed a $15 million seed round of financing, led by traditional family offices and industrial investment institutions.SimpleChain is a Layer 1 infrastructure public chain specifically designed for RWA, and the testnet phase will focus on validating its core capabilities, including Trusted Data Services (TDS), Compliance as a Service (CaaS), and the complete link of the asset issuance protocol DataIPO.

According to CoinDesk, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) recently experienced a cybersecurity incident where hackers gained unauthorized access to its isolated research and development workspace. The company stated that the affected environment was only used for research and development, completely isolated from core infrastructure, production systems, trading platforms, and customer accounts, with losses amounting to less than $10,000.Galaxy Digital stated that it quickly intervened, completed the lockdown and reinforcement of the compromised workspace, and deployed additional protective measures at the blockchain infrastructure level.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin developers are advancing a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP360 "Pay to Merkle Root (P2MR)" aimed at enhancing Bitcoin's resistance to quantum threats, with a related testnet already deployed.Screenshots show that the corresponding code was submitted and verified on February 11, reflecting the community's proactive technical preparations for potential quantum computing threats.