Canton Q1 Ecosystem Update Keeps Institutional Chain Discovery Active Today
Canton Strategic published a Q1 ecosystem update and scheduled an April 22 webinar, giving Radar a fresh institutional chain-discovery item.
News
Radar News
Same-day dapp, protocol, funding, hot-contract, ecosystem, and chain-level updates that deserve faster context than the evergreen blog.
Chain Updates
QoreChain Q2 Mainnet Pull-Forward Puts Quantum-Safe L1 Discovery on Radar
QoreChain moved its mainnet target to Q2 2026, giving Radar a fresh chain-discovery checkpoint around post-quantum infrastructure and testnet readiness.
XION v29 Upgrade Puts Deposit Pauses and ZK Changes on Radar
XION v29.0.0 creates a late April 21 chain-ops item for Radar readers tracking upgrades, deposit pauses and proof-system changes.
ASTEROID KuCoin Alpha Listing Puts Ethereum Contract Discovery on Radar
ASTEROID entering KuCoin Alpha gives Radar a contract-discovery watch item rather than a trading signal.
Arbitrum Emergency Freeze Puts KelpDAO Recovery Under Governance Watch
Arbitrum Security Council action around KelpDAO funds creates a protocol-ops watch item for governance and recovery tracking.
AITECH-to-ACN Swap Puts AI Protocol Migration on the April 21 Radar
Exchange support notices turn the AITECH-to-ACN migration into a protocol-ops event worth tracking across snapshots and trading windows.
Base Mainnet RPC Upgrade Puts April 21 Node Readiness on the Chain-Ops Watch
Base scheduled a mainnet RPC upgrade for April 21, creating a short chain-ops readiness check for apps using public RPC.
OKX Wallet Pharos Airdrop Window Turns April 20 Into a Claim-Prep Check
The Pharos x OKX Wallet airdrop campaign moved through its April 20 deposit deadline, creating a claim-prep and lockup check.
Polymarket Funding Talks Put a $15B Prediction-Market Valuation on the Discovery Board
Polymarket is reportedly in talks for a $400M raise at a $15B valuation, putting prediction-market infrastructure back on Radar.
Editorial
Related Evergreen Guides
Use the guide layer after you read the same-day update so protocol context does not stay shallow.
RPC Endpoint Diversity Checklist for Dapp Researchers
A dapp research checklist for RPC endpoint diversity, fallback providers, degraded reads, and protocol reliability under load.
Protocol Token Migration Checklist for Snapshots and Ticker Changes
A protocol-ops guide for checking token migrations before a ticker change hides deposit, snapshot, and support-window risk.
Airdrop Claim Contract Checklist Before Connecting a Wallet
A wallet-first checklist for checking airdrop claim contracts before a claim page turns into a protocol-risk problem.