The ERC-777 token standard is nearing finalization. The standard is backwards compatible with the widely adopted ERC-20, but adds features like single step transfers, hooks for transaction notifications, and the ability to assign third party "operators".

A tweet by Naval Ravikant sparked a heated discussion about developer incentives in the crypto world.

The high-profile Augur project has launched.

Popular Ethereum web wallet MyCrypto.com has announced they're deprecating the ability to authenticate the wallet by providing your private keys.

The Zcash network successfully completed its first hardfork, coinciding with Zcon0, the first conference for the Zcash community.

Bitcoin's layer two Lightning Network is having its Cryptokitties moment, as "Satoshi's Place" has gone viral.

Obelisk, a company which makes mining hardware, is starting a program to develop new hashing algorithms and accompanying ASIC miners simultaneously, and in secret.

The launch of the EOS mainnet was pushed back again last week.

Over the past couple of weeks, a number of high profile security incidents have led to a discussion on the security of blockchain protocols themselves.