New Projects
New crypto projects and launches, with links to sources. Ad disclosure: some links are affiliate links and we may earn a commission if you sign up. Not financial advice.
Hashi: Bitcoin finance on Sui
Per a Sui press release (Oct 8), Hashi mainnet goes live in a phased rollout later in October with $500M+ in capital commitments (commitments, not confirmed deposits) and 20+ launch partners, including Anchorage Digital. It lets native BTC be used as collateral through Sui smart contracts. As of Oct 18, no launch confirmation had been found.
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Soul Protocol: omnichain lending (mainnet postponed to Jan 2027)
Soul Protocol postponed its public mainnet from Oct 19, 2026 to a revised target of Jan 5, 2027 for extra security testing, per Cryptolaxy's tracker. Users supply collateral on one chain and borrow on another via existing money markets, without bridging. The $SO token is not part of the mainnet launch, and no updated TGE date has been given. The date is a target and the source is a third-party tracker.
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Fhenix: confidential tokens on Ethereum and Arbitrum
Fhenix plans a mainnet launch on Oct 21 on Ethereum and Arbitrum, using FHE (CoFHE coprocessor) so smart contracts compute on encrypted data. It introduces a Dual-Mode Token Standard that switches between public and private balances. It has raised $22M (Multicoin, Hack VC, etc.), and 5 dApps are planned to launch with it. Per hodl.press (citing Incrypted); the date is a plan, not a guarantee.
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Kinetiq Elysium: EVM L2 for Hyperliquid
Elysium's official docs state that testnet is live and mainnet is pre-launch with details published at launch. The Oct 20 mainnet date comes from trackers (Cryptolaxy/TradingView), not the docs. Fees are paid in HYPE, and it is an Arbitrum Orbit-style EVM chain.
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RealFi: real-world-asset DeFi on Cardano (live since Oct 1)
RealFi announced on Oct 1, 2026 that it is live on Cardano mainnet, with partners including SundaeSwap, Lace and Liqwid. Its stablecoin products are now named USDrf and sUSDrf (earlier coverage called them USDr and sUSDr). They are not available to persons in the US, UK, EU or other restricted jurisdictions. RWA yield products carry issuer, custody and depeg risks.
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