ChainCatcher news, according to The Block Pro's latest research report, payment-related blockchain projects peaked in 2021, with a total of 38 projects launched. This field can be traced back to 2012 with projects like Ripple focusing on cross-border payment solutions.The Block Pro statistics show that there are currently 146 projects in this field, distributed across four categories: protocols, applications, infrastructure, and payment gateways. The report anticipates that with the advancement of crypto-friendly policies in the United States, the crypto payment sector is expected to usher in a new wave of development by 2025.

According to ChainCatcher news, data disclosed by The Block Pro shows that in July, NFT trading volume was only $159 million, a decrease of $164 million from the previous month, representing a decline of 50.8%. The number of NFT traders in July also continued to decline, marking the fifth consecutive month of downward trend.In addition, NFT royalty revenue hit an annual low of $1.2 million, a 58.7% decrease from the $3.1 million paid in June.

ChainCatcher news, Ava Labs co-founder Kevin Sekniqi stated on social media that they are immediately investigating the block production issue on the Avalanche mainnet, which seems to be related to the new inscriptions launched about an hour ago.It is reported that these are some obscure bugs from certain edge cases that should be addressed as soon as possible. There may be issues with the inscription that encountered some untested edge cases in memory pool processing.

ChainCatcher message, the Fantom Foundation announced the release of a new version of the Fantom mainnet (go-opera version 1.1.2-rc.5). The upgrade includes significant improvements in P2P and event/block processing, reducing event/block processing time by approximately 30%; the Genesis file processing speed is up to 3 times faster (excluding archived Genesis files).In addition, the new version makes some adjustments to the database layer, allowing for the integration of various data storage types (LevelDB and PebbleDB), and also supports database batch processing for genesis handling and desynchronized data refreshing. (source link)