A Kusama audit referendum returns after being voted down on day one
The Kusama Shield privacy project resubmitted its audit funding request with retroactive funding removed, CI updated and a broken Solidity function patched.
Serguey Asael Shinder
Contributing writer
Software engineer, BSc First Class Honours in Computing and Information Systems. Reads release notes, improvement proposals and client code, and writes down what a protocol change actually does to the people running a node.
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An App Store crypto tracker broke the iOS sandbox to reach other wallets
SlowMist and OKX researchers found modules in FomoPeek 1.1 and 1.2 unrelated to its advertised function, linked to roughly $580,000 in stolen USDT.
CFTC warns that contracts on what someone will say invite manipulation
A Division of Market Oversight advisory sets out the limited circumstances in which mention market contracts can be listed, and reminds exchanges of Core Principle 3.
Four chains shipped governance changes today, and none shipped a feature
Robonomics retiring Sudo, Solana debating who sets block limits, an XRPL cosigner draft, a Bitcoin BIP for backup format. The week's substance is about who decides, not what the software does.
An onchain cosigner draft joins the XRPL standards repository
The XRPL-Standards repository merged an Onchain Cosigner draft on 16 September, 1,203 lines in a single file, carrying a transaction_proposal RPC designed around per-account signing status.
ESMA's third-country CCP reporting consultation closes on 12 October
A proposed annual EMIR reporting framework would require clearing members and clients to report activity at recognised third-country CCPs; responses are due 12 October 2026.
Litecoin ships a soft-fork MWEB rule and a security fix it kept quiet
Litecoin Core 0.21.5.8 adds a soft-forking consensus rule at block 3,172,640 and folds in a 0.21.5.7 security fix that was distributed privately to mining pools rather than published.
Filed, registered, approved, launched: four events, one headline
A crypto filing this week registered zero new shares and was reported by careful outlets as exactly that. The habit that keeps a desk honest is refusing to collapse four distinct events into one word.
The FCA opens a money-laundering investigation into Euro Exchange Securities
The regulator is investigating potential breaches of the 2017 money-laundering regulations by Euro Exchange Securities UK between February 2020 and June 2026 — the firm is already in special administration.
Agave 4.3.0 ships stable, carrying the first pieces of the Votor transport
The validator release adds vote-commission CLI commands and improves send-error stats in votor-transport — the plumbing behind the Alpenglow consensus change now landing in a mainnet-suitable build.