Practical warning that the published mempool backend images still bundle a Node.js version predating the October security release, so self-hosters should check.
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Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul goes live Wednesday, targeting about 150ms finality after a failed migration and rollback during testing.
OCC's final GENIUS Act rule takes effect Jan. 18, 2027 and drops the third-party yield presumption, with temporary waivers for pending applicants.
A Bitcoin model matched Bitcoin Core across 100,000 test executions and examines what still must be done to enforce the 21 million cap through independent node validation.
France's parliament passed by one vote an amendment treating crypto-to-stablecoin swaps as taxable disposals at the 31.4% flat rate, a significant change for French holders.
ZachXBT traces over $20M from hacks and ransomware through FreedomXMR, a Monero swap service on Hyperliquid where 87% of inflows are illicit.
Galaxy Research shares lessons from running Solana's largest consensus change, Alpenglow, in production.
A three-hour-old wallet launched Kimchi's Pump.fun coin, bought 79% of supply for about $9,300, and locked all creator fees to one address.
Obol urges an immediate Charon upgrade after a CA key compromise; the patch updates certificate checks in Go for its validator middleware.
eMudhra certificate signing keys were found weak, one recovered private key was just 4, and the flaw survived two independent audit cycles.
Blast L2 announces shutdown on October 26; users should withdraw funds and export transaction history before then.