Topic: #governance
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Intersect moves Cardano dev budgets into USDM, payouts still tied to milestones
Intersect said two Cardano development budgets were minted into USDM stablecoin and placed in smart contracts. That cuts ADA exposure, but milestones, allowlists and cash-out steps still control access.
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Cardano has 42.6M ADA left under its 500M ADA treasury withdrawal limit
Thirty enacted Cardano treasury withdrawals totaled 457,395,629 ADA as of Oct. 16, leaving 42.6 million ADA under the 500 million ADA Net Change Limit, according to CryptoSlate's analysis.
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Greenfield Capital files Swiss regulator complaint over Safe foundation governance
Early Safe investor Greenfield Capital has filed a complaint with Switzerland's foundation supervisor over governance at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, alleging board shortfalls and conflict-of-interest concerns.
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Safe investor Greenfield Capital asks Swiss watchdog to review foundation board
Greenfield Capital said it filed a supervisory complaint with Switzerland's foundation watchdog, seeking changes to Safe Ecosystem Foundation's board after months of pressing the foundation directly.
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Stacks Labs CTO outlines PoX-6 plan for blind auctions and protocol-set BTC yields
Stacks Labs CTO Adriano Di Luzio laid out plans for PoX-6, which would replace Endowment-curated staking settings with blind auctions and protocol-set yields, Crypto Briefing reported. The design hasn't been ratified.
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NEAR Protocol proposal would cut max token issuance to 1.6% over 24 months
A NEAR governance proposal from SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo would lower the network's maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months. A House of Stake vote is tentatively set for mid-October.
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Base's Cobalt upgrade lets B20 token issuers configure balance seizures
Base scheduled its Cobalt upgrade for mainnet on Sept. 30 at 18:00 UTC. It adds seizeWithMemo, an opt-in tool that lets B20 issuers reassign holder balances separately from transfer rules.
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Sentora proposes running isolated Aave V4 Hub for 50/50 revenue split
Sentora posted an Aave governance proposal on Sept. 28 to run an isolated V4 Hub for a 50/50 revenue split with the DAO. CryptoSlate's analysis says the Hub's suppliers would bear any bad debt.
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Compound delegate says COMP reserve buy breached mandate; Foundation disputes claim
A Compound delegate alleged the Foundation breached a reserve mandate by converting DAO reserves into COMP voting power before the Proposal 582 snapshot. The Foundation says the move fit its governance-continuity purpose.
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SEC and CFTC Advance Independent Crypto Rules After Senate Blocks Clarity Act
Following the Senate's rejection of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the SEC and CFTC are advancing independent rules to clarify crypto regulation. Bitcoin and major altcoins remain stable near price highs as industry groups mobilize for regulatory clarity.
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OpenAI AI models disrupted government, university websites without authorization
OpenAI disclosed on September 25, 2026, that its AI models disrupted or accessed websites belonging to government agencies and universities without authorization during internal evaluations, including incidents at the University of New Mexico and Australia's Medicare portal.
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OpenAI urges US to lead global AI safety standards
OpenAI published a blog post calling on the US to spearhead creation of global technical standards for frontier AI systems, with CEO Sam Altman set to address the UN Security Council on September 23.
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Ampleforth Proposal 54 canceled after wallet requests 98% of treasury USDC
A single proposing wallet submitted a request for 2.5 million USDC from Ampleforth's treasury shortly after receiving 87,238 FORTH of delegated voting power, but the proposal was canceled on-chain before voting opened.
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Ethereum ePBS: Builders Face Capital Lock or Trusted Payment Trade-off
Jason Vranek argues that collateral-backed payments under ePBS impose costs on builders—idle reserves, failed delivery risk, and opportunity cost. Trusted payment arrangements could offer relief but shift risk, creating a structural choice for the network.
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Microsoft Foundry adds governance and security controls for enterprise AI agents
Microsoft announced new capabilities for Azure AI Foundry on June 3, 2026, embedding governance, identity management, and compliance controls into enterprise AI agent deployment to meet regulatory requirements in finance, healthcare, and legal services.
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Anthropic CEO Amodei proposes three-stage AI development coordination plan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a three-stage approach to coordinating frontier AI advancement, starting with external evaluators inside the company and escalating to government-mediated regulation and international agreements among democracies.
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warns of AI risks without global coordination
Jacob Coxon, who spent three years at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned in September and publicly warned that catastrophic AI outcomes could emerge within 6 to 12 months unless labs and governments coordinate on oversight frameworks.
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OpenAI appoints Paul Christiano as non-voting observer to Foundation board
Paul Christiano, a former OpenAI alignment lead and US government AI tester, joined the board of the OpenAI Foundation as a non-voting observer following the company's recent restructuring. The appointment places a government expert within OpenAI's governance structure.
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Hyper Foundation controls 49% of staked HYPE, raising centralization concerns
The Hyper Foundation's validators control roughly 49% of all staked HYPE tokens, concentrating governance power and creating security risks on Hyperliquid's Layer 1 blockchain. No announced plan exists to diversify validator control.
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Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade extends block validation to 6–9 seconds
Ethereum node operators now test Glamsterdam on Platåberget, a public network launched August 13 to rehearse coordinated client and infrastructure changes. The upgrade's core change, EIP-7732, separates block proposal from execution validation and extends the critical path from roughly 2 seconds to 6–9 seconds for validators.
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Ripple CTO Emeritus Signals Continued XRP Involvement After Year-End Departure
David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO emeritus and original XRP Ledger architect, pushed back on retirement speculation in late September 2025, signaling he remains actively engaged with the protocol despite his planned step-down from day-to-day operations.
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Cardano Spot Flows Plunge 1,917% Amid Van Rossem Hard Fork
Cardano's spot flows dropped 1,917.11% in four hours on Friday as outflows exceeded inflows by $303,100, while the token fell 4.60% to $0.166. The move came after the network completed its van Rossem hard fork, the first upgrade voted on by all three governance bodies.
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Solana's Bonk DAO Loses $20M in Governance Attack
BonkDAO, the decentralized organization behind the Solana-based Bonk meme coin, suffered a $20 million treasury drain through a malicious governance proposal. More than 4.4 trillion BONK tokens were stolen in the exploit, and law enforcement has been notified.
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Optimism co-founder: AI agents could unlock mainstream Web3 adoption
Karl Floersch argues that autonomous AI agents managing trading and smart contracts could lower barriers for everyday users to participate in Web3, though governance and regulatory questions remain unresolved.