Blockchain News
ESMA tokenised collateral call is not a live CCP rule
ESMA’s 9 Oct 2026 Call for Evidence on tokenised CCP collateral is a request for facts, not a live EMIR margin change. Comments close 15 January 2027.
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Blockchain News
Blockchain News
Teku 26.10.0: Gloas headers, not a mainnet fire
Consensys Teku 26.10.0, shipped 2026-10-08 22:05 UTC, is a recommended operator update for missed proposals and Gloas validator-client headers, not a mainnet security emergency. Ether was $2,477.54 at…
Ethereum News
Geth 1.17.8: patch Ethereum nodes now, not after Amsterdam
Geth v1.17.8 (8 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC) is a security-focused execution-client tag recommended for all users. Most listed DoS bugs wait on Amsterdam; a rogue STUN crash and…
Bitcoin News
Cboe 3x bitcoin ETF approval is not a first print
SEC order 34-106577 lets Cboe BZX list Volatility Shares 3x bitcoin and ether futures ETPs. That is listing permission, not a confirmed first trade on the exchange.
Ethereum News
Nethermind 2.1.0: Sepolia Glamsterdam is not mainnet
Nethermind 2.1.0 is the Sepolia Glamsterdam upgrade tag before 13:53:36 UTC on 6 Oct 2026. Hoodi and mainnet dates stay unset. This is not a live Ethereum fork.
Ethereum News
Lighthouse 8.3-rc: Sepolia Gloas is not mainnet
Lighthouse v8.3.0-rc.0 is a Sepolia Gloas client with a 2026-10-06 13:53:36 UTC clock, not a mainnet Ethereum upgrade. Stay on v8.2.3 on mainnet.
Crypto News
zkAPI is live on Ethereum, not a privacy slogan
The Ethereum Foundation says zkAPI is live on mainnet as a vault plus proofs, not as a private-AI slogan. Credits sit in a contract you can exit.
Crypto News
Bitmine 8-K: 6 million ETH is a treasury print
Bitmine Immersion Technologies told the SEC on 28 September 2026 that it held 6,001,302 ETH as of 27 September 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET. That is a treasury…
Blockchain News
Nethermind 2.0.0 is a client upgrade, not an Ethereum fork
Nethermind tagged execution-client 2.0.0 on 22 Sep 2026. It is a breaking config release for operators, not an Ethereum hard fork, and most 1.39.x full nodes still upgrade…
Crypto News
Circle Arc mainnet is live, not permissionless PoS
Circle switched on public Arc mainnet on 16 September 2026 as a USDC-gas Layer 1 with a permissioned validator set. The ARC mint is not a public token…