regulation
US Treasury designated the A7 Network as a transnational criminal organization on Oct 1 and blocked its A7A5 ruble stablecoin, naming it as the pipe for $17B in sanctions-evasion flows used by Iran.
regulation
The Middle District of Florida entered a $31.48M default judgment Sept 30 against Fundsz operators Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey. 9,000+ victims; permanent trading and registration bans.
protocol
DogeOS opened its Chikyū EVM zkVM testnet for Dogecoin DeFi on Sept 30. Current trust: permissioned sequencer, TEE, Security Council. Miner-verified state waits on OP_CHECKZKP in Dogecoin Core.
protocol
Co-author Jérôme de Tychey withdrew EIP-8363 from Hegota consideration Oct 1, conceding the fork scoping process is the wrong venue for an issuance-policy change. A separate track runs through 2027.
regulation
ESMA with France, Germany and Greece examine whether Binance's Abu Dhabi entity serves EU customers lawfully under MiCA Article 61 after it lost its registrations July 1.
regulation
Industry and Illinois state officials filed a joint motion in Sangamon County to push the Digital Asset Tax Act's effective date from Jan 1 to July 1, 2027.
infrastructure
Lloyds Banking Group booked seven US-dollar settlements with Visa through Archax USDC, moved on Canton, with each flow landing in under an hour including weekends.
infrastructure
MetaMask disclosed an infrastructure incident Sept 30 and is exiting all its ETH validators from Lido by Oct 7, ~45-day return cycle. Sentora Morpho vaults shed ~$136M PYUSD/RLUSD.
exploit
NEAR Intents paused cross-chain swaps on 11 networks Oct 1 after a bug in its Omni deposit/withdrawal layer let an attacker drain ~$3.8M. Contract patched; full reimbursement pledged.