Validators

MetaMask

2026-09-30 23:55:22

MetaMask says infrastructure was affected in security incident, sees no direct threat to wallets

MetaMask said in a security update posted on X on Oct. 1 that part of its infrastructure was affected by a security incident. The company said it has not found any signs of a direct threat to MetaMask wallets at this stage. MetaMask also stressed that the incident involves infrastructure and does not indicate that the wallet itself is currently facing a security risk. As a precaution, the company said it is coordinating with relevant customers, partners, and security advisers to proactively exit affected validators in its non-custodial staking business. MetaMask added that it will share further updates when appropriate. The statement did not disclose additional technical details about the incident.

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RippleX

2026-09-30 21:43:23

RippleX submits LendingProtocolV1_1 upgrade for XRPL validator vote

Ripple’s development arm, RippleX, has submitted a major upgrade to the XRP Ledger lending protocol, known as LendingProtocolV1_1, for a validator vote, according to Techub News, citing U.Today. The proposed amendment is designed to launch native lending infrastructure on XRPL, adding a core lending framework directly to the network. The activation still depends on validator approval. If the proposal wins support from more than 80% of validators, the upgrade will go live two weeks later. At that point, XRP Ledger would add core lending functionality through the amendment. The update marks the next step in bringing native lending capabilities to XRPL, though activation is contingent on the voting threshold being met.

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Solana

2026-09-30 21:16:24

Anza proposes SIMD-0675 to schedule Solana validators by geography

Solana core development team Anza has put forward a proposal called SIMD-0675 that would schedule network validators based on geographic location. According to the proposal, geographic scheduling could improve efficiency across the Solana network. At the same time, the proposal says the approach may raise privacy concerns and could affect validator participation. The update was reported by Techub News, which cited Crypto Briefing. No additional implementation details were provided in the source brief.

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Avalanche

2026-09-30 17:36:29

Avalanche activates Helicon upgrade, says block validation speed can rise by up to 100x

Avalanche has activated its Helicon upgrade, according to Techub News, which cited Crypto Briefing. The upgrade is intended to improve network efficiency and flexibility. In the report, Avalanche said block validation speed could increase by as much as 100 times after the change. The same report added that the upgrade may help draw more developers and validators to the network. At the same time, it noted that the change could also raise operating requirements. No further technical details were provided in the source summary. The update was published by Techub under the technology category, with the original item timestamped 2026-09-30T17:36:29.297Z.

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Nansen

2026-09-30 10:06:30

Nansen says its staking validators ran seven years without a slashing event

Nansen said on X that its staking product, Nansen Staking, has operated validators for seven years without any slashing incidents. The company also said assets staked through the service have grown from more than $80 million at the start to several billion dollars. In the post, Nansen framed reliability as the core of the product. The update was cited by Techub News in a brief item and did not include additional operational details beyond the claim about validator performance and asset growth. No further figures, chain-specific breakdowns, or customer details were disclosed in the source material. The statement focused on two points: the length of the validator track record and the increase in assets under staking custody.

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Ethereum

2026-09-29 14:05:52

Ethereum validator count reaches 890,000 as consolidation progress draws attention

Techub News, citing a post from @trent_vanepps, said the number of Ethereum validators has reached 890,000. In the same post, he said he hopes validator consolidation can continue to move forward in a steady way from here. The figure points to the scale Ethereum has reached after shifting to proof of stake, and it is commonly used as a reference point for network security, participation, and decentralization. While the update did not include additional on-chain breakdowns or a timeline for the consolidation process, it highlighted validator count as a closely watched metric for the Ethereum network. The post focused on the current total and on expectations for continued consolidation rather than offering a broader market forecast.

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Cosmos

2026-09-29 12:30:00

Why Cosmos Hub Stopped Producing Blocks for 25 Hours

Cosmos Hub halted block production on Sept. 22 after validators representing more than one-third of total voting power stopped participating, freezing the chain at height 33,086,740. The trigger did not originate on Cosmos Hub itself. The sequence began on Neutron, where a governance proposal titled AIATO: AI Agent Takeover was exploited through chain-level governance privileges in the wasmd framework, allowing attackers to reassign contract admin rights for apps including Astroport and Drop. Before Neutron stopped running, Cosmos Labs said the attackers had already moved assets across several networks, including roughly 1.7 million ATOM into Cosmos Hub, where the funds began moving through interchain liquidity routes. To prevent the remaining ATOM from leaving, some Cosmos Hub validators shut down their nodes. That pushed the network below the threshold needed to keep CometBFT consensus live. About four hours later, validators received a recovery plan built around a one-time state change. Cosmos Labs then prepared and tested a Gaia v28.3.0 patch. The patch moved 1,227,121 ATOM from the attacker address into a 4-of-6 multisig controlled by Nansen, Keplr, Enigma, Silknodes, Kiln, and Polkachu. Once validators representing more than 67% of voting power had installed the software, Cosmos Hub coordinated a restart at 12:00 UTC on Sept. 23. Roughly six minutes later, the state change executed at block 33,086,741 and block production resumed.

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Solana

2026-09-29 11:50:17

Solana validators asked to prove 150 ms finality proposal works on a live network

Solana validators have been asked to show that a proposed 150-millisecond fast-finality design can hold up under real network conditions. The proposal would change how validators reach agreement on block finality, but it is not running on the mainnet at this stage. Instead, the mechanism is currently being tested on the Alpenglow testnet, while Solana mainnet continues to rely on its existing consensus system. Officials also drew a line around the performance claim itself, saying the 150 ms target reflects results under specific conditions rather than a blanket promise for all environments. That means the headline number still needs to be validated in practice before it can be treated as a proven real-world outcome. The update was cited by Techub News, with Crypto.news named as the source in the brief.

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