The full Electric Coin Company development team has left after a governance clash and announced an independent startup to continue Zcash's privacy work. The split raises immediate questions about upgrade continuity, repository access, and community governance for ZEC.
Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart said the development team resigned and will launch a new company after disputes with the nonprofit board overseeing Zcash. The split creates governance and operational uncertainty for the ZEC ecosystem.
Buck introduced a governance token called a 'savings coin' designed to deliver roughly 7% annual yield, funded by income from a Strategy that uses bitcoin-linked preferred stock. The product echoes Michael Saylor’s approach to extracting yield from BTC holdings while preserving upside exposure.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a new blog post, "Balance of Power," critiquing converging centralization risks from “Big Business,” “Big Government,” and “Big Mob” and proposing governance and design responses. His ideas aim to protect Ethereum’s decentralization and could influence protocol and community priorities.
Uniswap has burned 100 million UNI after a governance vote approved a continuous, fee-driven burn mechanism. The move introduces an ongoing deflationary policy that could tighten supply and reshape token economics.
Gnosis executed a hard fork Monday after most validators had already adopted a soft fork in an effort to reclaim roughly $116 million stolen in a November Balancer exploit. The intervention aims to restore stolen assets but raises governance and immutability concerns for GNO and BAL holders.
AAVE slid 10% to $160 after a proposal suggested transferring full ownership of brand assets to the community. The move sparked a governance feud and investor sell-off.
UNI jumped about 19% after voting opened on a proposal to enable Uniswap's protocol fee switch, even as the broader crypto market remained subdued. The vote could channel new revenue to the protocol treasury and reshape incentives for liquidity providers.
VeChain has added Draper Dragon and Fenbushi Capital as institutional validators following the Hayabusa upgrade. The appointments strengthen governance and signal renewed venture interest in VET.
In November 2025 a malformed transaction exploited a deserialization bug on Cardano, prompting emergency interventions across the network. The incident has reignited scrutiny over the project's governance and update processes.