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.
Cardano's Critical Integrations Budget proposal became the fastest DRep-approved governance vote, crossing the 50% approval threshold in under 48 hours. The quick approval highlights stronger on-chain participation and faster treasury decision-making for the ecosystem.
Cardano is heading into a busy December with several key calendar items drawing attention from ADA holders and developers. Stakeholders should monitor upcoming governance votes, protocol updates, and ecosystem launches that could influence network activity and price action.
The Graph Foundation has been launched to grow and manage The Graph Network and accelerate decentralization across its indexing and query ecosystem. The move aims to formalize governance, support developers, and steward the GRT community.
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s former research chief, has pulled his candidacy for a seat on Novo Nordisk’s board, citing personal reasons, the Danish drugmaker said. The move could alter investor sentiment for tokenized pharma exposure and governance-focused crypto products.
dYdX’s governance has approved a proposal to raise the protocol’s DYDX buyback allocation from 25% to 75% of net revenue. The change directs a much larger share of earnings into token repurchases, potentially tightening supply and supporting price discovery.
dYdX governance voters approved allocating 75% of protocol revenue to DYDX token repurchases, enabling up to 5% of the total supply to be bought back annually. The move tightens tokenomics and may provide longer-term price support.
DYDX governance approved redirecting 75% of protocol revenue to token buybacks starting November 13, 2025, tripling the prior 25% allocation to address recent price weakness.
dYdX governance passed proposal #313 on Nov. 13, increasing the share of net protocol revenue for DYDX buybacks from 25% to 75%, with 5% allocated to a Treasury SubDAO and 5% to the MegaVault. The change channels a much larger portion of revenue into token support while preserving dedicated funding for treasury and MegaVault functions.
UNI jumped roughly 70% this week after Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation unveiled the 'UNIfication' governance proposal to activate protocol fees, triggering heavy whale buying and a spike in new wallets.