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10/02/2026 09:42 AM

Fiserv Puts Solana Under A Live Bank Stablecoin As Roughrider Coin Goes Into Production

TL;DR Fiserv’s digital-asset platform is live, with Bank of North Dakota’s Roughrider Coin as its first production use case. Roughrider Coin transactions are processed on Solana, while VersaBank serves as issuer and Fireblocks supplies tokenization and security infrastructure. The deployment gives Solana a live role inside a regulated interbank payment product rather than another retail […]
10/02/2026 09:42 AM

WISeKey Becomes WISeQey As BVI Redomiciliation Takes Effect Ahead Of WQEY Trading

TL;DR WISeKey’s redomiciliation from Switzerland to the British Virgin Islands became legally effective on October 1 through a merger into WISeQey Corp. Existing WISeKey securities continue trading through October 2, with WISeQey ordinary shares expected to begin trading under WQEY on Nasdaq and SIX on October 5. The company says its operating headquarters and underlying […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Bitnomial Certifies Ondo US Dollar Spot Futures With CFTC

TL;DR CFTC records show Bitnomial’s “Ondo US Dollar Spot” futures product was certified on October 1. The filing classifies the contract as a futures product under the financial-instrument category. Certification is a regulatory product filing status; it should not be described as a broad CFTC endorsement of ONDO or the underlying protocol. Bitnomial has added […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Optimism op-supernode v1.0.3 Adds Stricter Hardfork Configuration Checks

TL;DR Optimism has released op-supernode v1.0.3 as an optional operator update. The release tightens validation around hardfork activation times and rejects invalid post-genesis fork ordering in custom rollup configs. Existing chains in the Superchain registry are not affected by the configuration issue described in the release notes. Optimism’s latest supernode release is a small update […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Aptos Pushes Private v1.49.2 Hotfix Candidate To Testnet Validators

TL;DR Aptos Labs has released `aptos-node-v1.49.2-hotfix-rc` for testnet. The release notes say validators should upgrade and fullnode operators are recommended to do so. Aptos describes it as a private hotfix and does not publish the source code or a detailed public explanation of the underlying issue. Aptos has pushed another validator hotfix into testnet, but […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Optimism Ships op-reth v2.5.0 With Dependency Security Fixes And Legacy Command Removal

TL;DR Optimism has released op-reth v2.5.0 and recommends it for all op-reth operators. The update removes two legacy pre-Bedrock import commands and patches security issues in `rustls` and `imbl` dependencies. Operators relying on the removed import workflow need to switch to the Bedrock state-bootstrap process before upgrading. Optimism’s latest op-reth release is a maintenance update […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Optimism Kona v1.8.0 Tightens Fault-Proof Execution And Malformed Batch Handling

TL;DR Optimism has released Kona v1.8.0 components with fixes for derivation, proof execution, TLS and preimage handling. The release prevents a malformed batch from causing Kona to derive a different chain from op-node under a specific faulty-batcher condition. Optimism recommends the release for all chains and says kona-host should be run with the matching kona-client […]
10/02/2026 09:41 AM

Optimism Recommends op-node v1.19.8 For Sequencers Ahead Of Glamsterdam

TL;DR Optimism has released op-node v1.19.8 and recommends it particularly for sequencer operators using `–l2.follow.source`. The release fixes recurring slow block builds around L1-origin transitions and strengthens validation of hardfork activation ordering. Sepolia OP Stack operators must be on op-node v1.19.5 or later before the October 6 Glamsterdam hardfork. Optimism has shipped a focused op-node […]

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