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Buterin challenges Thiel on cypherpunk values
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin publicly pushed back on Peter Thiel’s worldview, writing on X that Thiel is “not a cypherpunk.” He linked to Thiel’s 2007 essay on Straussian politics and intelligence power, contrasting it with the privacy‑first ideals that shaped Bitcoin and, later, Ethereum. The post quickly spilled into a governance debate inside the ETH community. Hypervault vanishes as $3.6M funnels to Tornado Cash – PeckShield
Blockchain security firm PeckShield says roughly $3.6 million was drained from DeFi protocol Hypervault and routed through Tornado Cash after being bridged from Hyperliquid to Ethereum and swapped into ETH. Soon after the alert, Hypervault’s website and X account went dark, intensifying concerns of an exit scam. Tom Lee (BitMine): Ethereum is Wall Street’s blockchain of choice
At Korea Blockchain Week’s Impact conference, BitMine chairman Tom Lee called Ethereum a “truly neutral chain” that Wall Street will favor, adding that the White House and Congress are leaning toward it under the current administration. He linked that stance to a coming token economy for agentic AI and robots – and to BitMine’s pivot into an ETH treasury. 
BitMine treasury reaches $9.2B after $201M ETH purchase
BitMine Immersion Technologies purchased 46,255 ETH worth approximately $201 million on Sept. 10 through three separate transfers from BitGo. The acquisition came just days after the company bought 202,500 ETH on Monday, bringing its total holdings above 2.1 million coins valued at around $9.2 billion. 
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a technical post on Oct. 5, 2025, stating that memory access time grows with the cube root of memory size rather than remaining constant. The post appeared on his personal site at vitalik.eth.limo. 
Ethereum validator exit queue may grow to 1.6M ETH
The Ethereum validator exit queue could soon jump to 1.63M ETH, according to ValidatorQueue. The trigger was Kiln Finance’s announcement that it is beginning an “orderly exit” of all its validators following an incident involving its partner SwissBorg. Bitwise CIO: ‘Solana season’ set up by ETFs and treasury buys
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says the same mix that powered BTC and ETH – spot ETP inflows plus corporate treasury demand – is now forming around Solana, with SEC decisions on spot SOL ETFs due by Oct. 10 and a $1.65B treasury vehicle gearing up to buy and stake. 
