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Vitalik Buterin floats judge anonymity backed by ZK-proofs
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues that some classes of governance actions should be anonymous, such as temporarily shielding a judge’s identity when a ruling is issued. He also suggests using zero‑knowledge (ZK) proofs to keep procedures verifiable without exposing people. -a8cbDqln.png "Grayscale debuts first U.S. spot crypto ETPs with staking")
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. 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. 
Ethereum spot ETFs end the month with $286M net inflow
September was contrasting flows: record weekly outflows at the start and near the end of the month were offset by two weeks of solid inflows and a late‑month reversal. Based on SoSoValue data, the aggregate monthly result totaled +$285.74M, with weekly trading volumes reaching $10B+. Ethereum ETFs suffer $796 million net outflow in one week
Following a significant influx the prior week, spot Ethereum ETFs concluded the week of September 22–26 with massive outflows. According to SoSoValue data, net weekly redemptions totaled approximately $795.6 million, with weekly trading volume exceeding $10 billion. 
Polkadot upgrade 2025 – SDK 2509 lands early October
Polkadot will finalize three pillars – asynchronous backing, agile coretime, and elastic scaling – culminating in the Polkadot SDK 2509 release targeted for early October 2025. The upgrade also brings Ethereum-compatible contracts on Polkadot Hub and a RISC-V-based PolkaVM for next-gen smart contracts. 
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. 