Top crypto stories of week 41, 2026
Mon 5 to Sun 11 October 2026 · this week, updated as votes come in
The 20 top stories on Kiwi News so far this week (Mon 5 to Sun 11 October 2026), ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 23 comments in total. Most-shared sources: x.com.
Text under a title is an AI summary of the linked article.
- @DeanEigenmann: Justin Drake calls for "bunker mode" and migration to fresh addr (x.com)
- @drakefjustin: blockchain industry should plan for ECDSA break, migrate to fresh (x.com)
- X-Ray: tool to track your Morpho exposure (x.com)
- The cryptographic world computer (ethereuminstitutional.org)
Vitalik Buterin's essay of 27 September 2026, as read visually in this piece, argues that Ethereum will no longer be just a blockchain by 2030. It compares how Satoshi's whitepaper questions were answered in 2010 with how they would be answered in 2030. The article describes a shift in which transaction signatures and proofs are checked together and combined into one proof per block. It says the next fork, Hegotá, is likely Ethereum's last conventional one, after which the work moves toward a cryptographic world computer.
- Hackers get personal info on 8.8 million people in Denmark government data leak (insiderpaper.com)
Hackers gained illegal access to names, addresses and CPR numbers (Denmark's social security numbers) of around 8.8 million registered people in Denmark's national registry, including people who have died or emigrated, the digital affairs ministry said Monday. Digital affairs minister Christina Egelund called it "an extremely serious incident." The hackers broke in by compromising a Danish company that legally had access to the registry, and that access has not been revoked. An investigation has been launched, and the hackers have not yet been identified.
- yes, ai media still sucks (youtube.com)
- @ybouane: I shipped a browser-based relight feature before Adobe's release (x.com)
Yoann Bouane (@ybouane) says he shipped a relight feature in ImageFlow, a browser-based image tool at ImageFlow.dev, before Adobe released its own version. He says ImageFlow runs locally in the browser for free. He also says he is working on a desktop version of ImageFlow and a new Lightroom alternative.
- @SafeLabs_: Safe Pro launches with workspace management and security hub (x.com)
- Vitalik: do not scramble wallets, but treat AI math as a cryptography risk (x.com)
- @signulll: Agents make much of legacy software's workflows obsolete, like TurboT (x.com)
- @netflix: FTX movie trailer (x.com)
- Abstract winds down its Ethereum L2, shutdown December 15 (x.com)
- Smokers Paradise (smokersparadise.xyz)
- @matthew_d_green: I think we might lose public key cryptography (x.com)
- The people holding up the internet (sheets.works)
- @MagicalTux: Ledger investigating fund losses from devices bought via reseller C (x.com)
- L2s are shutting down because useful apps need costly infrastructure (x.com)
- @Balancer: BAL holders approved orderly wind-down, pools work until Oct 30 (x.com)
- Tracing committee leaks in encrypted Ethereum mempools (ethresear.ch)
- Artizen has Ceased Operations (paragraph.com)
Artizen, a crypto fundraising platform used by Bread and its partners, has ceased operations, according to a post from Bread. Founder René Pinnell has suffered medical emergencies and stepped away, and Bread says it is owed significant funds raised on the platform. Bread was told the matching funds will not come and that contributions will be refunded minus fees, with contact now routed through Venus, Artizen's AI agent. Bread says it will pursue the refunds and urges contributors to press for their funds.