# Voting Related Articles

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Arbitrum Security Council Moves To Correct 51M ARB Voting Power Discrepancy

Arbitrum's Security Council has initiated a non-emergency governance action to correct a discrepancy in the recorded total Delegated Voting Power within the ARB token contract. The recorded total was approximately 51.17 million ARB higher than it should have been, stemming from initial initialization estimates. The action does not affect individual ARB token balances or delegation distributions and requires no user action. It is strictly a correction of the aggregate accounting figure used by the contract to ensure accurate governance tracking for quorum and proposal outcomes. The Security Council's proposal allows for a transparent 14-day execution period, emphasizing that this is a routine maintenance fix for governance infrastructure rather than an emergency or a change to user holdings.

bitcoinist2 days ago 13:37

Arbitrum Security Council Moves To Correct 51M ARB Voting Power Discrepancy

bitcoinist2 days ago 13:37

With 100 Days Until Midterm Elections, Crypto Community Voters Track CLARITY Act Amid Senate Time Crunch

With the 2026 midterm elections 100 days away, cryptocurrency voters are closely monitoring the progress of the CLARITY Act in the Senate as the legislative window narrows. The advocacy group Stand With Crypto reports that crypto policy is a priority for voters, with nearly 70% of crypto owners saying a candidate's stance will influence their vote. At the core of the debate is the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, which aims to establish clearer rules by defining regulatory authority between the SEC and CFTC. Proponents argue it provides needed regulatory certainty, while critics emphasize the need for robust consumer protections. Supporters have made over one million contacts with Congress, highlighting the industry's political push. The impending elections create pressure, as legislative priorities may shift post-election. The outcome of the bill is seen as a test of Washington's strategy on digital assets, with its fate in the next 100 days potentially shaping the future of crypto regulation and influencing voter decisions.

cryptonews.ru2 days ago 10:40

With 100 Days Until Midterm Elections, Crypto Community Voters Track CLARITY Act Amid Senate Time Crunch

cryptonews.ru2 days ago 10:40

XRP Ledger Amendments Near Validator Vote Deadline

The XRP Ledger is approaching a key deadline for validators to vote on proposed protocol amendments, highlighting the network's governance process for upgrades. Changes do not activate automatically upon code release; they require sustained support from 80% of validators. This system prioritizes stability and broad consensus over rushed changes. While these amendments can shape the ledger's future utility in payments, asset issuance, and decentralized exchange, their activation is not guaranteed. The outcome of this voting window represents an infrastructure and governance checkpoint, with long-term impact depending on subsequent developer adoption and user demand, rather than serving as a direct market catalyst.

bitcoinist07/21 21:17

XRP Ledger Amendments Near Validator Vote Deadline

bitcoinist07/21 21:17

Trump Uses Senator's Death to Pressure Congress: Calls for Passing Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act in Graham's Name

Former President Donald Trump is urging the Senate to pass the Crypto Asset Regulatory Transparency and Innovation (CLARITY) Act as a tribute to the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away last weekend. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed Graham was a "strong supporter" of the bill, which aims to shift primary regulatory oversight of digital assets from the SEC to the CFTC. However, Graham, who served since 2003, was not on relevant banking or agriculture committees and had no recorded votes or public statements directly advocating for the CLARITY Act, though he did vote for a stablecoin bill in 2025. The bill faces significant Democratic opposition, with several senators demanding the inclusion of conflict-of-interest provisions related to Trump's connections to various crypto projects. Furthermore, with Graham's death and Senator Mitch McConnell hospitalized, the Republican majority in the Senate has narrowed to 51-47. Passing the CLARITY Act requires 60 votes, meaning substantial Democratic support is needed. The Senate has only four weeks left before its August recess, creating a tight legislative window. Some Republican senators, like Cynthia Lummis, have echoed Trump's sentiment, but the path to 60 votes remains highly uncertain.

marsbit07/14 06:10

Trump Uses Senator's Death to Pressure Congress: Calls for Passing Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act in Graham's Name

marsbit07/14 06:10

Uniswap community votes 74% in favor of UNI burn: Will adoption drive token scarcity?

The Uniswap community is voting on a proposal to implement the protocol's first sustained UNI token burn mechanism, with 74% currently in support. The proposal, which involves activating protocol fees on Robinhood Chain and deploying v4, would channel fees into accounts where users can burn UNI. This aims to link UNI's supply directly to protocol usage rather than just governance incentives. With Uniswap generating significant daily and annual protocol revenue, increased trading activity from new deployments like Robinhood Chain could create more opportunities to remove UNI from circulation. While the initial burn rate is modest relative to total supply, the mechanism establishes a long-term connection between usage and token scarcity. The success of this strategy now hinges on user adoption. Robinhood Chain's rapid growth, surpassing $1 billion in swap volume shortly after launch, tests whether Uniswap can expand its user base. Sustained activity on such chains will determine if the burn mechanism can meaningfully strengthen UNI's value by tying it to organic protocol demand.

ambcrypto07/14 03:02

Uniswap community votes 74% in favor of UNI burn: Will adoption drive token scarcity?

ambcrypto07/14 03:02

Token FOLD Auction Imminent, What is The Interfold, Supported by Vitalik?

**Title:** FOLD Token Auction Approaches: What is The Interfold, Supported by Vitalik? **Summary:** The Interfold, a "confidential coordination infrastructure" previously known as Enclave, is launching its functional token FOLD via a Uniswap Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA) starting July 8th. Endorsed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin in May, the protocol tackles the core problem of governance bribery in decentralized voting (e.g., on platforms like Votium) by enabling multiple parties to compute a verifiable result without exposing their private input data. Its core technology, the Encrypted Execution Environment (E3), uses a distributed network of "Ciphernodes" that perform computations on fully encrypted data using Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), with process integrity verified by Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs and decryption keys managed via Decentralized Threshold Cryptography (DTC) to eliminate a single point of trust. The primary application is CRISP (Coercion-Resistant Impartial Selection Protocol) for DAO governance, which ensures encrypted voting, "receipt-free" votes to prevent bribery, and verifiable tallying. The Interfold, developed by the Gnosis Guild team (creators of the Zodiac DAO tooling), positions itself as a focused solution to make on-chain voting truly un-buyable, realizing the vision of Vitalik's earlier MACI (Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure) framework without its reliance on a single trusted coordinator. FOLD tokens will be used for Ciphernode staking, paying for computation requests, and protocol governance. Following the 48-hour auction, there is a 40-day cooling period where tokens can only be staked, with the official Token Generation Event (TGE) expected around August 19th.

Foresight News07/08 08:31

Token FOLD Auction Imminent, What is The Interfold, Supported by Vitalik?

Foresight News07/08 08:31

Solana Expands Validator Power With Launch of On-Chain Governance

Solana has formally launched its on-chain governance system, empowering token holders and validators with a more open and decentralized way to influence major protocol decisions. Governance debates and voting are now conducted entirely on-chain using the new Solana Governance Proposals (SGP) framework, supported by stake-weighted voting and cryptographic verification. Validators with at least 100,000 SOL in delegated stake can submit an SGP. To proceed to a formal vote, a proposal must first gain support from at least 15% of the network's total staked SOL, ensuring only ideas with significant backing move forward. SGPs serve a distinct purpose from the technical Solana Improvement Documents (SIMDs). While SIMDs focus on *how* to implement protocol upgrades, SGPs determine *whether* the broader ecosystem believes a proposal should proceed, via an on-chain, stake-weighted vote. This separation allows core developers to continue building effectively while reserving community-wide votes for impactful decisions. A key feature grants delegators greater control: they can now override their validator's governance vote. If a validator votes against a delegator's preference or abstains, the delegator can cast a vote directly using their own stake weight through Solana's governance portal. The voting process is secured using Merkle proofs to verify participant stakes against an on-chain consensus snapshot. With this implementation, Solana aims to broaden community participation in governance without hindering development, combining decentralized decision-making with efficient protocol evolution.

TheNewsCrypto07/02 07:36

Solana Expands Validator Power With Launch of On-Chain Governance

TheNewsCrypto07/02 07:36

ENS Founder Seeks to 'Seize Power' from DAO

On June 29th, the ENS community entered the on-chain voting phase for a proposal to renew the ENS DAO Security Council's veto power for two more years. Shortly after voting began, ENS founder Nick Johnson used his substantial ENS holdings to cast over 3.55 million votes against the proposal, swinging the outcome despite initial strong support. The Security Council was established in July 2024 with a 4/8 multisig veto power to protect the DAO's treasury (valued over $350 million) from malicious proposals during a period of low voter participation. Its powers were limited to vetoing only harmful proposals, not normal ones. Nick Johnson's opposition stems from broader concerns about ENS DAO's governance. In late 2025, he and others expressed frustration that the DAO had become mired in political gamesmanship, with capable contributors leaving and leadership falling to less experienced or misaligned parties. This context set the stage for a major restructuring proposal by ENS COO Katherine Wu on June 19th, titled "Next Era of ENS DAO: Empowering the ENS Foundation." The controversial proposal aims to transfer daily operations, treasury management, and long-term strategy to a restructured ENS Foundation with a professional board, while the DAO would retain core protocol governance powers. Critics, including original ENS constitution author Brantly Millegan, argue this effectively transfers treasury control from token holders to ENS Labs (the core development team), undermining the DAO's original decentralized design. Nick's massive "no" vote on the Security Council renewal is seen as the first move in this power struggle. He explained his vote was due to concerns about insufficient checks on the Council's power and the potential for its veto to be used politically. In response, Katherine Wu submitted a revised proposal with higher execution thresholds (5/8 instead of 4/8) and stricter limits. The push for change comes as ENS's annual revenue has declined significantly, from over $10 million in 2023 to under $2 million in 2025, increasing pressure to manage the treasury more effectively. Nick Johnson now faces the challenge of proving that a more structured foundation can steer ENS better than the current DAO model.

Foresight News07/02 02:13

ENS Founder Seeks to 'Seize Power' from DAO

Foresight News07/02 02:13

XRPL Lending Proposal Opens Door To Institutional Credit On The XRP Ledger

The XRPL Lending Proposal, consisting of the XLS-65 (Single Asset Vaults) and XLS-66 (Lending Protocol) amendments, is now open for voting on the XRP Ledger mainnet. It currently has 20% consensus among validators and requires 80% for 14 days to activate. This development marks a significant step in expanding the XRPL's capabilities beyond payments into institutional credit infrastructure. A crucial caveat is that credit approval and underwriting will remain off-chain; the on-ledger protocol will only manage settlement, loan servicing, and interest accrual. For traders, this represents a market-structure signal affecting capital, liquidity, and confidence, with potential spillover effects across related crypto assets. The story's significance will depend on whether subsequent data confirms it as a durable theme or a short-term event.

bitcoinist07/01 19:22

XRPL Lending Proposal Opens Door To Institutional Credit On The XRP Ledger

bitcoinist07/01 19:22

Tornado Cash Suffers Another Governance Attack: A Fake Proposal Targets $23 Million Community Treasury

On June 25, 2026, a deceptive governance proposal (#67) appeared in the Tornado Cash DAO, masquerading as an upgrade to implement fee adjustments and token burns. Security researchers, including Sergey Shemyakov and Pascal Caversaccio, quickly identified it as malicious. The proposal's unverified code contained a hidden function designed to stealthily replace the protocol's legitimate governance address (0x5efda50f22d34F262c29268506C5Fa42cB56A1Ce) with an attacker-controlled address (0x5efda50f22d34f272c7077689d6abc42f15e285f). If passed, this would have granted the attacker control over the DAO's treasury, containing approximately $23 million in TORN tokens, and the ability to drain all relayers. The attacker's wallet (0xd4eca8c9242b9f9faa3cf19a78defc21dc97a925) was funded via the privacy protocol Railgun four days prior, obscuring the source. The community response was swift, with the proposal receiving 27,163 TORN votes against (100%) and 0 for, far below the 100,000 TORN quorum required for validity. It is set to expire on June 30. This incident marks the second major governance attack on Tornado Cash, following a May 2023 exploit that stole $2.17 million. It highlights persistent vulnerabilities in DAO structures where power derives from token ownership. The article advises users to follow security researchers, vote against unverified proposals, and delegate voting power. For developers, implementing timelocks—a delay between proposal approval and execution—is presented as a critical security measure to allow for community review and intervention.

Foresight News06/26 06:01

Tornado Cash Suffers Another Governance Attack: A Fake Proposal Targets $23 Million Community Treasury

Foresight News06/26 06:01

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