Core DAO stated that its consensus mechanism, validators, and core network operated normally during and after the October 31, 2026 b14g exploit.

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Babylon submitted a governance proposal on October 14, 2026 to add native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 using Trustless Bitcoin Vaults

Core DAO confirmed that CORE tokens staked directly with network validators or through other third-party protocols were not impacted by the b14g exploit.

World Liberty Financial stated that the WLFI token buyback program is designed to encourage active governance participation and concentrate voting power among long-term token holders

In September 2025, World Liberty Financial passed a governance proposal with 99.8% approval to redirect liquidity fees toward purchasing WLFI tokens on the open market, including a late 2025 buyback of 59 million tokens worth $10 million

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Binance filed a draft Constitutional Arbitrum Improvement Proposal with ArbitrumDAO seeking the return of 8,425.997 ETH and 74.56 million ARB frozen after its hot-wallet exploit

Aave delegates emergency risk management capabilities to two manual multisig entities called the Risk Stewards and the Guardians

The Aave Labs, Kamino, and Veda framework paper asserts that decentralized lending markets can continue operating under existing code rules even if a DAO stops making governance decisions

The Aave, Kamino, and Veda legal framework paper submitted to the SEC highlights that mandatory public notice and time delays for DAO governance changes allow users to withdraw assets before new protocol rules take effect

Following the October 29 Binance hack, the Aave community voted to freeze Aave lending markets across all networks to prevent the attacker from swapping or borrowing against stolen collateral

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NEAR Protocol's House of Stake voted to approve proposal HSP-029, lowering the network's maximum annual token issuance from 2.5% to 1.6%

Following the Security Council's April 2026 KelpDAO recovery, an ArbitrumDAO vote was delayed when families holding unpaid terrorism judgments against North Korea attempted to claim the ETH recovered from the KelpDAO exploiter in federal court

Arbitrum's Security Council is a 12-member body elected by ARB token holders that requires nine signers to execute emergency protocol updates

Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, stated in July 2026 that Arbitrum's emergency powers belong to an external, broadly elected council rather than individual developers

Arbitrum's Security Council previously used its emergency powers in April 2026 to transfer over 30,765 ETH from an address held by the KelpDAO exploiter on Arbitrum One

Security firm Zealynx noted that blockchain rules requiring a private key to authorize transfers hold true only up to whoever controls the protocol's upgrade path

The SEC staff FAQ Q 1.4 establishes that crypto systems can maintain decentralized governance while utilizing legal entities like Wyoming Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations (DUNAs)

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Zcash Community Grants proposed transferring 36,200 ZEC, valued at approximately $46 million, from its treasury to the Network Sustainability Mechanism

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Aave Labs proposed a foundation to bring the Aave brand and IP under DAO oversight

Helius co-founder and CEO Mert Mumtaz dismissed Zcash Community Grants' proposal as nowhere near good enough, arguing the treasury was gargantuan and that spending decisions must be accountable to ZEC holders.

Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe submitted an October 2026 proposal to eliminate Zcash Community Grants' automatic 8% share of newly issued ZEC and redirect it to the Network Sustainability Mechanism while leaving the existing treasury intact.