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Weekly Recap Sun, Jun 21, 2026 5 min read

Weekly Recap - Jun 14 to Jun 21, 2026

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Tor Browser 15.0.16 bundled into downstream releases

Tor Browser 15.0.16 shipped on June 17. Tails 7.9 bundled it two days later, and Mullvad Browser matched the same base on June 18. The coordinated lift suggests a shared Firefox ESR update, though no CVE flags appeared in the data. Operators running any of these three should already be on 15.0.16 or newer.

Blockstream wallet stack bumped GDK to 0.77.6 and LWK to 0.18

Blockstream Green iOS, Green Android, Green Desktop, and Liquid GDK all shipped within two days, each citing GDK 0.77.6 and LWK 0.18. The GDK release notes mention libwally 1.5.4 and zlib 1.3.2, plus a singlesig fix for GDK use over REST. Operators who run custom integrations against GDK should verify REST compatibility if they bypassed the official clients.

AI tooling churn: vLLM, Ollama, transformers, and HelixML all patched

vLLM 0.23.0 arrived as a minor release, Ollama 0.30.9 fixed single-token output issues for coding agents, Hugging Face transformers patched to 5.10.3 and 5.12.1, and HelixML 2.11.20 added disk-pressure admission control. None flagged CVEs. The churn reflects the AI stack's short release cadence, not a coordinated security wave.

Release board

Privacy

  • Cashu CDK 0.17.1. 0.17.1 Fixed - cdk: Token handling now decodes proofs from inactive keysets when redeeming or inspecting tokens ( thesimplekid )
  • Immich 3.0.0-rc.2. \ !WARNING\ Disclaimer This is a release candidate, not a stable release
  • Mostro Mobile 1.2.9. Mostro Mobile v1.2.9 A new version of the Mostro P2P Bitcoin trading app is here!
  • Vanadium 149.0.7827. Changes in version 149.0.7827.159.0: update to Chromium 149.0.7827.159
  • Bisq 1.10.2. DAO Consensus Security - DAO merit validation is hardened at and after block 954 200
  • Anytype Desktop 0.55.5. Changes from v0.55.4 to v0.55.5 Summary: 40 tasks, 159 commits, 64 merged PRs High Priority - JS-9783: Opened widget state (2 commits) - JS-9751: Update Notion import screen (2 commits) - JS-9579: Quotes from editor and comments - JS-

AI

  • NanoClaw 2.1.17. Every package.json bump merged since the v2.1.0 tag
  • vLLM 0.23.0. VLLM v0.23.0 Release Notes Please note that Minimax M3 is not yet supported in this version
  • Ollama 0.30.9. Support for Cohere2Moe architecture Fixed LFM2 parser/render for cases where thinking was not emitted Fixed issue where ollama launch claude and other coding agent or assistant use cases would only output one token Ollama

Nostr

  • Amethyst 1.12.6. Add translator credit automation via Crowdin sync Seed translator npub placeholders

Privacy

  • SimpleX Chat 7.0.0-beta.0. Beta.0: - channel web previews: read recent posts before joining
  • Mullvad Browser 15.0.16. All Platforms Updated Firefox to 140.12.0esr Updated NoScript to 13.6.24.1984 Updated uBlock Origin to 1.71.0 Bug 553: Rebase Mullvad Browser stable onto 140.12.0esr mullvad-browser Bug 45044: NS 13.6.19.902 DocStartInjection regressed t
  • SimpleX Chat 6.5.5. New in 6.5.5: - Initial support for supporter badges - Fix file names without an extension saved with a trailing dot - Shorter "close to tray" setting (desktop) Commits: - simplex-chat-nodejs: bump libraries ( 7042) - core: store context

Bitcoin

  • Blockstream Green iOS 5.5.1. Bump LWK to version 0.18.0 Fixed - Minor UI issues
  • Liquid GDK 0.77.6. 06-16 Added - Python: Add Python 3.14 wheels for release - Python: Add OSX Python wheels from 3.10-3.14 for release Changed - Dependencies: Update zlib to 1.3.2, libwally to 1.5.4 - Dependencies: Update for Rust depen

Lightning

  • ZEUS 13.1.1-beta1. Empty fiat inputs on Currency Converter initial render by

Research, policy & news

The week in numbers
102Releases
1Security patches
161Sources tracked
129Stories tracked
35Featured
7Days covered
Stories by beat
Privacy50
AI49
Bitcoin15
Nostr12
Other3