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ZEC rebounds 42% as ZODL founder details two-step emergency upgrade
Josh Swihart, founder of ZODL, provided details on how the Zcash team resolved a critical vulnerability in the Orchar…
Major cryptocurrencies under pressure as oil jumps 3%
BTC, ETH, XRP and others pulled back from their overnight highs as Iran-Israel tensions and oil rally triggered risk …
NY judge stays lawsuit seeking ownership of nearly 40,000 bitcoin wallets, sets July hearing on proposed amicus brief
The brief, filed by attorney Ian R. Cohen, argues New York's lost-and-found statute cannot be used to claim "lost" as…
A quick review of the Ways and Means tax bills: State of Crypto
The House Ways and Means Committee is gearing up for its big tax push.
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 t…
Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren't a crisis, Joe Lubin says
The Consensys leader told CoinDesk the Ethereum Foundation's role should be narrower and more focused on stewarding t…
HTX to delist Trump-linked USD1 after saying World Liberty Financial froze exchange-linked addresses
The move follows World Liberty Financial's apparent freeze of HTX-linked on-chain addresses, citing UK sanctions comp…
CLARITY Act Momentum Slows As Approval Odds Fall To 60%
A July 4 target date for advancing crypto market-structure legislation through the Senate is now looking less certain…
Researcher who found Zcash's bug with AI adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
AI exposed a massive flaw in top crypto network and experts warn banks could be next
After an AI model helped uncover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash, security researchers warn that similar bugs may be hi…
Next up, taxes: Crypto tax legislation circulated ahead of House Ways and Means Committee hearing next week
As cryptocurrency-related bills from regulating stablecoins to the market as a whole take center stage — now comes …
‘Please stop the FUD’: Zcash treasury company Cypherpunk remains committed to accumulating 5% of ZEC supply
Shares of Cypherpunk Technologies plunged more than 40% following the disclosure of a critical bug that was recently …
Securitize clears SEC registration statement hurdle, sets path to NYSE listing as SECZ
Securitize's SPAC merger is expected to close shortly after a CEPT shareholder vote, if approved, later this month.
Crypto Council for Innovation launches coalition to push for regulatory clarity on vaults
A new coalition is forming, focused on crypto vaults, an increasingly popular mechanism for depositing digital assets…
U.S. House tax committee weighs crypto bills, including relief for small transactions
Seven draft bills are being circulated by the House Ways and Means Committee ahead of a hearing next week, including …
AI-assisted Zcash flaw exposes the supply integrity gap an emergency fork could not fully close
The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash's n…
Live updates: bitcoin falls below $62,000 ahead of jobs data as Zcash bug rocks crypto
Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.
Zcash selloff extends past 50% amid bug disclosure as liquidations top $100 million
ZEC crashed over 50% to around $310 amid Zcash's Orchard bug disclosure and more than $116 million in 24-hour liquida…
Hong Kong taps JPMorgan, HSBC for expert group to scale tokenized bonds
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the formation of an expert group to advance the development of tokenized b…
Bitcoin in danger of dropping to $60,000, with Zcash bulls turning their backs on ZEC
AI bets are recording rapid profit-taking as Broadcom as outlook for AI-chip sales fell short of high expectations, d…
Security researcher finds Zcash vulnerability allowing ‘unlimited’ counterfeit minting; ZEC drops 31%
The vulnerability was fixed within days, and findings suggest that actual exploitation of the bug is unlikely.
White House crypto adviser Witt defends Clarity Act, calls it ‘pro-law enforcement’ as lawmakers race to pass bill
The White House's top cryptocurrency adviser, Patrick Witt, called the Clarity Act a "pro-enforcement bill," despite …
Crypto Clarity Act in spotlight for bad-actor provisions as Senate process grinds forward
The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat…
OCC chief says Democrats applying sole political pressure in World Liberty charter choice
The regulator rejected claims he's doing President Trump's bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed…
Ether.fi allocates $100 million to a Plume RWA vault, giving users access to yield
The allocation comes from a mix of ether.fi's liquidity provider base and managed capital from its existing liquid va…
Chainalysis says ‘top-tier’ gray market peptide vendors turn to bitcoin and stablecoins
“To scale, the gray-market peptide trade adopted cryptocurrency as its backbone,” Chainalysis said in a report.
JPMorgan says crypto bill may have only a narrow window for passage this year
JPMorgan analysts said the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, may have only a narrow window for passage th…
Senate Republicans urged financial regulators to rework bank capital rules for digital assets
A group of Senate Republicans is pressing key financial regulatory agencies to clarify capital standards for digital …
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.