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Frontier AI Models Can Find Crypto's Biggest Bugs. Experts Warn the Industry Isn't Ready
The Zcash vulnerability uncovered with help from Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 signals a shift in who may discover crit…
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…
Abra’s Bill Barhydt says Wall Street’s next crypto bet is tokenization
As Abra prepares for a Nasdaq debut, CEO Bill Barhydt is betting tokenized yield products and onchain lending will dr…
AI Is Helping Discover Tech Vulnerabilities—And Zcash Is Just the Latest Example
Frontier AI models have evolved into bug-finding tools, uncovering vulnerabilities across the tech world—and now in…
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…
America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain
America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the ra…
Crypto exchanges are losing retail traders but are filling the gap with Wall Street-style bets
Crypto exchanges are seeing the weakest retail-driven activity in years, but some of the biggest platforms are findin…
Zcash Bug Crisis Shows Privacy Cuts Both Ways, Experts Say
Fallout from a bug that enabled undetectable Zcash counterfeiting shows that privacy can sometimes present tradeoffs,…
Zcash Crash Just Wiped Billions From the Privacy Coin's Market Cap—Can ZEC Recover?
The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a …
BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize clears key hurdle to go public on NYSE
The tokenization specialist behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund could begin trading on the NYSE as SEC approves merger regi…
‘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.
Winklevoss-Backed Zcash Treasury Plunges Nearly 40% on ZEC Privacy Bug Concerns
Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled to their lowest point since March as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the W…
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…
Arthur Hayes Dumps Entire Zcash Bag, Keeps WLD Bet Alive
Arthur Hayes says Maelstrom has sold its entire Zcash position after new disclosures around the Orchard Pool vulnerab…
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…
Zcash tumbles 50% as Hayes exits bag over unverifiable counterfeiting risk
The Zcash vulnerability highlights the critical need for robust security measures in cryptocurrency systems to mainta…
Zcash loses over $5 billion after AI finds 4-year bug that could have created fake hidden coins
Zcash lost more than $5 billion in market value after its developers, using Anthropic's Claude AI, discovered a lon…
ZEC Crashes 38% as Zcash Discloses ‘Critical Counterfeiting Vulnerability’
An Orchard vulnerability that allowed undetectable counterfeiting of ZEC in its shielded pool has reignited debate ov…
South Korean police investigate local Polymarket users on illegal gambling charges: report
South Korean Polymarket users could be subject to a fine of up to 10 million Korean won, which is worth around $6,495.
Aptos powers B2B stablecoin corridor pilot between MENA and Africa
The pilot could enhance cross-border trade efficiency, but regulatory variability and adoption challenges may impact …
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.
JPMorgan, Citi-backed consortium plans to launch tokenized deposit network in early 2027: WSJ
The initiative would enable tokenized deposits to move instantly and support around-the-clock settlement, the Wall St…
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.
Bankless Co-Founder Reveals New Crypto Portfolio After Ethereum Sale
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman has disclosed how he redeployed capital after selling ETH, revealing a new portfoli…
Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolution
The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ t…
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…
Immunefi says DeFi is ‘getting safer’ as exploit losses fall 74% from 2022 peak amid AI-driven security arms race
DeFi exploit losses fell 74% from the 2022 peak to $680 million in 2025, according to Immunefi, amid structural secur…
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.