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Zcash drops 50% as critical bug discovery raises unlimited minting risk
ZEC plunges after a critical bug disclosure, Bitcoin drops below the $60K danger zone, and Hyperliquid lands on the FCA warning list.
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Confidence is a fragile thing in crypto. One bug, one regulatory notice, one hot jobs number, and it evaporates.
Today's stories share a common thread: the systems we trust are showing cracks.
From privacy coins to DeFi platforms to AI labs, the theme is the same. Move fast, break things, then scramble when the bill comes due.
Zcash sinks 50% as investors weigh undetectable ZEC minting risk
Zcash dropped 50% after developers revealed a critical flaw in Orchard, the shielded pool that encrypts transactions using zero knowledge proofs.
The bug could have allowed someone to mint unlimited ZEC with no way to verify or detect it.
When privacy tech cannot prove whether coins are real, trust does not dip.
It collapses.
Markets
Hot jobs data strengthens the dollar and crushes crypto's rate-cut hopes
The US economy added 172K jobs in May, roughly double what forecasters expected.
Unemployment held at 4.3%, giving the Fed zero reason to cut rates anytime soon.
A stronger dollar and rising rate hike expectations sent risk assets tumbling across the board.
BTC slid below $60K, ETH fell below $1,600, SOL dropped to $64, and XRP settled around $1.10.
UK financial regulator flags Hyperliquid as unauthorized firm targeting British users
The FCA just added Hyperliquid, DeFi's dominant perps exchange, to its warning list.
Regulators flagged it as an unauthorized firm potentially targeting UK consumers.
If you're the biggest decentralized exchange, being invisible to regulators was never a long-term plan.
Anthropic urges top AI labs to slow development over self-improvement risks
Anthropic is warning that AI systems may soon be able to improve themselves without human oversight.
The company wants rival labs to weigh pausing development before that threshold is crossed.
When the people building the technology are asking everyone to slow down, that's worth paying attention to.
On Our Radar
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Solana's rough patch: Forward Industries liquidates $32M in tokens after massive losses.
Cosmic gatekeeping: SpaceX locks out Chinese investors from its massive IPO plans.
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