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The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash’s newest shielded pool, and the cryptographic core of its private transaction system. Taylor Hornby, a security researcher at Shielded Labs, found it on May 29 during a targeted protocol security review. Within hours, ZODL engineers confirmed the flaw, and … Read more

Apyx’s apxUSD fell below its dollar reference on June 4 as Bitcoin traded near $63,000, putting DeFi dollar peg risk back in focus. A Bitget report said the token briefly touched $0.93 during the selloff. The report framed Apyx’s response as a design point: apxUSD’s reserve risk is largely borne by Strategy’s STRC preferred stock, … Read more

Bitcoin’s relationship with the S&P 500 has stopped behaving like a simple correlation trade at exactly the wrong time for bulls. For much of 2026, the logic was clean enough. When oil jumped during the Iran war, yields rose amid inflation fears, stocks sold off, and Bitcoin followed, as the market treated BTC as a … Read more