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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Has Formally Filed for a Pardon From President Trump
President Trump previously ruled out a pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried—but the FTX founder has applied for one anyway.

For Bitcoin Giant Strategy, Cash Is Key to Calming Investors: JPMorgan
Strategy’s fortunes have long been tied to Bitcoin, but it now appears to rest on the greenback, according to JPMorgan analysts.

What is Zcash (ZEC)? The Privacy Coin Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that enables users to hide key details of transactions by leveraging zk-SNARKs.

'Extremely Bullish': Zcash Rebounds By $2.5 Billion Amid Planned Fix for Supply Conundrum
Zcash pared steep losses after the privacy coin's backers introduced an upgrade aimed at restoring faith in the digital asset's supply.

Tom Lee's BitMine Buys the Dip Amid 'Superficial' Crypto Selloff, Adding $214M in Ethereum
Leading Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies bought the dip, making its largest weekly ETH purchase so far this year.

Congress to Discuss Crypto Tax Rules: What to Watch
The House Ways and Means committee will review draft crypto tax bills covering staking, mining, network fees, and reporting.

Strategy Buys Bitcoin, Pads Cash Reserves Following Biggest Weekly Stock Drop Since 2022
Strategy’s stockpile was $10.7 billion underwater as of Monday morning after Bitcoin hit its lowest price since October 2024.s

MetaMask Launches AI Agent Wallet With Built-In Security Controls
MetaMask's new self-custodial wallet is designed to let AI agents trade across DeFi while keeping users in control of funds and approvals.

Bitcoin's $63K Reclaim Liquidates $540M in Crypto Shorts, a 7-Week High
Experts remain cautious of Bitcoin’s weekend rebound to $63,000, pointing to ETF outflows and CME BTC volatility.

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Recovers After Fall Below $60k
Crypto rebounded Monday after Friday's selloff, driven by strong jobs data, AI IPO liquidity drain and Saylor worries.

Reform UK's Farage 'Evading' Scrutiny Over Tether Billionaire's $6.7M Gift: Labour
Labour Party Chair Anna Turley wrote to Nigel Farage accusing him of “evading reasonable scrutiny” over Christopher Harborne’s gift.

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 critical flaws first.

Wall Street Is Coming for Hyperliquid's Perps Crown, Arthur Hayes Says
Arthur Hayes warned that Hyperliquid's core value driver—using trading fees to burn tokens—exposes the protocol to market share losses.

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 crypto too.

Claude Code Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Steal Credentials From GitHub, Says Microsoft
Researchers say prompt injection attacks could manipulate AI coding agents to access sensitive credentials stored in software development pipelines.

Bitcoin Has Dumped All of Its Gains Since Trump Was Reelected—And Then Some
Bitcoin surged in the wake of President Trump's reelection, pushing to new highs deep into 2025. Now it's down more than 50% from that peak.

Meet the Guys Still Clinging To the Terra Luna That Do Kwon Abandoned
Terra Luna Classic was left behind after an epic collapse almost four years ago. But there’s a community of believers who haven’t given up.

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, experts say.

Strategy Shares Fall to 4-Month Low as STRC Dips and Bitcoin Sinks Under $60K
Strategy shares tumbled alongside Bitcoin on Friday as the firm's flagship preferred stock also came under pressure.

Anthropic Is Helping the NSA Hack China. It Also Wants Everyone to Pause AI
The company behind Claude embedded engineers at the NSA for offensive cyber ops, then published a report warning AI could soon build itself without humans in the loop.

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 comeback anytime soon?

Congress Gets 7 New Crypto Tax Bills: Here's What's In Them
The crypto tax bills—the first of their kind to be deliberated by congressional leadership—will be discussed at a House hearing on Tuesday.

Tom Lee's Ethereum Treasury BitMine Prices Preferred Shares With 9.5% Dividend
BitMine is borrowing from Strategy’s Bitcoin playbook, debuting its own preferred share in an upsized offering to raise funds to buy Ethereum.

Bitcoin Dives Below $60K Following Strong Jobs Data, Zcash Crash Shaking Crypto Confidence
Bitcoin has now fallen more than 50% from its October peak, dipping below $60,000 as the crypto industry reckons with the Zcash vulnerability.