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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.

What Is Strategy (MSTR)? The Bitcoin Treasury Company
Software firm Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and its co-founder Michael Saylor have become synonymous with Bitcoin. Here’s what you need to know.

Government Stablecoin Payments Would Fuel 'Tax Evasion Economy,' Lawmaker Warns
Rep. Brad Sherman warned that allowing government payments in stablecoins would "sanctify an alternative to the U.S. dollar."

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 Winklevoss-backed firm.

Hyperliquid Hit by UK FCA Warning as Crypto Perps Face Scrutiny
The warning from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority adds pressure to a perps market already under increasing scrutiny from regulators.

Morning Minute: Massive ZCash Exploit Found by Claude, Extent Unknown
The ZCash team hired a hacker to find an exploit in the ZCash protocol, and he exposed a glitch that has been out there for four years.

Pump.fun's Latest Experiment Is Already Getting Weird
Pump.fun's GO bounty platform already has hundreds of listings following its pitch to let users “Pay ANYONE to do ANYTHING.”

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 over privacy coins.

AI Is Already Developing AI, Says Anthropic—And Humans May Be Slowing Things Down
Anthropic says AI now writes most of its code and runs increasingly complex research tasks, leaving people to decide which problems are worth solving.

Republican Lawmaker Plans to Add Prediction Markets to Congressional Stock Ban Bill
Rep. Bryan Steil said he'll add language to the House congressional stock ban bill to cover prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

'Looksmaxxing' Trend Spawns $100M Gray Market Fueled By Bitcoin, Stablecoins: Chainalysis
Demand for peptides fueled by the "looksmaxxing" trend has spawned a $100 million gray market paid for primarily with crypto.

Google DeepMind CEO Says AGI Is Coming Fast: 'We Don't Have Long to Prepare'
The Nobel Prize-winning AI researcher says humanity is standing in the "foothills of the singularity."

Strategy's Michael Saylor Blames 'Capital Rotation' Into AI as Bitcoin Dives 13%
With Bitcoin falling hard this week and down nearly 50% from peak. Strategy's Michael Saylor is pointing the finger at the AI boom.

Crypto Billionaires Donate $9.4M to Farage’s Reform UK in Q1
Tether investor Christopher Harborne and BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo’s outspent Britain's traditional political donors.

Bitcoin Miners Emerge as 'Power Landlords' of AI Boom—And Revenue Will Surge: Bernstein
Bernstein is bullish on Bitcoin miners as they increasingly power the AI boom, assigning “Outperform” ratings to TeraWulf and Cipher Digital.

DOJ Task Force Freezes $3.8M in Illicit Crypto—With Help From Coinbase, SpaceX and Meta
Some of America's biggest companies helped squash crypto fraud stemming from organized crime in Southeast Asia.

Fannie Mae-Backed Bitcoin Home Mortgages Are Finally Here, Coinbase Says
Coinbase said a Michigan couple closed on the first-ever conventional, Fannie Mae-backed home mortgage by pledging Bitcoin as collateral.

British Teen Sanctioned By Russia After Alleging Crypto Use to Evade Sanctions
The teenager's research into Russia’s alleged illicit crypto flows appears to have prompted Moscow's retaliation.

As BTC Tests $62,000, How Low Can Bitcoin Go?
Bitcoin has dropped 17% in four days, sparking $4.5 billion in liquidations, as analysts warn of a potential move below $60,000.

Morning Minute: Crypto Crashes, New Lows In Sight
Bitcoin falls to $62k and Arthur Hayes selling his HYPE and NEAR position leads to double digit fallout for recent alt darlings.

US Bitcoin Reserve Moving Ahead at ‘Deliberate Speed’: Bessent
The Treasury chief told senators the administration is using “best practices” in implementing Trump's Bitcoin reserve order.

Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perps, Starting with Elon Musk's SpaceX
Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX is set to IPO, with current estimations making him the world's first trillionaire on its completion.

Tom Lee’s BitMine Plans $300M Preferred Stock Sale for ETH Treasury Push
The offering would tie fixed cash dividends to a staking-heavy ETH treasury model as Strategy’s preferred stock remains under pressure.

The Best AI Models Still Encourage 'Harmful Intimacy' With Chatbots, Study Funds
A new study finds that leading AI models often encourage emotional attachment, portray themselves as human, and fail to maintain clear boundaries.