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Zcash Proposes Ironwood Pool After Orchard Bug

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Zcash developers are proposing a new shielded pool called Ironwood after a recently patched bug raised concerns about whether counterfeit ZEC could have entered circulation unnoticed. The Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) said Saturday that it is working with Tachyon, Valar Group, the Zcash Foundation and Shielded Labs on the proposed network upgrade, which would add formal verification and independent audits to the Orchard protocol, a privacy system that lets users move ZEC without revealing transaction details. The proposal would close the current Orchard pool to new deposits and internal…

Did SpaceX IPO fever trigger Bitcoin’s crash?

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Among the many explanations offered for the June 2026 crypto crash, one has gained surprising traction: that Bitcoin fell not because of anything wrong with Bitcoin, but because of a rocket company. Summary SpaceX IPO excitement reflects a real rotation of speculative attention toward AI stocks and private-equity opportunities. Crypto’s $250B decline while stocks remained near record highs supports the capital-rotation theory. The abrupt crash was driven more directly by acute catalysts and leveraged liquidations than by gradual IPO demand. SpaceX symbolizes a longer-term challenge as crypto loses its monopoly…

Bitcoin’s Bounce to $64,000 Wipes out $320 Million in Crypto Shorts in 15 Minutes

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Key Takeaways About $320 million in crypto shorts were liquidated in 15 minutes as bitcoin rebounded toward $64,000. The squeeze followed a 2026 low near $59,100 and weeks of long liquidations topping $1.5 billion. Heavy leverage and thin liquidity have historically left the market prone to violent swings in both directions. A 15-Minute Short Squeeze A little over $320,000,000 in shorts were liquidated from the crypto market in a single 15-minute window as prices snapped higher. Liquidations of this nature occur when an exchange forcibly closes a leveraged position that…

Brokers and Crypto Exchanges Split Over Shares, Tokens and Bets

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SpaceX is about to pull off the biggest stock market debut in history, and for once ordinary investors are not entirely locked out. Elon Musk’s rocket company may raise about $75 billion, a deal Bloomberg reported is already oversubscribed at a valuation near $1.8 trillion, with more orders than shares to go around. It starts trading on Nasdaq on June 12. The unusual part is who gets to buy in. SpaceX set aside up to 30% of the offering for retail, roughly triple the usual slice, and that has touched…

JPMorgan sees Strategy reserve shortfall as key risk for Bitcoin investors

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy has seen JPMorgan turn cautious on digital assets, with the bank warning that the company may need to rebuild its $ reserves as annual dividend obligations reach about $1.7 billion. Summary JPMorgan said Strategy may need to replenish its dollar reserves to ease concerns about future Bitcoin sales tied to dividend obligations. The bank expects Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases to reach about $32 billion in 2026 despite recent scrutiny over its sale of 32 BTC. JPMorgan has lowered its outlook for digital assets and now sees less than…

Cardano Crash Exposes ADA’s Deeper Problem, Says Longtime Bull

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Longtime Cardano supporter and crypto commentator Dan Gambardello said ADA’s steep decline has exposed deeper frustrations inside the Cardano ecosystem, even as he maintained that the project’s underlying technology remains among the strongest in crypto. In a lengthy post on X, Gambardello framed the issue as bigger than price alone. He argued that Cardano’s more than 80% drop from 2024 levels should be viewed in the context of a broader altcoin drawdown, not as proof that the network itself is failing. Still, he said the market weakness has intensified longstanding…

Bitcoin Surges 5% to $64K, Settles Near $62.5K as Trump Says Netanyahu Must Accept Iran Deal

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Key Takeaways Bitcoin reclaimed about $64,000, roughly 5% above its June 5 low near $59,100. However, just hours later, prices once again dipped below $63,000. Trump said a U.S.-Iran deal is “almost complete,” easing a risk that has pressured crypto since mid-May. A confirmed agreement could extend the rebound, while stalled talks risk a retest of the 2026 floor. Trump Says the Deal Is ‘Almost Complete’ The rally followed remarks in which Trump framed the agreement as a near-certainty and signaled he would push it through with or without Israel’s…

Arthur Hayes Dumps Worldcoin After Bullish AI Proxy Call

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Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes said he sold his Worldcoin (WLD) holdings just days after his venture capital firm described it as one of the cleanest proxies for the AI investment play.  “This chart is going in the wrong direction,” said Hayes on X on Saturday, showing a chart for the SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures contract, which had fallen sharply. “Dumped WLD. I’m out. See y’all at the clerb,” he added. It was only on Wednesday that Maelstrom researcher Lukas Ruppert described Worldcoin as an “overlooked” bet on “AI mega IPOs,”…

Galaxy Digital Drops Odds of CLARITY Act Passing to 60%

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Crypto firm Galaxy Digital has lowered the odds of the Senate passing its crypto market structure bill before the end of the year, noting that the window for lawmakers to act on the bill is closing.  “On May 22, we raised our estimate of the probability that the CLARITY Act becomes law in 2026 to 75%, up from the 55% we published the morning of May 14’s Senate Banking markup, Galaxy’s head of research Alex Thorn said in a note on Friday. “We are now lowering that estimate to 60%.”…

Bitmine’s Ether Holdings Reach 5.54M ETH After Latest Purchase

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its Ether holdings to 5.54 million ETH after acquiring nearly 127,000 tokens over the past week, bringing its treasury to 4.59% of Ethereum’s total supply. The company said it has now reached 92% of its stated goal of acquiring 5% of Ethereum’s total supply, a strategy it calls the “Alchemy of 5%.” It added that 4.72 million ETH (ETH), or about 85% of its holdings, are currently staked through validator infrastructure, worth roughly $7.7 billion at current prices. Bitmine projected $230 million in annualized staking revenue…