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Anthropic’s Mythos AI Reports No New 'Serious' Zcash Bugs

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says an AI-powered security audit of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency found no serious vulnerabilities in its core protocol. The review was conducted using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model, at the request of Shielded Labs, a Swiss non-profit that supports Zcash development. Wilcox made the claim in an X post on Saturday, adding that the audit did not uncover “any more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol. The announcement arrives after a separate, well-documented emergency response earlier this month involving Zcash’s Orchard shielded pool. Key takeaways Wilcox said Anthropic’s Claude Mythos audit did not find serious vulnerabilities in Zcash’s protocol, requested by Shielded Labs. Developers temporarily suspended Orchard transactions on June 3 after a vulnerability was found in the shielded pool, then restored functionality via an emergency upgrade. The Orchard issue traced back to a four-year-old forgery bug discovered with help from Anthropic’s Claud...
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Anthropic’s Mythos AI reports no further ‘serious’ bugs in Zcash: Wilcox

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says a security review of the privacy-focused protocol conducted using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI model did not uncover serious issues. The assessment was requested by Shielded Labs, a Swiss non-profit that supports Zcash development. Wilcox shared the result in an X post on Saturday, adding that the audit found “no more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol. The announcement follows earlier emergency steps taken by Zcash developers in early June after a vulnerability in the network’s shielded pool was identified and addressed. Key takeaways Zooko Wilcox says Anthropic’s Claude Mythos security audit found no serious vulnerabilities in Zcash’s protocol after a Shielded Labs request. In early June, Zcash developers temporarily suspended Orchard shielded pool transactions, then restored functionality the same day via an emergency upgrade. The Orchard issue was linked to a four-year-old forgery bug, discovered with assistance from Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4....
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Saylor: Strategy’s Digital Credit Plan Requires Bitcoin Sales

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, has defended the company’s first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022, arguing that the ability to sell BTC when necessary is integral to issuing “digital credit” products. The comments come as Strategy continues to frame Bitcoin not just as a treasury asset, but as the backing for securities designed to generate yield. In a June 1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategy disclosed it sold 32 BTC—an action that contrasted with Saylor’s long-standing public message to “never sell your Bitcoin.” Speaking to Cointelegraph at the BTC Prague conference, Saylor said the logic is simple: digital-credit instruments only retain value if the issuer can manage its collateral and obligations. Key takeaways Strategy disclosed a 32 BTC sale on June 1, marking its first reported BTC sale since 2022. Saylor argues “digital credit” requires the practical ability to sell Bitcoin to support credit-linked products and dividends. He...
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Crypto VC Signals: Morpho’s $175M Fundraise Highlights Market Flow

Stablecoin growth is pushing investors toward the less glamorous but increasingly essential plumbing of crypto finance: onchain credit. In that context, Morpho Labs’ latest fundraising round is drawing attention—not solely because the team is known for DeFi lending, but because it is positioning itself as a broader “credit infrastructure” layer for banks, asset managers, and fintechs. According to Spark CEO Sam MacPherson, the market signal is clear: investors are backing stablecoin and credit infrastructure alongside—rather than instead of—pure decentralized finance lending. Morpho itself said Tuesday that it raised $175 million in a round led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbit Capital, with the stated goal of building an open credit network for real-world financial institutions. Key takeaways Morpho raised $175 million to expand from a DeFi lending protocol toward a wider onchain credit infrastructure layer. Investor focus is shifting toward credit as stablecoin adoption incr...
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Morpho’s $175M DeFi Raise Signals Growth for Onchain Credit

Investors are showing renewed interest in “onchain credit” and stablecoin-linked financial infrastructure, signaling a shift away from decentralized finance (DeFi) lending as a standalone retail product. That backdrop is helping a well-known lending protocol, Morpho Labs, raise fresh capital and frame its next phase as credit infrastructure for institutions. According to Cointelegraph, Spark CEO Sam MacPherson said stablecoin growth is pushing the market to treat credit as a core layer in the onchain financial stack. He pointed to Morpho’s latest funding as an example of capital flowing toward stablecoin-enabled lending and credit tooling. Key takeaways Morpho announced a $175 million funding round led by Paradigm, with participation from a16z Crypto and Ribbit Capital. The company positions Morpho not only as a DeFi lending protocol, but as credit infrastructure for banks, asset managers, and fintechs. DeFiLlama data cited in the report puts Morpho at $6.72 billion in TVL and ab...
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SpaceX Move Boosts Tokenization as Crypto Markets Reprice Growth

Crypto markets may still be buffeted by macro news and uneven regulatory signals, but tokenization continues to look like the sector’s most durable theme. This week’s developments underscored that shift: Binance Research data points to accelerating demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), while Kraken expanded tokenized access to SpaceX’s IPO via its xStocks platform. Beyond tokenization, blockchain activity is also evolving. Prediction markets have now outpaced onchain gambling by volume for the first time, according to TRM Labs, and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a formal request for a U.S. presidential pardon. Key takeaways Binance Research reports active tokenized RWAs rose 589% since early 2025, with tokenized bonds and money market funds adding $6.5 billion and tokenized stocks up 422%. Kraken says eligible users in more than 110 markets can access the SpaceX IPO through xStocks, receiving an allocation that maps 1:1 to tokenized shares. TRM Labs data show...
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SBF Appeal Rejected as Trump Pardon Effort Presses On

Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest attempt to overturn his FTX fraud conviction has been rejected. In a unanimous decision issued by a three-judge appeals panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, the court denied his bid for relief and upheld the conviction and 25-year prison sentence linked to the 2022 collapse of FTX. According to Reuters , the panel characterized the government’s case as “conservatively stated, robust,” signaling that the appeals court found the original trial record supported the conviction. Key takeaways Bankman-Fried’s appeal was rejected unanimously by a Second Circuit panel, leaving the fraud conviction and 25-year sentence intact. The appellate court said the government’s case against him was “robust,” indicating strong support in the trial record. The ruling does not end the matter for Bankman-Fried, who is pursuing other legal options including clemency. His effort to seek a presidential pardon appears to face uncertainty given p...
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