Critical Vulnerability Disclosed

An Anthropic Opus 4.8 AI audit uncovered a counterfeiting flaw in Zcash's Orchard pool — active since 2022 — allowing theoretically unlimited undetectable ZEC minting. The bug was patched June 2 but exploitation cannot be ruled out.

Market Panic

ZEC plunged up to 55% intraday with $81.9M in liquidations. Arthur Hayes liquidated his entire ZEC position, citing the narrative of privacy requiring perfection, not probability.