Zcash co-creator Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn said this week that Anthropic ran a full security review of the Zcash protocol using its restricted Mythos model and found no additional critical vulnerabilities. The post followed public disclosure of an Orchard shielded-pool soundness bug on June 4 and 5 that coincided with a sharp ZEC selloff. As of June 13, ZEC was trading around $411 to $416, after NU6.2 patched the issue and work continued toward the Ironwood upgrade targeted for late July 2026.

Crypto volatility triggered about $186 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with longs losing $102.8 million and shorts $83.2 million. Bitcoin led with $34.97 million liquidated and Ethereum followed at $24.65 million, underscoring two-way positioning risk. In spot flows, whales distributed over 70,000 BTC over the past month while U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $85.85 million net inflows on June 12.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a new agreement with Iran would be signed on June 14 and that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to all shipping immediately afterward. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei disputed that a Sunday signing would occur, while prediction-market pricing showed only a 39% probability for June 14 on $47.1M of volume. The disagreement left markets weighing potential impacts, with bitcoin trading above the $64,000 zone following Trump's comments.

A 12.5% tariff threat is overshadowing U.S.-India trade negotiations as Donald Trump plans to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G7 summit in France. The summit runs June 15 to June 17 in Evian-les-Bains, and U.S. officials do not expect any agreement to be signed there. Talks are set to continue afterward, including another negotiating session in India led by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Polymarket drew criticism after traders said it revised the settlement standard for a live market asking whether Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) would sell any Bitcoin by May 31. Strategy disclosed on June 1 that it had sold Bitcoin during the prior week, but Polymarket ruled the outcome based on a disclosure cutoff, affecting bets tied to 1,838 accounts and $3.8 million. One trader, Hunter Guo, said he lost an expected gain of about $35,000 after buying thousands of “Yes” contracts shortly before the ruling.

XRP traded largely sideways on Tuesday, with the token up nearly 1.5% over the past seven days as broader crypto sentiment stayed weak after heavy selling. Several analysts said the pullback could represent an accumulation phase, outlining zones from $1–$0.60 and longer-term upside scenarios ranging from $5–$10 to $15–$18 and even $8, $13, and $27. At press time, XRP changed hands at $1.14, up 0.96% over the last 24 hours.

Anthropic said it has shut off customer access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a U.S. export-control directive. The company said the order, received at 5:21 pm Friday, bars access by any foreign national worldwide and led it to disable the models for all customers, including those in the U.S. Anthropic said its other models will remain available.

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies advanced Bill 5819/2025, a proposal that would let judges freeze cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts linked to suspected electronic fraud. The measure would also lift the maximum sentence for digital-channel fraud from 8 to 10 years and expand precautionary restrictions such as blocking real estate and limiting access to payment systems. The bill must still clear additional committees, pass votes in both chambers of Congress, and be signed by the president.