Zcash weighs new shielded pool after counterfeiting flaw
Zcash developers and researchers are discussing whether a new shielded pool could help restore supply verification confidence after a recently patched Orchard vulnerability. Shielded Labs,...
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Why Zcash crashed even after the bug was fixed
Here is the puzzle. On May 29, 2026, a security researcher hired by Zcash developers found a critical bug in the network’s Orchard privacy pool,...
Morning Minute: Massive ZCash Exploit Found by Claude, Extent Unknown
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt....
Arthur Hayes Just Dumped His Entire Zcash Position After a Bug That Could Have Allowed Counterfeit ZEC for 4 Years
Arthur Hayes, the BitMEX co-founder, confirmed today that he liquidated his entire Zcash (ZEC) position after a protocol bug in the Orchard Pool. Zcash’s core...
ZEC Crashes 38% as Zcash Discloses ‘Critical Counterfeiting Vulnerability’
In brief Zcash dropped double digits overnight after the disclosure of a four-year-old vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool. The bug, discovered by an AI-assisted...
ZEC drops 30% after Anthropic AI finds Zcash counterfeit vulnerability
The price of ZEC fell on Thursday after the public disclosure of a critical counterfeiting vulnerability in Zcash’s Orchard pool that could theoretically allow a...
Zcash Completes 'Most Ambitious' Network Upgrade as ZEC Resumes Recent Surge
In brief A critical bug in Zcash’s Orchard privacy pool was discovered that could have enabled double-spending, though no exploitation occurred. Developers executed a two-stage...
Capital Rotates to Utility Assets as Bitcoin Dips Below $70K: Zcash, NEAR Protocol, and LiquidChain Gain Traction
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, Bitcoin’s slide below the $70,000 threshold triggered a notable capital rotation across the digital asset market. Among the top performers,...
Zcash Foundation fixes Orchard bug with Zebra emergency upgrade
Zcash Foundation released Zebra 4.5.3 and Zebra 5.0.0 after engineers found and fixed a critical soundness bug in the Orchard Action circuit. Summary Zcash Foundation...
Zcash Down: No Blocks Produced in 4 Hours
On-chain data confirmed that the Zcash network is down, it has been producing no blocks for over 4 hours, a catastrophic deviation from the protocol’s...