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I thought I caught a nice long on $ZEC yesterday. During the big market crash, price wicked down to $550 and I got my entry at $575 — clean setup, felt good about it. We were up for a bit cause we bounced to $630, even as Arthur Hayes was apparently dumping his stack. Then, as crypto loves to do, a curveball came flying out of nowhere.Zooko Wilcox — Zcash’s founder — dropped a post announcing a critical ZEC exploit in the Orchard privacy pool. The bug has been patched, but the damage to price was immediate. ZEC dumped 25%…

Key TakeawaysCoinbase and Better completed a pioneering Fannie Mae-backed mortgage tied to bitcoin collateral.Qualified borrowers can pledge bitcoin or USDC to support down payment financing.The milestone arrives as federal housing agencies examine crypto in mortgage assessments. Bitcoin Collateral Moves From Crypto Portfolios Into Home Lending The first Fannie Mae-backed bitcoin mortgage has been funded, clearing the way for a nationwide rollout. On June 4, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) and Better Home & Finance Holding Company (Nasdaq: BETR) announced the milestone, describing it as “the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage backed by Bitcoin in the United States.” Borrowers can pledge bitcoin or USD…

Caroline Bishop Jun 04, 2026 22:05 SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce advocates against applying securities rules to blockchain developers, emphasizing decentralization and free speech. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has once again voiced her support for open-source blockchain developers, arguing that publishing decentralized software should not automatically subject creators to securities regulations. Speaking on June 3, 2026, at the IC3 Blockchain Camp hosted by Princeton University, Peirce highlighted the risks of applying traditional financial rules to decentralized technologies. “Many blockchain projects involve publishing open-source software, which is generally a protected activity under the First Amendment,”…

House Republicans have moved to expand a congressional trading ban proposal after Rep. Bryan Steil said prediction market contracts should be included alongside restrictions on stock trading by lawmakers. Summary Rep. Bryan Steil said lawmakers are working to extend a congressional stock trading ban to prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi. H.R. 7008 would prohibit lawmakers and their families from buying individual stocks and require advance public disclosure of planned stock sales. Congressional scrutiny of prediction markets has intensified as lawmakers and regulators examine insider trading risks, consumer protections, and platform oversight. According to Bloomberg Government, Steil, who chairs…

Bitcoin’s recent price decline is testing one of the asset’s most prominent bullish narratives: that institutional adoption will stabilize volatility and support long-term growth. Despite the downturn, ProCap Financial CEO Anthony Pompliano thinks that the broader trajectory remains intact, framing the current weakness as a natural phase in Bitcoin’s maturation into a mainstream financial asset. Speaking on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” Pompliano said Bitcoin’s integration into traditional finance is accelerating, pointing to growing interest from major institutions such as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.  According to Pompliano, this shift represents the realization of a long-anticipated transition from a niche, ideologically driven asset…

Bitcoin price dropped to levels on Thursday that placed it below the “Fire Sale!” band on the Bitcoin Rainbow Chart — a depth not reached since the catastrophic FTX exchange collapse in November 2022 — as the Fear and Greed Index registered a reading of 12 out of 100, deep in “Extreme Fear” territory. Bitcoin price opened today near $63,500 after sliding below $62,000 last night. That puts BTC below even the most discounted valuation band on the Bitcoin Rainbow Chart — a level the model historically flags as a rare and extreme buying signal. The Bitcoin Rainbow Chart is…

Bitcoin is in a bear market. That much is not in dispute.  What Jim Ferraioli, Director of Digital Currencies Research and Strategy at Charles Schwab, argued Wednesday on Bloomberg is more precise and more structural: this selloff has a measurable cost floor, and that floor is built not from sentiment or chart patterns, but from the physics of energy consumption. The numbers frame the drawdown in context. Bitcoin peaked at $126,000 in the fall before collapsing to roughly $60,000 in February — a 50% correction that, while brutal for recent buyers, falls far short of the 75%-plus implosions that defined…

Lawrence Jengar Jun 04, 2026 19:27 AI-driven legal case management is reshaping law firm operations with end-to-end automation, deep integrations, and measurable ROI. Learn what matters. AI-powered case management is no longer an experimental tool for law firms—it’s becoming the backbone of how legal work gets done. Platforms like Harvey and Filevine’s newly launched LOIS console are leading the shift from manual workflows to fully integrated, AI-assisted operations. For firms that embrace it, the payoff is significant: efficiency gains, faster client turnaround, and new revenue opportunities. In 2026, the AI case management market…

Ripple has announced that it is expanding its presence on multiple chains by using Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT). RLUSD will use the burn-and-mint process, which helps it to maintain its ratio of 1:1 with USD. The announcement comes amid a growth in the overall stablecoin market thanks to growing regulatory clarity.  On June 4, Ripple, the leading blockchain infrastructure, announced the multi-chain expansion of its native stablecoin, RLUSD, by using Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT).  After its launch in 2024, this announcement is a major expansion for the RLUSD. The stablecoin is designed to meet various purposes, such as…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In an interview with Politico, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushed back on JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon’s criticism of the CLARITY Act. At the same time, the bank’s analysts said that the odds of the bill clearing Congress and reaching President Trump’s desk this year are becoming increasingly slim. CLARITY Act Would Be ‘Good For The Banks’ Armstrong told Politico that it was “kind of sad” to hear Dimon call him “full of shit.” He said he has “a lot of respect for Jamie Dimon,” adding that…