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Zcash Surges 25%; AI Security Audit Finds No Serious Bugs; ZEC Price Tops $470

Zcash surged over 25% in 24 hours, with its price exceeding $470 and market capitalization reaching approximately $8.27 billion. Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox confirmed that a security audit conducted by Anthropic AI found no serious bugs in the protocol.

ZEC surged over 20-25% with market cap reaching $8.26B and price topping $470, driven partly by the clean Anthropic AI security audit result and macro catalyst.

Story timeline · 8 days

  1. Jun 19, 20265
    BTC OG Insider Whale Closes ZEC and UNI Longs; Retains $80M BTC Long

    Garrett Jin closed ZEC position with $417K profit and UNI position at $314K loss, while maintaining an $80M BTC long.

  2. Jun 19, 20267
    Zcash Crisis Highlights Crypto Auditing Blindspot

    Forbes published analysis framing the Zcash situation as an industry-wide auditing blindspot beyond the prior price rally coverage.

  3. Jun 16, 20264
    Zcash Posts 14–25% Rally; ZEC Tops $470

    ZEC continued its rally, topping $470 with the price prediction analysis now noting a 14% move and questioning whether $520 is achievable.

  4. Jun 15, 20267· this story
    Zcash Surges 25%; AI Security Audit Finds No Serious Bugs; ZEC Price Tops $470

    ZEC surged over 20-25% with market cap reaching $8.26B and price topping $470, driven partly by the clean Anthropic AI security audit result and macro catalyst.

  5. Jun 14, 20266
    Zcash Security Audit by Anthropic and Mythos Finds No Critical or Serious Vulnerabilities

    Coinbase-linked Mythos AI (Anthropic) audit confirmed no serious protocol bugs in Zcash; Zcash founder confirmed result.

  6. Jun 13, 20267
    Zcash Joint Anthropic-Mythos Security Audit Finds No Critical Vulnerabilities

    Zcash's joint Anthropic and Mythos security audit completed with no serious vulnerabilities found, following prior AI discovery of a critical counterfeit-minting bug.

  7. Jun 12, 20264
    Zcash ZCAP Governance Poll Opens for ZCG Election

    A ZCAP governance poll for the Zcash Community Grants election has opened, marking the next procedural step in Zcash governance following the prior critical bug disclosure.

  8. Jun 11, 20268
    265,000 ZEC Withdrawn From Exchange; AI Discovers Critical Zcash Counterfeit-Minting Bug

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