Saylor Says Bitcoin Sales Are Necessary for Strategy’s Digital Credit Business

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, defended the company’s recent Bitcoin sale, saying the ability to sell the asset is necessary to continue issuing “digital credit.” Strategy disclosed its first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022 in a June 1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, offloading 32 BTC in a move that appeared … Read more

Anthropic Mythos Security Audit Found No ‘Serious’ Bugs in Zcash: Wilcox

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said a security audit by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos artificial intelligence model found no serious vulnerabilities in the privacy-preserving cryptocurrency’s protocol. Requested by Shielded Labs, a Swiss-based non-profit supporting the development of Zcash, the AI security audit did not find “any more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol, according to a Saturday … Read more

Morpho’s $175M DeFi Round Tests Onchain Credit’s Future

Investors are increasingly backing stablecoin and credit infrastructure rather than decentralized finance (DeFi) lending alone, with Morpho Labs’ latest funding round drawing attention to onchain credit markets, according to Spark CEO Sam MacPherson. Morpho announced Tuesday that it raised $175 million in a round led by Paradigm, a16z crypto and Ribbit Capital. While Morpho is … Read more

Several Sleepers Make a Case

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars’ offseason program is almost over, and this week provided us our best sample size of practice performances yet. The Jaguars wrapped up their three-day mandatory veteran minicamp on Thursday, with the Jaguars offering their most competitive and high-paced practices of the offseason program in the process. Several players stood … Read more