Zcash developers are advancing an Ironwood shielded pool that would make circulating-supply accounting publicly auditable while keeping privacy features, after the Orchard flaw disclosure on June 5 and a follow-up proposal on June 6. Scrutiny returned on June 11 when Arkham flagged a large Orchard withdrawal and noted the pool still holds about 3.88 million ZEC (roughly $1.65 billion), even though shielded balances cannot be independently verified.

Cardano's market capitalization climbed back to $6 billion after briefly dipping below that level, with ADA trading at $0.165 at the time of writing. The broader crypto market ticked higher after U.S. inflation data met expectations on Wednesday, while Santiment highlighted unusual on-chain "age" metrics and shifting derivatives sentiment as ADA neared multi-year lows.

Ethereum rebounded after dipping near the $1,500 support area, but an analyst argues the broader setup remains bearish. Ali Martinez says the Delta Price indicator sits around $700 and, if historical patterns repeat, ETH could revisit that range before a new uptrend. Separately, network metrics show nearly 195 million non-empty Ethereum wallets, and Binance futures open interest reached almost 3.7 million ETH.

Advisor Adam Livingston said Bitcoin could reach $256,000 within 12 months, arguing BTC looks unusually cheap versus tokenized gold (XAUT). He cited a June 11 X post claiming the gold-to-Bitcoin ratio sits about 76% below its long-term power-law fair value and that a reversion would imply BTC roughly quadrupling against gold.

On Wednesday, Visa used its annual payments forum to argue that stablecoins are becoming core plumbing for global payments while it broadens efforts in AI and tokenization. The company said it has moved billions in stablecoins via VisaNet, with an annualized run rate of $7 billion as of March 2026, and it plans to expand stablecoin settlement pilots across regions, blockchains, and currencies.

Luno CEO James Lanigan said South Africa's proposed Capital Flow Management Regulations could weaken the country's competitiveness by constraining stablecoin use and cross-border payments. He pointed to Bloomberg figures showing stablecoins handled $33 trillion in 2025 payments and blockchain transfers, warning restrictive wording could keep local businesses from accessing that market. The National Treasury and SARB extended the public comment deadline from May 18 to June 30, 2026, and plan to publish a draft manual defining what counts as a cross-border crypto transaction.

Mastercard announced on June 10 that it has launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a platform aimed at enabling AI agents and software services to execute payments autonomously. The system is built for continuous, high-frequency, machine-speed transactions and can settle via multiple rails, including stablecoins and bank accounts. Coinbase, Ripple, Solana Foundation, OKX, and several payment firms said they are participating in the effort.

Bitcoin is trading around $62,000 and sits more than 50% below its all-time high as two major demand supports—ETF flows and corporate accumulation—appear to be weakening. In a market note, Glassnode said corporate-treasury net inflows dropped as BTC slid from the mid-$70Ks toward $60K, after earlier periods of $500 million+ in daily buying through April and May. The article also cites Strategy's late-May sale of 32 BTC and a subsequent $100 million dip buy that did not prevent a move below $60,000.