BTC Breaks $73K Ahead of CPI, ZEC & MON Rip 20%, CZ & OKX Drama

Crypto majors are slightly green ahead of this morning’s CPI print; BTC +1% at $72.1k; ETH +1% at $2,210; SOL +2% at $84; HYPE +5% at $41. DEXE (+30%), ZEC (+20%), and MON (+20%) led top movers. Oil -3% at $94; Gold even at $4,764. The Bitcoin options market is showing concentration at the $80,000 price level for June expiry contracts with over $1.6B in open interest. Treasury Secretary Bessent urged the Senate to pass the Clarity Act, pushing for resolution on stablecoin yield provisions still stalling the bill. The Treasury will share cybersecurity intelligence with crypto firms, giving the industry access to the same threat data distributed to traditional financial institutions. Former SEC official Brett Redfearn joined Securitize as president ahead of the BlackRock-backed tokenization firm’s anticipated public listing. Binance founder CZ got into a public dispute with OKX founder Star, escalating to the point that CZ bet Star $1B that he is “officially divorced” from Binance.