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CoinNews photos showing the complete 10-coin set, protective lenses, presentation case, outer packaging and certificate of authenticity The United States Mint’s 2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof Set is available again, giving collectors another chance to purchase the 250th anniversary set directly after it remained unavailable for much of the period following its June 11 release. Priced at $245, the set opened with sales of 261,516, representing 96.4% of the Mint’s upwardly revised mintage limit of 271,250. It became unavailable not long after launch. Sales have since undergone two sizable downward adjustments. After falling by 15,229 in the prior report, the total…
Bitcoin is close to losing $58,000, and the test below that level is whether the buyer stack that defined the post-ETF bull case still holds.Near $58,522 with an intraday low near $58,135, the market is asking whether anyone will buy in size at current prices, and the answer depends on two pillars of demand that have both weakened in recent weeks.For most of the ETF era, bulls could point to a predictable answer. Regulated ETF wrappers created a repeatable demand channel, advisors and institutional allocators absorbed dips, and Strategy’s accumulation program turned every sell-off into a buying opportunity for the…
Australia’s new crypto transfer rules to make exchange withdrawals pass through identity checks
Australia’s July 1 AML/CTF deadline has turned regulated crypto transfers into a data workflow for exchanges and other virtual asset service providers.Users can still hold and move crypto in self-custody. The friction begins when funds pass through a reporting entity, where a transfer instruction can trigger identity, wallet, counterparty, secure-messaging, and record-keeping checks before assets move or become available.AUSTRAC’s transitional rules deferred some AML/CTF obligations for new registrable virtual asset services until July 1, 2026, including the rules covering transfers of value involving virtual assets.The agency’s guidance says those deferred services were not required to comply with Travel Rule obligations…
Bitcoin’s slide into the high-$50,000s has put my $49,000 cycle-low map back into the live market conversation.BTC is trading around $58,600 on July 1, down more than 19% over 30 days and roughly 53.5% below its all-time high of $126,198, according to CryptoSlate’s Bitcoin market data. 1D 7D 1M 1Y ALL Market Cap $1.17T 24h Volume $34.5B All-Time High $126,198.07 BTC printed around $60,000 from June 26 through June 29, then fell to $57,735 early July 1 during Asia trading hours.That leaves price close enough to my lower channel levels for the old framework to move from background risk to…
Crypto users spent years making USDC the default dollar of institutional DeFi trading, lending, and settlement, but Open Standard’s new Open USD stablecoin is testing whether the dollars users hold can be repaid.Open Standard says businesses will be able to mint and redeem Open USD for free, at unlimited volume, and that reserve earnings will flow to partner businesses net of a management fee.The initiative already has over 140 businesses, including Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase. Open Standard frames the design around scale, earning by default, and a governance board drawn from partner businesses.That structure amounts to a real turn in…
Phantom hired Ventuals co-founders Alvin Hsia and Emily Hsia, plus engineer Aris Samad, folding them into its trading and data teams. Ventuals ran perpetual futures on private-company valuations, including OpenAI and Anthropic, logging more than US$650 million (AU$943 million) in lifetime volume before winding down in June. The acqui-hire advances Phantom’s bid to become the largest distribution partner in the Hyperliquid ecosystem as wallets move deeper into derivatives. Phantom has absorbed the founding team of Ventuals, a shuttered Hyperliquid-based derivatives venue, in a talent deal that hands the wallet hands-on expertise in perpetual futures at the moment it is racing…
President Donald Trump’s 2025 annual financial disclosure was filed with the Office of Government Ethics on June 29 and certified on June 30, arriving as the CLARITY Act stalls over whether elected officials and their families should be allowed to hold, issue, promote, or profit from digital assets while writing the rules for those markets.Trump received a 45-day extension and paid late-filing fees for transactions not previously reported on interim 278-T forms.The agency ethics official still concluded, based on the report, that the filer complied with applicable laws and regulations. That line is available to anyone who wants to argue…
Trump reported at least US$1.2 billion in 2025 crypto income in a 927-page filing released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The TRUMP memecoin generated about US$635 million in royalties, while World Liberty Financial added more than US$588 million in token-sale proceeds. His holdings include over US$50 million in Bitcoin and up to US$25 million in Ethereum, reviving conflict-of-interest concerns as Congress debates crypto rules. President Trump earned at least US$1.2 billion (AU$1.74 billion) from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, according to his annual financial disclosure, cementing digital assets as one of the largest revenue streams tied to the sitting…
The agreement expands Solana Company’s involvement in Kazakhstan by supporting blockchain infrastructure and the planned Alatau Crypto Cluster. Kazakhstan continues to deepen its engagement with the Solana ecosystem through initiatives including a Solana Economic Zone and a locally listed Solana ETF. While Alatau City is envisioned as a technology-driven smart city, regulatory hurdles and infrastructure shortages remain unresolved. Nasdaq-listed crypto treasury firm Solana Company has agreed to help develop blockchain and digital asset infrastructure for Alatau City, a planned digital-first city in Kazakhstan, further strengthening the country’s ties with the Solana ecosystem. The agreement was signed through a memorandum of…
Australian crypto exchanges must now collect identity information for all transfers, introducing additional verification for customers regardless of transaction size. The new obligations cover a broad range of virtual asset services while maintaining the ability to transfer funds to self-hosted wallets under specific compliance requirements. The reforms align Australia more closely with international crypto regulation as jurisdictions adopt common standards for monitoring digital asset transfers. From 1 July, Australians using regulated cryptocurrency exchanges will face new identity checks whenever they send or receive digital assets, as the country’s crypto Travel Rule officially comes into force. The requirements apply to transfers…