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A rare 1824/1 Capped Bust half dollar described as the first known proof example of the overdate is heading to sale with a conservative pre-auction estimate of $75,000 to $90,000. The first certified proof 1824/1 overdate half dollar is being offered in anauction by Scotsman Coin & Jewelry. (Photo credit: PCGS TrueView images.) PCGS graded the coin PR63 and attributed it as the Overton-101 variety, with a 4 struck over a 1 in the date. It will be offered as Lot 725 in Scotsman’s Midwest Summer Sale 2026, with bidding opening July 22 and closing Aug. 7. Proof Designation Sets…
Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized stocks and real-world asset derivatives accelerates across crypto markets.Tokenized assets became the most-listed category across major centralized exchanges in the first half of 2026, accounting for nearly one in every five new listings, CryptoRank data shows. The category represented less than 7% of listings in 2025.The expansion was driven largely by tokenized equities issued through platforms including xStocks, bStocks and Ondo’s tokenized markets.Their rise marks a sharp change in exchange strategy after years in which memecoins, gaming tokens and other crypto-native assets dominated listing pipelines.The…
The Professional Numismatists Guild will hold a PNG Dealer Day at the November 2026 Baltimore Winter Expo, expanding its dealer-only program to the East Coast following strong participation at its Central States Numismatic Society convention events. The dealer-only event is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, at the Baltimore Convention Center, one day before the Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo opens to the public. “The tremendous response to our CSNS dealers-only events in the Chicago area prompted us to also now host a PNG Dealer Day in the eastern United States, and the Whitman Baltimore Expo is an ideal location,” stated…
Cross-chain transaction protocol Relay has claimed that buyers on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood’s permissionless Ethereum Layer 2, lost money after tokens they purchased disappeared from their wallets.Relay highlighted the issue and said the money was gone, without promoting the tokens or saying why they disappeared from wallets.The incidents were reportedly not wallet or private-key compromises. Keys and balances beyond the identified tokens remained untouched, it said. Relay is blocking tokens as they appear, verifying assets it deems safe, and reminding users that anyone can list a token.Relay linked the losses to specific, likely dubious, token purchases on the Robinhood Chain. However, it did…
Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend has locked withdrawals after an oracle verifier accepted a proof containing a zeroed signature and public key, allowing a wallet to borrow $9.05 million against 250 SAUCE.Bonzo Lend and Bonzo Points remained paused as of July 13, while the protocol’s official status page listed Bonzo Lend and all affected asset markets as under maintenance.Liquidity providers remain unable to withdraw while Bonzo Finance Labs and the Bonzo Finance Foundation determine a recovery path and the conditions for reopening.Wallet A first deposited 250 SAUCE, worth only a few dollars. At 00:51 UTC, it submitted a SAUCE/wHBAR price…
The Justice Department plans to end its criminal case against Matthew Goettsche, who prosecutors accuse of helping run the BitClub Network fraud scheme, before an October trial.Bloomberg Law, citing two people familiar with the matter, said the deputy attorney general’s office instructed prosecutors in New Jersey to seek a dismissal with prejudice.It also reported that Goettsche’s lawyers told the court on July 8 that the parties had reached an agreement in principle to resolve the pending charges and needed time to finalize terms. The DOJ’s dismissal plan has yet to be formally presented to the court.That leaves alleged victims awaiting…
Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May’s $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the total pool of stablecoins in circulation shrank by $7.7 billion, the largest monthly dollar decline since the TerraUSD collapse in May 2022.The market has been treating that record volume as confirmation that money is pouring into crypto, but a closer look at the data tells us that it’s a much, much more complicated market than that. While usage reached an all-time high, the cash base underlying…
Tether is already the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, with approximately $141 billion in direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries. It reported $15 billion in revenue in 2025 and $1.04 billion in net profit for the first quarter of 2026, mostly from that yield alone, making it one of the more unusual companies in global finance.Over the past year, though, it has added a second identity: one of the world’s biggest private holders of physical gold, with roughly 154 metric tons of bullion spread across reserves backing both USDT and its tokenized gold product, XAUT.At roughly $20 billion at current…
Key takeaways Bitcoin fell to $63,000 after renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weakened investor risk appetite. The U.S. military’s latest strikes on Iran and heightened tensions around the Strait of Hormuz boosted demand for safe-haven assets while pressuring cryptocurrencies. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $197.4 million in weekly inflows, ending an eight-week streak of net outflows, but institutional buying failed to offset broader market uncertainty. Bitcoin (BTC) traded below $63,000 on Monday as escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weakened investor appetite for risk assets, overshadowing improving institutional demand through spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although Bitcoin ETFs…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he and co-founder Chris Larsen seriously considered shutting the company down after the SEC sued in 2020 and distributing Ripple’s XRP holdings to shareholders.In a KU Hustle interview, Garlinghouse said they chose to fight instead because closing Ripple would have cost hundreds of jobs. He estimated the four-year legal battle cost the company about $150 million. The scenario concerned Ripple as a company, rather than a shutdown of the XRP Ledger or a loss of XRP held by the public.We almost decided to shut down the company when the SEC sued us. We we were…