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A CoinNews photo of the Philadelphia Mint The United States Mint has temporarily suspended public tours and closed the gift shop at its facility in Philadelphia as renovations to the building’s front entrance move forward. The changes took effect March 9 and are expected to remain in place until the end of April, when tours are scheduled to resume. According to the Mint, the renovation project will create a redesigned entrance experience for visitors, including updated exhibits and a larger assembly space. The improvements will better accommodate guests ahead of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary…
Stack’s Bowers Galleries will present a wide array of paper-money rarities during three U.S. currency sessions of its Spring 2026 Global Showcase Auction, scheduled for March 12. Bank of Germantown in the County of Philadelphia 1862 $1 The sessions will take place at Griffin Studios at the firm’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, with online bidding available through StacksBowers.com. Session 5 Highlights Colonial, Fractional and Obsolete Notes Session 5 will feature a broad mix of collectible currency, including Colonial and Continental issues, Fractional currency, and Obsolete notes. Among the highlights are pieces from the Caine Collection of obsolete bank notes.…
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token moved into the top 10 crypto assets by market capitalization, beating Cardano’s ADA amid a 1,700-fold rise in trading volume tied to oil volatility during the US-Iran conflict.Notably, Bitcoin benefited significantly from the broader bid for crypto during the conflict, but HYPE gained a second channel as traders used Hyperliquid’s platform to express views on oil around the clock, including on weekends when conventional futures venues were closed.From March 1 to March 18, HYPE’s market value rose from about $8.16 billion to $10.66 billion, a gain of about 30.7%, according to CryptoSlate’s data. Over the same stretch,…
The United States Mint revealed nearly 30 potential designs for 2027 commemorative coins honoring dogs that serve in military, law enforcement, search-and-rescue, and other assistance roles. Examples of Recommended 2027 Working Dog Coin Designs Authorized by Congress under Public Law No. 118-109, the Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act directs the U.S. Mint to strike and sell $5 gold coins, silver dollars, and clad half dollars in 2027, with surcharges benefiting America’s VetDogs and supporting its mission. The cost to breed, raise, train, and place a single assistance dog exceeds $50,000, though America’s VetDogs provides its services free of charge to…
Whitman Brands has announced second and third print runs of the Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2026, citing strong demand for the newly redesigned edition of the hobby’s best-known reference and price guide. A Guide Book of United States Coins affectionately known as the Red Book reimagined and redesigned for 2026 First released in April 2025, the updated 2026 edition has already surpassed 315,000 copies sold, exceeding prior-year Red Book sales volumes by more than 30 percent across both retail and wholesale channels. The book also received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2025 Award for Extraordinary…
Ethereum is outpacing Bitcoin as tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to shape global markets.Data from CryptoSlate shows ETH has risen 18% against the dollar since the start of March, compared with a 13% gain for Bitcoin over the same period.The ETH/BTC ratio has also moved higher, rising 7.6% to 0.0315 from 0.0293 in less than three weeks, a sign that Ethereum is gaining ground relative to Bitcoin rather than simply rising alongside it.That shift has pushed ETH above $2,300 and left it on track for its first positive monthly close since August 2025. The move stands…
Four coins in enhanced uncirculated finish are scheduled for release this year by the United States Mint, including a single gold issue. Images of that coin — the 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated American Gold Eagle — have now been published by the Mint, days after it did the same for the companion 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle. One of the five product images published by the US Mint for the 2026 W Enhanced Uncirculated American Gold Eagle Like the silver issue, the gold coin will feature a semiquincentennial dual date, 1776 ~ 2026, a Liberty Bell privy mark bearing the numeral…
The DAO dream is over? Billion dollar crypto company shuts down, kills token launch citing ‘no users’
Crypto governance company, Tally, processed more than $1 billion in payments, served more than a million users, helped secure over $80 billion in protocol assets, completed a 60-day US ICO registration process, and then decided to kill the token sale and shut down anyway.The company stated that the market for venture-backed governance tooling does not exist at the scale needed to support the business, even after five years of operation and apparent traction.The closure arrives the same week Mastercard agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion to expand cross-border remittances and business payment rails.BVNK built…
Elevated bullion prices and sizable numismatic premiums are pushing many 2026 U.S. Mint gold coins beyond the reach of casual buyers. Collectors hoping to acquire every product scheduled for release this year could face a combined cost of about $68,380, assuming gold prices remain within the Mint’s $5,100 to $5,149 per ounce pricing range. That total would make 2026 the most expensive year yet for modern U.S. Mint gold coin collecting. CoinNews photo illustration shows gold renditions of the 1804 Draped Bust dollar and the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter among classic designs featured in the US Mints 2026 Best of…
SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are ‘digital commodities’ after years of legal battles
The SEC just made its biggest crypto classification move in years, placing major tokens such as Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin, Avalanche, XRP, and Chainlink into a “digital commodities” bucket while saying some token sales can stop being treated as securities-law cases once the issuer’s core promises are fulfilled.Paired with a new SEC-CFTC coordination framework, the March 17 interpretation is less a narrow staking memo than a broad attempt to replace years of crypto-by-enforcement with a clearer split between assets, contracts, and regulator turf.Until Gary Gensler left the SEC, crypto in the US has lived under a legal cloud. Tokens were…