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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…

DeFi’s latest exploit chatter is pointing traders toward a cost that does not appear in pool APYs: the price of staying connected while bridges, keys, frontends, oracles, and contract logic remain active failure points.For users and liquidity providers, the question now extends beyond yield. They have to decide how much additional return is needed, even though the route itself can add technical, operational, and governance exposure.The Q2 dataset behind DeFiLlama’s hacks tracker shows 88 hack entries with known dollar amounts, totaling $780.3 million in losses through June 30.April carried the largest hit, at $644.8 million, while May and June still…

The next crypto retail cycle may announce itself through YouTube view velocity before subscriber counts start moving.The old audience base still looks large. Across some of the largest channels, Coin Bureau has 2.72 million subscribers. Altcoin Daily has 1.65 million. Crypto Banter has 1.18 million. Benjamin Cowen has roughly 1 million.Recent analytics show Coin Bureau drew 1.24 million views over the last 30 days, while Crypto Banter drew 1.06 million. Altcoin Daily and Benjamin Cowen were stronger, at 1.79 million and 1.8 million views, respectively, over the same window.The result is a split market where legacy subscriber bases remain large,…

The Financial Conduct Authority finalized its UK crypto rulebook on June 30, setting the stage for the next phase of regulation and turning it into a race for firms seeking to maintain full market access when the regime begins in 2027.The shift is now operational, as the FCA says firms that want to carry out new regulated cryptoasset activities will need authorization under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, or a variation of permission if they are already authorized for other regulated business.That requirement reaches firms already registered with the FCA under anti-money-laundering rules. Existing AML registration does not…

REAL launches private execution layer for RWA institutions. ZKsync tech enables confidential on-chain settlement via Ethereum. Platform aims to bridge the privacy gap in institutional blockchain use. REAL has introduced a confidential execution layer designed to support regulated financial institutions operating in tokenized real-world asset (RWA) markets, addressing one of the key barriers to broader institutional adoption of blockchain-based finance. The new layer, built using ZKsync’s Prividium technology, operates alongside REAL’s public Layer 1 network. According to the company, it enables institutions to keep positions, allocations, and counterparty data private while still benefiting from public settlement and liquidity through Ethereum.…