Crime
Convicted scammer’s “seized” crypto moves to unknown wallets while in prison as DOJ failed to secure funds
The DOJ had won the crypto on paper. Getting control of it was another matter.
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ETF
Bitcoin’s $64,000 rebound is outrunning ETF demand despite a $197 million inflow
Bitcoin rose above $64,000 during the week, while analysts said one week of ETF inflows was too little to establish a broader demand recovery.
Politics
Trump’s crypto disclosure exposes an institutional problem that markets price in real time
A president linked to branded tokens and crypto ventures creates an ethics problem with a much shorter fuse than most older business conflicts.
Analysis
Hong Kong builds a gold and yuan network that sidesteps dollar stablecoins
China is turning Hong Kong into an offshore hub for yuan liquidity, gold settlement, and bond access as it builds an institutional alternative to dollar-dominated stablecoins.
Banking
Circle gets permission to open a US bank but cannot take ordinary deposits or make loans
Circle National Trust will open with custody for Circle and its affiliates, while custody for select institutions and USDC reserve management remain future possibilities.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Bitcoin’s $10 billion credit market keeps growing after its first major selloff
Strategy and Strive preferred shares plunged below par in June, but record trading and Metaplanet’s Japan plans show the market is still expanding.
Regulation
SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY
SEC's July agenda could give issuers, broker-dealers and trading venues a formal process before Congress settles market structure.
ETF
SEC reviews more than 24 ETFs that could bring election betting to brokerage accounts
Prediction market ETFs would turn elections, recessions and layoffs into brokerage account trades, pushing event contracts closer to mainstream retail portfolios.
Regulation
Phantom pulls on-chain perps into the US wallet war ahead of July 9 deadline
Phantom’s CFTC filing puts self-custody wallets at the center of the next US fight over regulated on-chain perps.
Legal
A $293 billion fight over Satoshi’s Bitcoin just got a lot more complicated
The New York case still targets more than 39,000 addresses, but recent transfers are testing the claim that long silence proves abandonment.
Politics
New Hampshire rejects $100M Bitcoin-backed bond after public finance hearing
The Executive Council voted 3-2 against the proposal, halting a structure that would have moved BTC collateral from credit design into a state-linked approval process.
Memecoins
Robinhood launched a Wall Street layer 2 chain and the market crowned a $150M cat coin first
Robinhood’s new chain lets third-party markets form around its brand, adding a question about where the broker ends and permissionless infrastructure begins.
