Bitcoin ETFs see biggest inflow since May after weak US jobs report sparks BTC price rebound

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew their largest daily inflow since May after a weaker-than-expected jobs report eased rate-hike concerns and helped the digital asset recover from a fresh bear-market low earlier in the week. The funds recorded $223 million in net inflows on Thursday, ending a 10-day stretch of withdrawals that had drained … Read more

GENIUS made stablecoins legal, July 18 decides which stablecoins stay competitive

The GENIUS Act’s one-year rulemaking deadline lands on July 18, and markets have mostly priced it as a legitimacy milestone for stablecoins. Mike McCluskey, CEO of tx, and Zaheer Ebtikar, chief strategy officer at Plasma, read it as a cost-visibility event that decides which issuers can afford to keep operating. GENIUS became law on July 18, … Read more

France’s crypto kidnapping surge exposes the personal data trail behind wrench attacks

France’s crypto security problem is expanding beyond private keys to include the people whom attackers can identify, threaten, and force to authorize transfers. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said French authorities have recorded 77 cases this year involving unlawful confinement, abduction, extortion, or attempted extortion tied to crypto-sector actors, according to <a href=”https://www.bfmtv.com/crypto/cryptomonnaies-laurent-nunez-promet-de-renforcer-la-securite-des-acteurs-du-secteur_AD-202606300994.html”>BFM TV</a>. Le Parisien, … Read more

Is OpenUSD the answer to bank push back on CLARITY? Hints stablecoin yield concessions will fail 

Open Standard’s Open USD is trying to make the stablecoin yield fight about distribution before the token is live. The company announced Open USD on June 30 as a stablecoin for global money movement. Its headline feature is a reserve-sharing model: businesses can mint and redeem at no cost, without artificial volume caps, while partners … Read more

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 … Read more

Bitcoin dominance hits one-month low as altcoin winners start breaking away

Bitcoin’s dominance dropped to a one-month low of 54%, down from 58.12%, according to CoinGecko’s dominance table. Over the same stretch, the “Others” bucket, representing everything outside Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins, climbed from 19.39% to 24.68% of total crypto market cap. BTC dipped below $58,000 last week, then recovered to find an intraday high of … Read more