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

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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 

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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

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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