Morning Minute: Major New Stablecoin Launch Shakes Incumbents
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Taiwan Passes Sweeping Crypto Law With Licensing, Stablecoin Rules
In brief Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act in its third reading on June 30, sending it to President Lai Ching-te for...
Goliath Ventures CEO Pleads Guilty to $250M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
In brief Goliath Ventures CEO Christopher Delgado pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering over a crypto Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors say investors poured...
New York Life Investment Management Debuts First Tokenized Bond Fund
In brief New York Life Investment Management, which oversees $807 billion in assets, has teamed with blockchain platform Centrifuge to launch its first-ever tokenized fund....
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 Closes In on Opus 4.8 at a Fraction of the Price
In brief Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 on Tuesday at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens through August 31, after...
Trump Discloses Over $1.2 Billion in Crypto Earnings, $50M in Bitcoin Holdings
The U.S. office of Government Ethics released President Donald Trump’s annual financial disclosure on Tuesday, revealing sizable earnings from his various cryptocurrency ventures in 2025....
Binance, Changpeng Zhao Sued for $200M by British Investors: Reuters
In brief Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and Binance were named in a lawsuit seeking nearly $200 million in the U.K. The suit alleges the firm offered...
Kalshi Sports Markets Banned in Michigan as Temporary Blackout Takes Effect
In brief A Michigan judge barred Kalshi from offering sports prediction markets in the state for 14 days. The court said the markets could cause...
Dutch Prosecutors Seek to Bankrupt Crypto Platform Knaken After Funds Frozen
In brief The Dutch Public Prosecution Service has asked a Rotterdam court to declare crypto platform Knaken bankrupt in “the public interest.” Knaken has been...
Circle Stock Dives as Coinbase, BlackRock and Visa Back Open USD Stablecoin
In brief More than 140 companies have teamed up and revealed Open USD, a new stablecoin run by an independent operator called Open Standard. It...