
Circle Drops 8% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock Back Open USD
Circle's CRCL stock fell about 8% on June 30, 2026 after Open Standard unveiled Open USD, a consortium stablecoin backed by Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and BlackRock.
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Circle's CRCL stock fell about 8% on June 30, 2026 after Open Standard unveiled Open USD, a consortium stablecoin backed by Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and BlackRock.

Ondo's 430+ tokenized stocks and ETFs are now trading on Uniswap across Ethereum and BNB Chain, pulling real-world equities into on-chain DeFi.

The Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old precedent and cleared the President to remove independent agency commissioners at will, reshaping who controls the SEC and CFTC.

The Nasdaq-listed Solana Company signed an MoU to help build Kazakhstan's Alatau City crypto cluster, part of a roadshow that drew $6B in investment interest.

Carl Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months for wire fraud after spending $11M of Netflix money on Dogecoin, stock options and Rolls-Royces.

The Bank of England and FCA set out a joint regime for systemic stablecoin issuers on June 30, 2026, with a temporary £40 billion issuance cap per coin.

The FCA published binding crypto rules covering trading, custody, staking and stablecoins, with authorization applications opening September 30, 2026.

AUSTRAC's crypto travel rule goes live July 1, 2026, forcing Australian exchanges to collect sender and recipient details on every transfer, with no minimum amount.

CryptoQuant data shows 84% of Binance-listed altcoins trading under their 200-day average as the slump nears eight months and fear hits 17.

The yen hit 162.27 per dollar on June 30, 2026, its weakest since 1986. Here is what a fragile yen and BOJ intervention risk mean for crypto.