From 1 July, every exchange operating here must monitor transactions and pass on transfer details. Expect more friction — and a safer market. Registration closes 29 July.
US regulators blew the GENIUS Act’s one-year deadline for final stablecoin rules, leaving USDT and USDC issuers in compliance limbo just as the CLARITY Act enters its make-or-break fortnight in the Senate. Plus ETF inflows return, and AUSTRAC’s registration deadline is nine days out.
Senate talks on the Clarity Act have stalled after Democrats rejected the latest Republican framework, with Elizabeth Warren demanding updated Trump crypto disclosures by 23 July — leaving the biggest crypto bill of the year hanging before the August recess. Plus FTX’s US$900M fifth distribution lands 31 July, the Bank of England clears HSBC’s digital gilt platform, and Uniswap moves to switch on protocol fees.
Canberra is scrapping the 50% CGT discount from 1 July 2027, replacing it with inflation-indexed cost bases and a 30% minimum rate on gains — the biggest change to crypto tax in a generation. Plus the Clarity Act field hearing wraps with no vote, Visa goes stablecoin-native, and Crypto.com banks US$400M from Citadel Securities.
Washington sits down tonight (AEST) for the Clarity Act hearing that could shape crypto rules for years — while ether quietly outruns the market, with ETF money flooding back almost entirely through BlackRock. Plus bitcoin‘s brush with US$65k, a US$383M wallet waking from 2017, and South Korea’s surprise moves.
Fresh US–Iran strikes over the weekend knocked Bitcoin below US$63k in a leverage flush — yet spot BTC and ETH ETFs just broke eight-week outflow streaks. Plus the ATO wades into the High Court’s “is bitcoin property?” fight, AUSTRAC’s new supervision blitz, and the Clarity Act’s July 17 date.
XRP spot ETFs notch a ninth straight week of inflows while Bitcoin funds only just stop bleeding — a quiet altcoin rotation is underway. Plus Solana’s record June, the Ethereum Foundation’s shrinking stack, and the ATO’s tax-time data net.
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