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.
Circle wins final OCC approval to open a federally regulated national trust bank for USDC custody — a quiet weekend headline with real implications for Australians holding stablecoins. Plus AI trading agents, Europe’s self-custody exodus, Bitcoin-backed loans in Japan, and BTC holding A$92,600.
SWIFT has switched on its blockchain ledger with 17 global banks — ANZ among them — running tokenised deposits on an Ethereum layer-2. Plus BTC re-tests US$64k as Iran fears ease, Robinhood Chain goes vertical, and PayPal’s PYUSD lands natively on Polygon.
Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence from ASIC — retail derivatives, deposit products and payments authorisations — a first-mover play before the Digital Assets Framework makes an AFSL compulsory from April 2027. Plus the Clarity Act draft nears, bitcoin reclaims US$63k as Iran panic fades, and ETF money rotates from BTC to ETH.
Renewed US–Iran hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz knocked bitcoin back from US$64,000 to the low US$62,000s and dropped the Fear & Greed Index to 20 — “extreme fear”. Plus the SEC’s 2026 crypto rulebook, Tether bringing USDT natively back to Bitcoin, a fragile ETF flow reversal, and Base’s B20 launch.
Michael Saylor’s Strategy has broken with its famous “never sell” doctrine, offloading 3,588 BTC (~US$216M) to cover dividends and interest — and bitcoin still bounced back above US$64,000. Plus Trump Accounts, Ripple’s MiCA licence, BitMine’s ETH stack and a US$20M DAO governance attack.
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