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Odaily reports: The Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) has issued a notice requiring payment service providers (PSPs) and crypto asset service providers (CASPs) to continuously review financial transactions using procedures related to the Travel Rule, with no minimum amount threshold.Relevant institutions must verify the names of the originator and beneficiary when establishing a customer relationship, when the EU Council makes a decision, and at the time of each transaction, and cross-check them against lists of sanctioned individuals and entities. Automated systems must not set a minimum amount threshold that limits transaction review, and transfer delays may be accepted when necessary to strengthen sanctions screening. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines' central bank, is proposing a 12-month suspension on accepting and processing new registration applications from Payment System Operators (OPS) to conduct a comprehensive review of relevant classifications and licensing frameworks.Applications submitted prior to the suspension will continue to be evaluated but will not be approved or denied until the suspension period ends. Unless otherwise authorized by regulators, entities must not engage in business activities that require OPS registration.Merchant acquirers regulated by the BSP that serve regulated Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) must collaborate through direct merchant arrangements and implement risk-based controls such as enhanced due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and transaction and settlement limits. Relevant VASPs must be licensed, registered, or authorized by the BSP, the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission, or other agencies.If approved, the draft will take effect 15 days after publication. The BSP is currently soliciting feedback. (Cointelegraph)
According to Odaily, monitoring by Galaxy's Head of Research revealed that Liquid's white hat hacker stated they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Liquid Network vulnerability is patched. The hacker communicated with Blockstream through OP_RETURN messages and PGP-encrypted text: In block 965,822, a Blockstream address sent 1,000 satoshis with the message "Please contact the security team via the Blockstream website"; in block 965,865, the hacker sent an encrypted message to their own key, accompanied by a detached PGP signature that can be verified using the key published by Blockstream; in block 965,869, the hacker sent 1,000 satoshis to the Liquid federation peg-in wallet via a self-spend transaction with the message "Can we return the majority of the funds to the federation address?"; in block 965,875, the hacker conducted another self-spend transaction, sending 1,000 satoshis to the federation peg-in wallet and leaving an OP_RETURN message: "Please fix the vulnerability first. As of the latest commit, there is risk on-chain. Please ensure every node completes the patch update. Once the fix is confirmed, we will securely transfer the funds back." Relevant technical details were encrypted via PGP messages to the key published by Blockstream, readable only by Blockstream.
Gate has officially launched its US stock options trading service, initially covering 9 popular US stock targets, including Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Meta, AMD, Micron, Amazon, and others, spanning hot sectors such as AI technology, semiconductors, electric vehicles, and cloud computing. Users can participate in US stock options trading by updating the Gate App to v8.35.0 or above.In terms of product experience, Gate's US stock options require no separate US stock account or margin account to be opened by users, and settle in USDT without involving physical stock delivery, making the trading and settlement process more direct. Meanwhile, the product initially supports intraday trading of US stocks and charges 0 platform fees and 0 options commissions, further lowering the barrier to participating in US stock options trading. Relevant third-party regulatory and clearing fees will be charged separately in accordance with applicable rules.This launch further completes Gate's global stock product ecosystem. Currently, Gate covers four core markets—US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and Japanese stocks—supporting over 12,800 stocks and ETFs, and offering services such as fractional share trading, stock dividends, and cross-broker transfers. With the addition of US stock options, users can not only participate directly in the stock and ETF markets but also gain more market participation choices around the future movements of popular US stock targets through strategies such as calls and puts.
Odaily News: At a meeting held at the White House yesterday with executives from the crypto industry and financial institutions, Trump urged Congress to pass a "fair version" of the Clarity Act (a crypto market structure bill) to establish a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets. Relevant data shows that the probability of the bill passing within the year has risen from 18% previously to 22%.
According to CoinDesk, Visa is seeking new stablecoin settlement and OTC trading partners to replace BVNK, which was previously acquired by Mastercard. Relevant product request documents indicate that Visa expects partners to hold cryptocurrency exchange licenses in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Singapore, and to support multiple stablecoin conversion and settlement services, including handling settlement for the Open USD stablecoin project promoted by Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard.
Odaily News According to reports, multiple prediction markets are converging on pricing for the Fed's September meeting outcome: approximately 74% probability of holding rates steady, about 25% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike, and nearly 1% probability of a rate cut. Relevant Polymarket contracts have seen trading volume of $33.9 million; Kalshi, a prediction exchange regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), shows a 73.5% probability of holding rates steady, with related wagers nearing $10 million. Myriad, a prediction platform operated by Dastan, indicates approximately 71% probability for this option. The Fed's July meeting voted 9 to 3 to hold rates at 3.50% to 3.75%, with 3 committee members supporting a rate hike. The FOMC is scheduled to meet from September 15 to 16, with the statement planned for release on September 16; a survey shows nearly 70% of economists expect rates to remain unchanged for the remainder of 2026. (Decrypt)
According to The Guardian, the core report supporting Australia's teenage social media ban has been identified as containing multiple AI hallucination errors. The report was commissioned by the UK agency Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) at a cost of $3.48 million to test age verification technology. The Guardian's analysis revealed at least six errors in academic citations within the report, including links to non-existent papers and DOIs pointing to the wrong articles. ACCS initially denied using AI, then admitted to using ChatGPT to rewrite some paragraphs, but insisted that all citations were manually verified. Relevant Australian government departments have now intervened in the investigation, and experts warn that false citations could lead to incorrect decisions and damage public trust in government agencies.
Odaily Planet Daily Report: Arthur Hayes stated on the X platform that his article "Yen-quake" will introduce how Buffalo Bill Bessent plans to manipulate the dollar-yen exchange rate and restart the money printing press. Arthur Hayes said that over the past decade, the continued weakening of the yen has driven gains in global asset markets, but this situation will eventually come to an end. The yen is the lowest-valued currency globally and is also a point of contention among the United States, China, and Japanese everyday voters. There are three ways to resolve the yen issue, but the U.S. Treasury and Japanese politicians tend to favor only one of them. He will explain the operating mechanisms of each yen appreciation method and why the final option is the preferred approach; he will then discuss how to execute the third option at the political level. He stated that as dollar liquidity rises significantly, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will rally. The three options include: 1. The Bank of Japan sharply raises interest rates, causing the dollar-yen interest rate differential to disappear, at least on the short end. 2. The government persuades domestic institutions and public bodies such as GPIF to change their investment mandates, selling overseas assets and buying local assets. 3. Preferred option: The Japanese Ministry of Finance conducts repurchase transactions of its U.S. Treasury holdings with the Federal Reserve in exchange for dollars; it then sells dollars and buys yen in the foreign exchange market. Arthur Hayes said that before getting into the details, speculators should consider why yen appreciation is being discussed now. Over the past few decades, many have claimed that the yen was about to appreciate and trigger a global unwinding of carry trades. Two weeks ago, monetary policy officials from the United States and Japan conducted a joint exchange rate manipulation operation, though they euphemistically called it intervention. U.S. Treasury Secretary Buffalo Bill Bessent indicated a desire to raise the counterparty limit for the FIMA repo facility, enabling Japan's Ministry of Finance to use its massive asset reserves to defend the yen. Japan's Ministry of Finance also stated it is working closely with the United States to push the dollar-yen exchange rate lower. Relevant officials are signaling to the market their support for a shift in global currency relations, so the market must pay attention to this.
Odaily News: After forking at block height 961632, the BIP-110 minority chain has only mined two blocks, 961632 and 961633, and has since stalled due to inheriting Bitcoin's difficulty of approximately 127.48 trillion while receiving extremely low SHA-256d hash power. Pre-fork miner support was approximately 0% to 2.6%. BIP-110 supporters are discussing replacing the proof-of-work algorithm to break free from reliance on Bitcoin miners and SHA-256d hash power. Luke Dashjr has proposed selecting the final algorithm from a shortlist of candidates through a deterministic random process, with options under discussion including RandomX, KT256, BLAKE3, Scrypt, as well as CPU and GPU mining. No PoW changes have been enabled or approved yet, no algorithm has been selected or activation height announced, and Bitcoin Knots has not committed to adjusting the PoW. Relevant experimental code has been ported to the recent Bitcoin Knots codebase, but the BIP-110 minority chain has still not resumed block production.
SK Hynix is exploring options such as introducing external investors or selling a partial stake for its Chongqing plant in China, with the facility valued at approximately $3 billion. The plant is an important semiconductor back-end process base for SK Hynix in China. Relevant discussions are currently still in the early stages, and the transaction may not ultimately be finalized.
According to CryptoSlate, U.S. Federal Election Commission documents show that Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss donated a total of Bitcoin worth $10.018 million to the pro-Trump super political action committee MAGA Inc. on June 19, 2026. Relevant records also show that this batch of Bitcoin was subsequently sold through Gemini; the appearance of the Gemini name in the documents does not mean Gemini made a separate donation.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) of South Korea plans to pass the "Basic Act on National Assets," updating the national asset management system under the "State Property Act" of 1950, and explicitly include digital assets and intellectual property in the definition of national assets. The MOEF also reiterated its plan to tokenize government bonds via blockchain in a 2027 pilot program to reduce transaction costs. It is also exploring the tokenization of state-owned real estate to facilitate retail investor participation and share part of the returns with the public. This week, the South Korean government announced its economic growth strategy for the second half of 2026, planning to pilot connecting tokenized government bonds to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure in 2027, and studying the interoperability of the Bank of Korea (BOK) CBDC infrastructure with other blockchains. On April 16, the MOEF announced that it would use tokenized deposits to execute government operational expenditures, with a full rollout planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. Relevant amendments to South Korea's "Capital Market Act" and "Electronic Securities Act" will take effect on February 4, 2027, legally recognizing blockchain ledgers as valid securities registries.
According to the official announcement, Binance will add 10 bStocks tokens as eligible collateral in Cross Leverage, Portfolio Margin, and Portfolio Margin Pro on July 15, 2026 at 13:30 (UTC), including AppliedOptoelectronics (AAOIB), Arm (ARMB), Broadcom (AVGOB), Alibaba (BABAB), Robinhood (HOODB), IBM (IBMB), MarvellTechnology (MRVLB), Nokia (NOKB), RocketLab (RKLBB), and TSMC (TSMB). Relevant bStocks trading pairs will also support margin trading. This feature is only available to VIP3 and above users and does not support borrowing.
crypto KOL Ansem has released an ecosystem update on the X platform. This includes injecting SOL generated from creator fees into the liquidity pool (LP) to enhance liquidity depth; prioritizing SOL airdrops to the most outstanding "Bagworkers" on social media, which will be distributed in phases at higher market capitalizations. Additionally, extra rewards will be provided to long-term holders, creators of high-quality content, participants in offline promotions, and developers of community tools. Relevant records can be queried on the Bullpen platform.Furthermore, Ansem stated that they have hired personnel for social media, marketing, design, and copywriting, and are currently reorganizing existing accounts and content narratives. They also committed that all decisions regarding the team and marketing-related token supply will be executed through public Pump.fun wallets, without using any other hidden wallets.
the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced an extension of the "no-action" position for digital asset enterprises under the new licensing framework, overall extended to September 30, 2026. During this period, digital asset companies providing financial services can continue to apply for or modify Australian Financial Services (AFS) licenses, and a new operating model is permitted, allowing operations through authorized representatives or intermediary authorization arrangements of AFS licensees. The extension also applies to institutions that need to apply for a market license or a Clearing and Settlement (CS) license. Relevant entities must notify ASIC in writing of their intention to apply and conduct pre-meeting communications. ASIC stated that since the update of INFO 225 guidance in October 2025, it has received approximately 30 license applications from digital asset enterprises.
based on the results of the Lido DAO Snapshot vote, Lido has revoked the official endorsement status of wstETH bridge endpoints on nine networks: zkSync Era, Mode, Scroll, Mantle, Swell, Zircuit, Soneium, Polygon PoS, and Lisk.The funds of users holding wstETH on these networks remain safe, and no action is required. This revocation is a governance decision and will not disable any bridges, invalidate tokens, or affect users' ability to bridge wstETH back to Ethereum. Future proactive monitoring, marketing support, and ecosystem development for wstETH on the affected networks will cease. Relevant network information will be updated on Lido's multichain page, documentation, and help center.
Ventuals today announced it will gradually shut down its operations and integrate into the Hyperliquid ecosystem team, marking the official conclusion of its 24/7 private market experiments. The platform, which focuses on trading pre-IPO private tech companies, had raised over 500,000 HYPE tokens and achieved a total trading volume of approximately $650 million.The platform's existing HIP-3 markets are now entering the settlement phase. Pre-IPO markets such as OpenAI and Anthropic are settling based on a 24-hour weighted average price, with corresponding prices of $1,341.80 and $1,618.90 respectively. Commodity and index markets including MAG7, semiconductors, and energy will be suspended in batches starting June 18, with open positions being auto-liquidated.vHYPE holders can redeem their staked assets at a 1:1 ratio and claim corresponding rewards. Withdrawal services will be initiated in batches starting June 19, with processing times ranging from 7 to 72 hours. The project has terminated its points and promotional activities and has clearly stated that no tokens will be issued. Officials require all users to complete fund withdrawals and wallet export operations by September 15.
Odaily has learned that Kraken's parent company, Payward, has announced its participation in the White House-backed "US Tech Force" federal technology talent program. The initiative reportedly aims to recruit top-tier engineers to work on key areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data modernization, software engineering, and blockchain-based security infrastructure in two-year tenures. Relevant talent will directly participate in federal projects, including the US financial system and defense technologies.Furthermore, Payward has committed to recruiting talent cultivated by the Tech Force program into its corporate team in the future, establishing a two-way talent flow mechanism between the government and the private sector, and further promoting the integration of decentralized innovation with core US infrastructure.
Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel monitoring shows that the Hyperliquid mainnet has now launched a prediction event for the "U.S. May CPI Year-over-Year Change," with a 43% probability of a year-over-year increase equal to 4.3%; a 40% probability of a year-over-year increase below 4.3%; and a 22% probability of a year-over-year increase above 4.3%.The judgment criteria for this prediction event will be based on the May 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 AM Eastern Time on June 10, 2026.Previously reported, Hyperliquid has supported an official prediction market based on off-chain events. Relevant markets will be published by an automated news feed software run by validators, as part of daily on-chain operations.Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel continues to monitor the prediction market, observing changes before they are priced in.