Here are the latest additional crypto news for Thursday, July 3, 2025:
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📰 Global Highlights & Regulation
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urges countries to tighten regulations on stablecoins and other virtual assets. Only 40 out of 138 jurisdictions are currently considered compliant—highlighting the increasing use of stablecoins in criminal activities, including money laundering, due to their cross-border patterns.
On Wall Street, the first Solana + Staking ETF (SSK) entered Cboe on July 2, marking a breakthrough for new crypto ETFs and potential passive income through staking, although the fees are relatively high (~1.4%).
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🕵️ Crime & Security
The Lazarus Group, hackers linked to North Korea, continues to be targeted in global operations after stealing around US$620 million from the 2022 hack. The US government has also frozen assets related to laundering US$4 billion through high Madeira, as well as presenting the Tornado Cash case in this regard.
Criminal threats are becoming more real: kidnapping & physical robbery of crypto holders have increased—over 231 incidents in 18 months—include actions in Pakistan and the US, triggering demand for security insurance & better anonymity approaches.
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💰 Whale & Market Trends
Crypto whales continue to build large positions in Ethereum (+95% net inflow), ONDO (3 million tokens), and Chainlink (transactions >US$100k increased), indicating potential rallies in the coming weeks.
Bitcoin supply on exchanges has reached a record low since 2018 (~14.5% of total supply), indicating a long-term accumulation trend that could trigger supply pressure & price increases.
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🛠 Token Unlock & Meme Coin
A major token unlock is happening in early July: ZetaChain, SUI (5.22 billion tokens), and Ethena (ENA), which could each affect daily supply & price volatility.
Meme coins to watch:
USELESS: up +1,635% in June, potential to break US$0.450.
PENGU: up +62.6% following Bitcoin's momentum.
PEPE: down 15%, but has a chance of technical rebound.
