CNBC Daily Open: Anthropic unbound, Trump's finances and crude realities

In this photo illustration, the Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone with a Claude Mythos logo in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter. It's the first day of the second half of the year, and it's already full of developments for investors to get their teeth into. "Foreign national" will make a collective sigh of relief as Anthropic is given the green light to roll out its latest AI models, but eyebrows will be raised at President Donald Trump's new financial disclosures. Read on for more... What you need to know today The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted its export controls on Anthropic , clearing the AI titan to allow access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to "foreign nationals." "We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models," Anthropic said in a post on X . Back in mid-June, the Trump administration had ordered Anthropic to suspend all access to "any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees," sparking fresh concerns over AI sovereignty and protectionism. What do stablecoins, Nvidia , gold bars, World Cup tickets and a statue worth $250,000 have in common? They all appear in Trump's latest financial disclosures for 2025, released in a 927-page document on Tuesday. …