Ella Hough, a Cornell University senior and Bitcoin advocate, published an interactive calculator modeling Strategy’s STRC preferred stock as a retirement alternative to Social Security. Among Ivy League and top-tier schools, Cornell stands out as one of the largest in terms of scale and student body size while maintaining elite academic prestige. This is why
MicroStrategy holds 762,099 Bitcoin ($BTC) valued at roughly $51.5 billion, but a heated debate questions whether the firm could recover even half that amount in a liquidation. The company recently paused $BTC purchases for the first time in 13 weeks, with a shift toward STRC preferred shares highlighting focus on yield-driven funding over rapid accumulation.
For over a year, trading Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF was like riding an amusement park without seatbelts. Investors could speculate, but if the market fell, there was little protection. That’s now changed. Options on the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) went live on Nasdaq on Monday, providing investors a way to hedge, generate
Washington is building a cleaner lane for digital dollars, and the consequence for Bitcoin is becoming easier to map. Over the past year, U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and the White House have moved in the same direction. The GENIUS Act framework advanced in the Senate with language built around payment stablecoins, reserve backing, consumer protection, and
Keyrock, a Brussels-based digital asset services firm, has raised a Series C round led by SC Ventures, the venture arm of Standard Chartered, at a valuation of $1.1 billion, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Ripple, which provides blockchain-based enterprise infrastructure, also participated in the fundraising as an existing backer. The funding round
With global uncertainty reaching historic highs and tensions escalating in the Middle East, leading figures in the financial world discussed the major disruptions in Bitcoin, gold, and oil markets. Strategists who came together on the channel “The Wolf Of All Streets” examined the new economic era awaiting investors. Highlighting the extreme uncertainty in the markets,
Bitcoin has jumped 2% this week, but shaky demand-supply dynamics and rising “real” interest rates could limit the rally. Last week, CoinDesk noted that inflows into spot ETFs have cooled, pointing to renewed institutional apathy. Further, stablecoin growth has stalled, signaling a lack of fresh fiat inflows. The figures look alarming compared to the supply
The cryptocurrency world is discussing not so much Bitcoin’s price movements, but rather the intriguing paradox between institutional adoption and regulatory pressures. Appearing on The Wolf Of All Streets, Alex Thorn stated that global banks are facing the “Innovator’s Dilemma,” suggesting they are conducting a strategic “delay” operation. According to Thorn, giant institutions like JPMorgan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a striking warning about the impact of the war launched against Iran in the Middle East on the global economy. A blog post published by the institution’s chief economists stated that the conflicts that began with the US and Israeli attacks on February 28 have weakened the outlook