Michael Saylor said Strategy’s STRC preferred stock gained 9% over one year while bitcoin lost 47%. The chart leaves out the company’s common stock, which closed roughly 76% below its level a year earlier.

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Grayscale projects Ethereum’s annual supply inflation could shrink to roughly 0.4% and Solana’s to 1.1% by 2031 if two pending network proposals pass, pushing both issuance rates below gold’s roughly 1.8% annual supply growth.

Storm pointed out the flawed logic behind the case against him and Tornado Cash, stressing that Google and OpenAI would be liable as their products are being used by North Korean operatives to fund the country’s nuclear program.

The survey, which involved 8,205 companies across the European Union, found that only 0.2% accepted cryptocurrencies for online payments. Acceptance of digital assets rose to 1% at physical points of sale. 92% of companies with physical points of sale accept cash, making it the most widely accepted payment method in Europe.

While the Paraguayan police are still investigating the facts surrounding the death of the $2 billion crypto investor, the results of the autopsy and some statements from Jade Park building workers might offer an insight into what really transpired on August 7.

Three months ago, we examined how public bitcoin miners were beginning to dismantle or repurpose mining fleets for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Bitcoin has already produced about 20.07 million BTC since it launched in January 2009. At block height 962570, roughly 929,465 bitcoin remain under the 21 million cap, but they will not hit the market anytime soon. The easy years of new bitcoin issuance are long over. What remains is an extended, slow wind-down that will test the mining industry every four years.

U.S. traders could gain access to bitcoin and ether funds designed to deliver three times each asset’s daily performance under a Cboe proposal covering six leveraged commodity products. The SEC initially has 45 days from Federal Register publication to approve, reject, or begin proceedings.

Binance will stop processing transactions involving 16 crypto platforms following regulatory developments. Transfers attempted after the applicable deadlines may undergo compliance reviews and trigger temporary restrictions on affected wallets.

XRP Ledger activity climbed to its strongest level in more than two months as bearish social commentary reached a three-month extreme. The divergence shows heavier network participation even as weak price action continues to pressure investor sentiment.

Galaxy Research now puts the CLARITY Act’s chance of passing this year at 10%, ahead of a possible Senate procedural vote in September. Unresolved ethics rules and bank lobbying have weakened the measure’s support.

Ripple has expanded its Swell 2026 speaker lineup with executives from Robinhood, BNY, and Intercontinental Exchange as the company prepares its largest conference for institutional finance and XRP Ledger development.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor argues bitcoin can preserve and transfer economic value more efficiently than gold or fiat currency, framing the cryptocurrency as a technological upgrade to money itself. His thesis places proof of work, fixed supply, digital ownership, and financial infrastructure at the center of bitcoin’s potential role as a long-term monetary foundation.

Two of Abu Dhabi’s biggest sovereign investment vehicles sat through a roughly $118 million hit to their Blackrock spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) positions in the second quarter and did not cut a single net share, leaving nearly $764 million riding on IBIT when June ended.