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Potential liquidity contractions in secondary markets and surging government bond yields could spell trouble for preferred perpetual stockholders. Investors are mispricing risk for perpetual preferred stocks, like Bitcoin treasury company Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC), according to Matt Dines, the chief investment officer of credit asset management company Build Markets. The corporate issuers of perpetual preferred stocks never have to repay holders their principal investment, and can just pay dividends indefinitely, without renegotiating the investment terms, Dines told the Truth for the Commoner (TFTC) media outlet. If holders want to cash out, they must sell the perpetuals on the secondary market to recover their principal, which leaves holders exposed to liquidity contraction and interest rate risks that exist forever because perpetuals lack a maturity date, he said. He added: Basic performance metrics for Strategy's STRC perpetual preferred stock. Source: Sayl...

Broader tech allocations in the same filing show a parallel bet on AI and infrastructure alongside crypto-linked assets.

The notes carry a 0% coupon, but can be converted into equity in the company if holders choose to redeem their notes for shares. Bitcoin treasury company Strategy announced on Friday that it will repurchase $1.5 billion in 0% convertible notes, due in 2029, retiring about half of the 2029 convertible note tranche’s total outstanding debt. Strategy entered into “privately negotiated transactions” with a portion of its 0% senior convertible note holders on Thursday, agreeing to repurchase the debt for an estimated $1.38 billion, according to the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The transaction is set to settle on Tuesday of the week following the publication of this article, the company said, adding that the final repurchase amount could “vary” from the estimated amount based on market conditions. The company added: Read more

Bitcoin’s recent recovery attempt appears to be losing momentum as the market once again received notable rejection below the $80K mark. The repeated inability to sustain gains above key thresholds suggests sellers remain dominant, increasing the likelihood of another corrective phase in the short term. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, […]

The micronation honored Vitalik Buterin during ETH Prague 2026 as it continued promoting blockchain-based governance and digital citizenship.

Last year, there was a 162% year-over-year increase in illicit crypto flows driven by a 694% jump in value received by sanctioned entities.

THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security incident, and another test of cross-chain trust. Emergency controls moved through chain-specific halts, Halt All Trading, Halt Signing, Halt Chain Global, Halt Churning, and repeated global node-pause updates. One public alert described the likely exploit affecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base, […] The post THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin fell below $78,000 for the first time since the start of May, but traders refused to give up hope of a BTC price rebound coming next. Bitcoin (BTC) circled $78,000 on Saturday after geopolitical headwinds erased most of its May gains. Key points: Read more

The last time ETH traded so low against the market leader was in the middle of last year.

In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.

In a world-first deal, OpenAI and Malta will give all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for a year after they complete a government-backed AI literacy course. OpenAI and the Maltese government have announced a world-first partnership to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all Maltese citizens, marking the first time a government has struck such a deal with the AI company. Under the programme, citizens who complete a government-backed AI literacy course will receive free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year, OpenAI announced on Saturday. The course, developed by the University of Malta, covers what AI is, what it can and cannot do and how to use it responsibly at home and in the workplace. “Malta is the first country to launch a partnership of this scale because we refuse to let our citizens stay behind in the digital age,” Maltese minister for economy, enterprise and strategic projects Silvio Schembri said, adding that the goal is to turn AI “from an unfamiliar concept into practical assistance for our families, students, and w...

US-listed Bitcoin ETF flows have suffered their most severe weekly capital flight since the end of January, with investors pulling exactly $1 billion from the products. The primary catalyst for the sudden institutional risk aversion appears to be the shifting US economic backdrop. CryptoSlate's data show that rising inflation concerns, alongside steep ETF outflows, led Bitcoin's […] The post Bitcoin ETF flows reverse as US funds shed $1B amid inflation fears appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

XRP tried to escape consolidation once again but a familiar resistance was too strong.

From Cydia to ChatGPT, jailbreaking went from cracking iPhones to liberating LLMs. Here's how it works, who's doing it, and why every AI lab is losing sleep.

For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.

PI is out of the top 50 alts by market cap again.

The token jumped 5% after a Senate committee moved the market-structure bill forward, reviving hopes that legal clarity can pull deeper institutional money into XRP products.

Is today's decline just the start of bitcoin's troubles?

A new global financial crisis is not confirmed, but the path toward one is now visible enough to map. The sequence starts with debt and oil before it reaches credit. Long-end sovereign yields and Brent crude are already close enough to stress levels to make the policy squeeze urgent. To close out the week, the […] The post Markets are moving toward a new global financial crisis. These are the tripwires that would confirm it appeared first on CryptoSlate.