Strategy, the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin holder, has held the 11.5% dividend rate on its perpetual preferred stock, Stretch (STRC). This marks the first time the product has not seen a dividend increase since the product launched in July 2025. STRC debuted in July 2025 with a 9% dividend and has since undergone seven…
Australia passed legislation on Wednesday, creating its first comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets that requires crypto exchanges and custody providers to obtain financial services licenses. The Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 cleared both houses on April 1, bringing firms that hold digital assets on behalf of customers into the existing Australian Financial…
XRP is seeing large amounts of tokens leave exchanges, reducing available supply — but price isn’t responding yet. The token is hovering near $1.34 after a modest gain, creating a disconnect between tightening supply and muted price action that typically doesn’t last. News Background XRP edged higher to $1.34 with volume rising 29% above its…
The market appears to be reassessing long‑term technological risks in crypto following Google’s major quantum computing research update on Monday. While leading coins like bitcoin BTC$68,641.65 and ether (ETH) have seen only modest moves in the past 24 hours, several cryptocurrencies tied to the quantum‑resistant narrative have surged sharply, with some gaining more than 50%….
Asian stocks posted their best day in months and S&P 500 futures jumped after the president said he would address the nation Wednesday night with an “important update” on Iran. Oil pared losses as the UAE reportedly prepares to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force. Bitcoin traded at $67,950 on Tuesday, up 0.2%…
A whitepaper published yesterday by Google Quantum AI shows that a fast-clock quantum computer (with similar architecture to their existing Willow chip) could derive a private key from an exposed public key in approximately nine minutes. Bitcoin settles a block every 10 minutes. That is, on average, a one-minute margin between the system working and…
Bitcoin at $67,500 is being sold as a buying opportunity. The on-chain data says it’s not one yet — but it’s getting closer to becoming one. CryptoQuant data shows bitcoin’s realized price, the average cost basis of all coins on the network weighted by their last transaction, sitting at $54,286. Spot trades at $68,774 on…
Hong Kong has missed its own March timeline for HKD stablecoin licensing, with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) yet to approve any issuers despite public signals that the rollout would begin last month. At Consensus Hong Kong in February, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said licenses would begin to be issued in March as…
WisdomTree does not see pending U.S. crypto legislation as a prerequisite for innovation, even as policymakers debate new rules for digital assets. “I don’t [think] it would inhibit anything that we’re trying to do,” said Will Peck, the firm’s head of digital assets, referring to the proposed Clarity Act. “We don’t view it as a…
Bitcoin’s first-quarter slump capped an unusual run: nearly six months of underperformance against U.S. equities, a stretch that has no precedent. “That’s never happened,” said Mark Connors, founder of Risk Dimensions, pointing to data showing bitcoin lagging stocks consistently since early October. The trend has raised fresh questions about whether the asset is behaving more…