Jul 6, 20263m 48s
Strategy Sells 3,588 BTC for $216M, Its First Major Bitcoin Sale
Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for $216M to fund preferred dividends, its first large-scale sale ever. Holdings drop to 843,775 BTC as the math trap tightens.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Jul 6, 20265m 13s
Strategy's Bitcoin Math Trap: Saylor's Flywheel Is Now Running in Reverse
WSJ says Strategy is caught in a math trap: 847,363 BTC underwater, mNAV near 0.80, and a $1.2B annual preferred dividend bill. The flywheel has reversed.
Jul 6, 20264m 04s
South Korea Writes Formal Rules for Court-Ordered Crypto Seizures
South Korea's Supreme Court proposed Civil Execution Rules for seizing and liquidating crypto, letting courts convert illiquid tokens to Bitcoin from October 2026.
Jul 6, 20264m 08s
Ripple Lands Full MiCA CASP License via Luxembourg's CSSF
Ripple received its EU CASP license from Luxembourg's CSSF on July 6, making it fully MiCA-compliant and able to passport crypto services across the EEA.
Jul 6, 20264m 11s
Ill Bloom Seed Flaw Exposes 2,114 Wallets, $5M Already Drained
Coinspect discloses Ill Bloom, a weak-randomness flaw in seed phrase generation across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron and more. $5M drained since May 27. How to check.
Jul 6, 20264m 26s
Stablecoin Volume Hits a Record $1.79T in June, Up 63% From May
Visa data shows stablecoins settled a record $1.79 trillion in June 2026, up 63% from May. The spike landed in a Fear market, not a speculative mania.
Jul 6, 20264m 22s
Blockaid Flags Live Summer Finance Exploit With $6M Drained So Far
Blockaid detected an ongoing exploit on Summer Finance with roughly $6M drained as of July 6. The attack was still active when the alert went out.
Jul 6, 20264m 40s
ETH Bridged to Robinhood Chain Jumps 10x in Days, Token Terminal Reports
Token Terminal data shows ETH bridged from Ethereum to Robinhood Chain surged roughly 10x in a few days, an early adoption signal for the broker's L2.
Jul 5, 20264m 22s
France Logs 77 Crypto Kidnapping Cases in Six Months, Plans Tougher Security
France logged 77 crypto kidnapping and extortion cases in H1 2026, up from 45 in all of 2025. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez answers with a three-pillar plan.
Jul 5, 20264m 31s
OKX Says It Is Fully MiCA-Authorised as Europe's Grace Period Ends
OKX announced it is MiCA-authorised and regulated in Europe, days after the July 1 enforcement deadline cut off unlicensed crypto firms across the EEA.