Strategy’s common stockholders are no strangers to volatility, but it’s a relatively new phenomenon for some of the people holding its flagship preferred equity. When Emery Redenius, 44, heard about Stretch (STRC), the Bitcoin-buying firm’s largest dividend-paying product, the newly retired slot-machine technician told Decrypt that he bought it on day one, scooping up shares alongside its debut. Since then, the Las Vegas resident has accumulated more than $400,000 worth of STRC and SATA, a simi...

SpaceX is exploring a $20 billion bond sale to refinance debt as SPCX stock slides and Elon Musk's net worth falls by $59 billion from recent highs.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday issued a proposed rulemaking dictating how American crypto firms will have to evaluate customers and discourage money laundering now that stablecoins have been formally legalized. The rulemaking, proposed jointly with President Donald Trump’s administration agencies including the Treasury Department and the FDIC, interprets how to implement provisions of the GENIUS Act pertaining to customer identification requirements. The GENIUS Act, enacted last summer, formal...

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After the Federal Reserve held rates steady, stocks slid and Treasury yields climbed as officials projected a quarter-point increase by year-end.

Over the weekend, a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding was agreed and later made public, criticized for lacking verification and offering sweeping sanctions relief and regional commitments.

After returning from the G7, Keir Starmer warned Andy Burnham not to rush into a leadership contest as the Makerfield by-election nears, insisting he’ll fight any challenge.

U.S. officials said Iran and Gulf states will meet after an initial 60-day period of toll-free, safe commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with a Geneva memorandum expected Friday.

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Senator Bill Hagerty renewed hopes for CLARITY Act passage before July 4 as lawmakers focus on resolving remaining ethics provisions.

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Peter Schiff accuses Michael Saylor of misleading STRC investors as the preferred stock hits record lows and concerns grow over Strategy’s dividend funding.

Ireland has put crypto-assets squarely in the frame of its latest crackdown on financial crime. The government launched a new National Risk Assessment on money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing Thursday, alongside a 30-point action plan to strengthen the State's response. The assessment names the misuse of crypto-assets as one of a range of evolving threats, citing increasingly sophisticated fraud, emerging technologies, and vulnerabilities in global financial networks...

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Kraken has enabled on-chain trading for over 2,500 Solana tokens, including unlisted assets, while SOL drops nearly 8% amid market weakness.

CME Group plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its decision to greenlight crypto perpetual futures, the exchange operator's outgoing chief executive said. Terry Duffy, who runs the world's largest futures exchange operator, told CNBC's "Fast Money" on Wednesday that the company would file the suit Thursday, a plan CME later confirmed to Reuters. At the heart of the case is a fight over classification. Duffy contends that perpetual futures are really swaps under the Dodd-Fr...

CME Group challenges CFTC's approval of Bitcoin perpetual futures, alleging violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Bitcoin steadied near $64,100 on Thursday, down about 1% over the past 24 hours, as traders weighed a hawkish debut from new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh against early signs the market may be carving out a bottom. The leading cryptocurrency held a market cap near $1.29 trillion and—despite the post-Fed pullback—remained up 2% over the past week. Ethereum and Solana also eased, trading near $1,740 and $72, respectively. The drift lower extends a pullback that set in Wednesday, when the Fed...

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