Category: Economy

Key Takeaways MSTR absorbs residual bitcoin exposure after senior claims. Five preferred securities offer different income protections. None gives holders direct ownership of Strategy’s bitcoin. Strategy Separates Equity From Preferred Income Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) announced Aug. 19 that it had published investor briefings covering its common stock and five preferred securities. Executive Chairman Michael […]

SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci expects Bitcoin to return above $100,000 as the next halving approaches, despite BTC currently trading around $64,000. SkyBridge Capital founder and managing partner Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday that Bitcoin (BTC) will climb back over $100,000 as the halving cycle tightens prices, a level the asset has not […]

I. Atlas Shrugged in Brazil In 1988, when I was 27 years old, I read Ayn Rand for the first time. It was her novel Atlas Shrugged, in its just-released Portuguese edition. At that time, I already considered myself a sort of classical liberal, but my superficial knowledge of political philosophy, among many other gaps […]

Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal blog , he writes a popular link roundup; what follows is an abridged version of his Links for June. Blogs and short links 1. From […]

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has floated the idea of expanding SOL’s supply, paying for a company with incremental tokens, then using the acquired business’s revenue to buy and burn SOL. The posts sketch a tokenomic cycle, but leave its issuance and acquisition mechanics undefined. In an Aug. 15 post, Yakovenko called the concept more bullish […]

Despite the massive price slump, analysts are still hopeful DOGE is approaching an important turning point. The meme coin mania is long gone and perhaps forgotten, as evidenced by the substantial decline in the price of its leader. DOGE recently slumped below $0.07 for the first time in almost three years, a level that […]

CLARITY odds narrow as bill enters the final straight Galaxy Digital has lowered its estimate of the CLARITY Act’s chances of passing in 2026 to just 10%. In May it had estimated the chance of passage at 75%. Multiple political issues remain unresolved and the Senate only has 14 days in session to pass the […]

Key Takeaways STRC outperformed bitcoin by 56 percentage points over one year. Strategy’s other preferred securities recorded losses of 8% to 27%. Strategy’s common stock closed about 76% below its year-earlier level. STRC Outperforms as Bitcoin Declines STRC outpaced bitcoin by 56 percentage points over the past year, according to a one-year return chart Strategy […]

A new group of veteran Bitcoiners will take over operations after supplying fresh capital and engineering resources. Boltz has suspended its Bitcoin swap service after a series of AI-assisted attacks caused losses for the bootstrapped five-person company, with the shutdown announced on August 3 and a new group of veteran Bitcoiners now preparing to […]