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Illustration of a calendar marked June 30 above a stylized financial block, highlighting Strategy's STRC dividend reset and shares trading near $73.

Strategy STRC Eyes June 30 Dividend Reset With Shares at $73

Strategy's STRC preferred stock sits 27% below its $100 par as June 30 brings a rate reset that analysts expect will push the effective yield above 12%.

By Shoaib Ali • Jun 26, 2026 • 3 min

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Bitcoin ETF

21Shares Mid-Year Report Sees Bitcoin Recovering to $100,000 as Post-Halving Pattern Holds

21Shares published its mid-year crypto report on June 24, setting a $100K year-end base case for bitcoin and auditing its 2026 forecasts across ETPs, DeFi and tokenization.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 24, 2026 • 4 min

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Bitcoin Ethereum Markets

Crypto Falls With Nasdaq as $717M in Liquidations Hit Market

Bitcoin fell 2.5% to $62,300 and ether dropped more than 4% to $1,650 on Tuesday as a Nasdaq tech selloff spilled into crypto and $717 million in leveraged positions were wiped out.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • Jun 23, 2026 • 4 min

Bitcoin

BTC Price Prediction: Analyst Forecasts $54K Target on Bear Flag Break

Pseudonymous analyst Doctor Profit, who correctly called bitcoin's $126,000 peak and the selloff that followed, says the daily chart is forming a bear flag pointing to $54,000 initially.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 22, 2026 • 3 min

Illustration of a SpaceX rocket launching alongside rising market bars and a Bitcoin symbol, representing SpaceX’s $2.5 trillion valuation surpassing the broader crypto market.

SpaceX Bitcoin Markets

SpaceX at $2.5T Is Now Worth Nearly Twice All of Bitcoin (BTC)

Eight days after its IPO, SpaceX has surged past $2.5 trillion to become the world's sixth-largest company, drawing the same risk capital pool that flows into bitcoin and crypto.

By Samson Mackeown • Jun 17, 2026 • 4 min

Illustration of a Bitcoin block with rising income and market visuals, representing BlackRock’s Bitcoin income ETF and covered call strategy.

Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock Launches Bitcoin Income ETF With Covered Call Strategy

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) began trading on Nasdaq today, offering monthly income through covered calls on IBIT while targeting 15-25% annual yield.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 17, 2026 • 4 min

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Kraken Bitcoin Derivatives

Kraken Launches CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures for US Traders

Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for US customers via Bitnomial, bringing a $60 trillion global product onshore for the first time on a major regulated exchange.

By Afshan Rasheed • Jun 16, 2026 • 3 min

Bitcoin MSTR

Strategy (MSTR) Buys Another 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 Million

Strategy added 1,587 bitcoin for about $100 million last week, taking its total holdings to 846,842 BTC while topping up its USD reserve to $1.1 billion.

By Soonhan Rani • Jun 16, 2026 • 3 min

Illustration of a Bitcoin symbol beside US and Iran flags with rising market charts, representing Bitcoin’s muted reaction to the US–Iran peace deal.

Bitcoin Geopolitics

Why Bitcoin BTC Ignored US-Iran Peace Deal While Stocks Hit Record Highs

Equities rallied and oil fell on the US-Iran peace deal signed over the weekend, but Bitcoin barely moved. Two previous truces have already collapsed in 2026, and traders are not paying for a ceasefire that won't be formally signed until 19 June.

By Shoaib Ali • Jun 15, 2026 • 4 min

Illustration of a digital globe, AI network nodes and glitching data streams around a Bitcoin symbol, representing quantum computing threats to crypto security.

Security Bitcoin AI

Quantum Computing Crypto Threats: Why AI is Accelerating Timelines

Researchers say AI is accelerating quantum computing research and compressing the timeline for the day quantum machines could break the encryption securing Bitcoin and Ethereum. Not everyone agrees the threat is imminent, but the industry is already moving.

By Shoaib Ali • May 26, 2026 • 4 min

Illustration of Nasdaq and a Bitcoin-themed box marked “approval,” representing SEC approval of QBTC Bitcoin index options.

Bitcoin Institutional Regulation

Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options (QBTC) Win SEC Approval: What's Next?

The SEC has approved Nasdaq's cash-settled QBTC Bitcoin index options, which trade through ordinary brokerage accounts and are sized at just 1 BTC per contract. But the product cannot launch until the CFTC signs off, and that timeline is unknown.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • May 25, 2026 • 3 min