Strategy’s STRC Hits Record $1.5B Daily Trading Volume

Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, STRC, the company’s primary vehicle for funding its Bitcoin purchases in 2026, hit a new daily trading volume record of $1.5 billion on Thursday. “All-time high volume. $1.53B of liquidity,” chairman Michael Saylor said, referring to Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock.  Stretch offers investors an 11.5% dividend…

Kraken Switches from LayerZero to Chainlink after Kelp DAO Hack

Crypto exchange Kraken announced Thursday that it had changed its cross-chain provider from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, joining a number of protocols that have made the move following the Kelp DAO exploit in April. Kraken said it is deprecating its existing cross-chain provider and migrating to Chainlink CCIP as its exclusive cross-chain infrastructure…

Signal Says it Might Exit Canada if Forced to Comply with Lawful Access Bill

Privacy messaging app Signal has said it may exit Canada if forced to comply with the country’s proposed lawful access bill, which would require companies to build technical surveillance capabilities that some argue could threaten end-to-end encryption. In an interview with Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail on Thursday, Signal’s vice president of strategy…

Cardano whales now hold 67% of ADA supply in highest share since 2020

Wallets holding at least one million ADA now control 25.09 billion tokens, the highest share since July 2020, even as Cardano’s TVL has bled to $137 million from a December 2024 peak of $686 million, per Santiment and DefiLlama data. Source link

Strive Rises Nearly 6% after Becoming ‘Daily Dividend Company’

Shares in Bitcoin-focused Strive closed 5.8% higher on Thursday after the company said it will become a “Daily Dividend Company” and revealed it eliminated all debt in the first quarter of 2026.  The Vivek Ramaswamy-founded company said the Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, ticker SATA, will start paying dividends every business day beginning…

Nigel Farage Reportedly Bought Property Shortly After Sizable Crypto Gift

United Kingdom politician Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform Party, purchased a property valued at 1.4 British pounds ($1.8 million) after receiving a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) “personal gift” from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.  The real estate deal closed in May 2024, several weeks before Farage announced that he was running for office…

Bitcoin Trading at a ‘Discount’ on Coinbase: Is a Move to $76K Next for BTC?

Key takeaways: The Coinbase Bitcoin discount likely stems from stablecoin outflows rather than actual institutional sell pressure. Strategy continues buying Bitcoin as the market holds firm despite minor price differences across exchanges. Bitcoin (BTC) showed resilience on Thursday by successfully defending the $79,000 level. However, some traders worry that upside momentum is stalling as Bitcoin…

Tezos Developers Test quantum-Resistant Blockchain Privacy System

Developers behind the Tezos ecosystem launched a testnet prototype for private blockchain payments designed to resist future quantum computing attacks, as concerns grow that advances in quantum technology could eventually compromise existing blockchain privacy systems. The prototype, called TzEL, uses post-quantum cryptography and zk-STARK proofs to shield transaction data and encrypted payment metadata that could…

Here is why Wall Street is racing to tokenize the entire stock market

Tokenization has been the narrative of 2026. Executing on that narrative is trickier, but proponents say the benefits are massive if they pull it off. Source link

US Senate Banking Committee Votes to Advance Crypto Market Structure Bill

US lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee held a markup for a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, marking a pivotal step toward Congress’ effort to establish regulatory clarity for digital asset companies and markets. In a Thursday session of the US Senate Banking Committee, all 13 Republican members and two Democrats voted to advance the…