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On March 10, 2021, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor encouraged investors to use leverage and even mortgage their homes to buy bitcoin ($BTC). Five years later, the company’s CEO Phong Le is talking about mortgages again, but this time in relation to buying Stretch (STRC) instead of $BTC. Le talked about STRC, a stock with no guarantees of principal repayment that currently pays variable, 11.5% annualized dividends, on Natalie Brunell’s popular Bitcoin show. “It almost looks like a paycheck, right? It’s just coming in,” Le claimed in an incredible comparison of income to STRC’s variable dividends that his board…

Elon Musk, serial tech entrepreneur and a long-term lover of memes and iconic meme-inspired cryptocurrency $DOGE, has published his famous “DogeFather” meme. Aside from $DOGE, Musk also admits the significance of Bitcoin as a currency. The “DogeFather” image was created with the Grok Imagine bot, and it triggered the crypto community’s excitement on the X platform. It’s been a long time since Musk has posted his images as “The DogeFather” on his X account. Elon Musk returns as “The DogeFather” on X Musk published an image of himself dressed like the Marlon Brando character from the iconic movie by Francis…

Coinbase x402 is now native to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, letting AI agents pay for services in $USDC without human input Coinbase x402 is now native to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, letting AI agents pay for services in $USDC without human input. AWS announced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments on May 7, describing it as the first time a major cloud provider has built crypto micropayments directly into an agent infrastructure platform. Stripe is also integrated at preview, with agents able to choose between a Coinbase or Stripe wallet funded in stablecoins or fiat. The system runs on x402, an open HTTP-native payment…

In a groundbreaking move to enhance transparency and build greater trust for DeFi users, Abu Dhabi–based Universal Digital Intl Limited today entered into strategic partnerships with decentralized oracle networks, including Brevis-ZK and Primus Labs, to integrate real-time verification of its USDU stablecoin reserves, aiming to monitor the health of the stable assets across DeFi markets. In January this year, Universal Digital Intl Limited launched USDU, the first stablecoin issued in the Middle East region, and consequently got registered by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates as a foreign payment token. Announcement revealed today by Unitas Labs, a DeFi…

Japan intervened in the foreign-exchange market to support the yen, sending the currency up as much as 3% intraday, according to traders and local media. The yen strengthened to 155.57 per dollar, its strongest level since late February, before weakening to around 156.80 in New York trading. The move followed official warnings against excessive currency volatility. Analyst Crypto Rover wrote on X, “THIS IS VERY BAD FOR MARKETS Japan has intervened to defend the yen.” He added, “Yields are at 27-year highs, oil is at $120, and inflation is rising.” Yen Intervention Signals Policy Tension As per Bloomberg, Japan’s currency…

A crypto trader has taken long positions on 33 digital assets but has chosen to short only $TRUMP, the meme coin backed by President Donald Trump that has dropped 95% from its peak, according to data tracked by Lookonchain. This guy is long almost the entire market (33 tokens), except for $TRUMP, which he is short.https://t.co/E6QEMXG7DV pic.twitter.com/Seaa5XeCyA — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) March 19, 2026 $TRUMP, which debuted days before Trump’s January 2025 presidential inauguration, is trading at around $3.4 at press time, down 4% in the last 24 hours, per CoinGecko. The token has long been a matter of dispute for…

In a significant development for cryptocurrency markets, Bitcoin investment firm Twenty One Capital has dramatically ascended to become the second-largest holder of Bitcoin among all publicly traded companies globally. This strategic shift occurred following MARA Holdings’ decision to sell a substantial portion of its Bitcoin treasury. The transaction, confirmed by multiple financial reports, represents one of the most notable corporate Bitcoin portfolio adjustments of 2025. Twenty One Capital’s Monumental Bitcoin Accumulation Twenty One Capital now controls an impressive 43,514 Bitcoin, according to verified blockchain data and corporate disclosures. At current market valuations, this holding represents approximately $2.9 billion in digital…

SodaBot, a smart operating system (OS) and multi-agent Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework built for Decentralized Finance (DeFi) trading, has made a partnership announcement with NFPrompt, the first artificial intelligence (AI-Powered) platform in Web3 that allows users to create, own, and monetize AI-generated content as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This partnership is aimed at enhancing decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 user experience. SodaBot has revealed this news through its official social media X account. SodaBot × @nfpromptNFPrompt is an AI × Web3 platform built for creators, smart applications, and trading intelligence.SodaBot is a smart OS for DeFi AI agents.Together, we’re bringing more…

Crypto markets staged a modest intraday recovery on Thursday as traders digested a Big Tech earnings night that delivered roughly $650 billion in combined 2026 AI capex commitments and the most contested FOMC vote since 1992. Bitcoin is changing hands at $76,420, up 1.2% on the day but still down 1.8% on the week, according to CoinGecko. Ether sits at $2,263, up 1.3% over 24 hours and off 2% on the week. Total crypto market capitalization is back above $2.63 trillion, up 1.1% on the day. Among the majors, Solana trades at $83, $XRP at $1.37, and BNB at $618.…

Chris Larsen’s nonprofit, which has received over $190 million in tax-deductible donations, will soon control substantial voting power over for-profit Evernorth, a new $XRP treasury stock heading for a Nasdaq listing through blank check company, Armada Acquisition. Buried inside a 1,158-page SEC Form S-4 filed on March 18, regulations force Larsen to reveal exactly how he’s putting his own interests ahead of regular shareholders who might buy stock on the Nasdaq exchange. Once the reader finds Larsen’s admissions, they’re clear. “The economic interests of the Sponsor diverge from the economic interests of holders of the Public Shares,” Larsen admits regarding…