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Markets

U.S.-Japan intervention revives yen carry trade fears for bitcoin

Coordinated action sent the yen sharply higher, but bitcoin’s recent correlation suggests U.S. dollar strength, rather than the carry trade, may be the bigger risk.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy sold another $105 million of bitcoin last week, repurchased $81.2 million of STRC

The company trimmed bitcoin holdings by 1,638 coins, while raising $290.6 million with sales of common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Markets

The bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notes

Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.

BTC futures basis yields less than Treasury notes. (Glassnode)

Tech

Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges

The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.

Bitcoin cold-wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges. (Coldcard/Coinkite)

Markets

Michael Saylor’s Strategy is now tracking bitcoin’s 200-week moving average

Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy, is now closely monitoring bitcoin’s 200-week moving average, a key long-term support level that the cryptocurrency has historically respected.

Saylor's Strategy tracks BTC's 200-week average. (Strategy)

Markets

Unlike the FTX collapse, the $89 million Coldcard exploit has investors sending bitcoin back to exchanges

The Coldcard vulnerability has smaller bitcoin holders moving funds onto exchanges for safety, according to blockchain analytics firms. This is opposite of the trend seen following the FTX collapse in late 2022.

BTC active addresses surge. (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Strategy holds STRC dividend at 12%

Customarily, Michael Saylor and team have lifted the STRC dividend when it trades sizably below par, but not this month.

Michael Saylor

Finance

Bitcoin mining difficulty shrinks 14% from this year's high as plunging revenues force operators to pivot

Difficulty falls as weak mining economics reduce capacity, while forward markets signal little relief through year-end.

ASIC mining rigs (Winston Chen/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin holds monthly gain, faces 'choppy' August as 'forced-selling' exhausted, analysts say

The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on July 31 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether posts $1.5 billion operating profit in Q2 as reserve buffer falls by half

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)