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Citrini Research, the institution behind the "AI Doomsday Report," stated that bond issuance by hyperscalers in 2027 to 2028 could be more than double current market expectations, primarily to support the construction of AI data centers.Citrini Research pointed out that AI-related debt issuance is expected to approach $570 billion in 2026, while hyperscalers' capital expenditures have already exceeded $600 billion. Amid the continued push for AI infrastructure development, these companies are gradually shifting from relying on cash reserves to raising more funds through the bond market.
Bitcoin has dropped approximately 40% since Strategy launched its Bitcoin financing instrument, STRC, which has now fallen below its $100 issuance par value. This has sparked market debate over the sustainability of Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin “flywheel” model. Strategy currently holds over 846,000 BTC, but its purchase pace has notably slowed recently. Data shows that during the week ending June 8, the company added 1,550 BTC, worth approximately $101 million. The following week, ending June 15, it added another 1,587 BTC, valued at about $100 million. In contrast, during a single week in April 2026, the firm bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion, indicating a significant decline in its recent capital deployment.Meanwhile, Strategy previously sold 32 BTC to meet dividend obligations. While minimal relative to its total holdings, the market views this as a sign that cash flow pressures could intensify if STRC’s funding efficiency declines. STRC was originally designed as a preferred stock instrument trading near its $100 par value, using dividend adjustments to attract investors and help Strategy raise capital for Bitcoin purchases. STRC has now fallen to historic lows, once dropping to $82.53 before closing at $88.59—roughly 13% below par value.Critics argue that STRC’s dip below par indicates mounting pressure on Strategy’s funding channels. Peter Schiff, a long-time Bitcoin critic, labeled STRC “a typical centralized Ponzi scheme,” claiming the model relies on continuous financing or Bitcoin sales to sustain itself. Crypto trader DonAlt also questioned STRC’s recent performance, describing its trading behavior as resembling a “Ponzi scheme.”However, some analysts believe STRC’s decline is more due to leverage liquidations than a fundamental deterioration of Strategy. STRC had long traded around $99 to $100, attracting leveraged traders. When the price broke below a key level, forced liquidations were triggered, exacerbating the drop.Analyst Scott Melker noted that STRC’s current yield has actually improved due to the discount. Since dividends are calculated based on the $100 liquidation preference, at an STRC price of $90, the 11.5% annualized dividend translates to an actual yield of about 12.8%. If the price falls to $85, the yield could exceed 13%.Strategy is expected to announce its next STRC dividend adjustment by June 30. The market is now focused on whether the STRC discount will persist and whether Strategy’s model of using capital market financing to continuously accumulate BTC can remain stable. (Cointelegraph)
According to Bloomingbit, Ji Man-soo, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Financial Research Institute, stated that before deciding on the issuing entity for the Korean won stablecoin, policymakers should prioritize reviewing concrete use cases and feasibility. Citing Hong Kong as a reference case, he noted that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has granted stablecoin issuance licenses to HSBC Hong Kong and AnchorPoint Financial—a joint venture established by Standard Chartered Hong Kong, Animoca Brands, and HKT—covering use cases such as cross-border payments, domestic payments, tokenized asset trading, and supply chain finance, all aligned with broader digital finance strategies including central bank digital currency (CBDC) and tokenized deposits. Ji Man-soo suggested that discussions around the Korean won stablecoin should begin by asking, “Which problems in Korea’s domestic financial and payment systems can it solve?” Concurrently, specific applications for payments, asset tokenization, and trade finance must be designed to ensure the regulatory framework is effectively implemented.
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley (@HHorsley) stated that the crypto market is undergoing a cyclical shift similar to the dot-com bubble burst of the 2000s—previously, numerous projects commanded high valuations based on “possibility narratives,” whereas the market is now transitioning toward maturity. Going forward, the number of winners will shrink dramatically; however, those projects that emerge victorious based on verifiable fundamentals will achieve scale and longevity exceeding market expectations.
Odaily, "White-Haired Stock Guru" Serenity posted on X, reviewing his past experiences where his investment views faced skepticism. He stated that many original investment ideas initially face strong opposition, but ultimately the market becomes the standard for judging right and wrong. He has faced significant criticism for being bullish on several companies, for example:$AXTI: Early on, it was questioned as a "scam company," and related discussions even led to a ban from Reddit's WSB forum. However, it later received coverage from Reuters, and the performance of the Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate industry company, along with institutional investor validation, confirmed its logic.$RPI: Initially labeled a "meme stock" by the market, analysts believed it lacked fundamentals. However, earnings reports showed the company's future revenue growth expectation reached 58%, and it was subsequently re-evaluated as a high-growth AI hardware company.$SIVE: Once considered a "meme stock" by numerous investors, it later gained institutional buying support, including attention from Fidelity Research, JPMorgan Chase, and others, and announced partnerships with companies like Jabil and GlobalFoundries.Serenity stated, "The market will ultimately decide what is right or wrong, not the angry comments or posts on X (formerly Twitter)." He added that as each investment thesis gets validated one by one, the eventual market performance overshadows the early noise. He also listed several other cases that were initially doubted but later gained market recognition, including:$AAOI: Near $30, management was questioned as "untrustworthy";$LITE: At $300, the photonics industry was considered to be in a bubble;$RKLB: At $20, it was dismissed as just a low-revenue launch company;$HOOD: At $20, it faced negative sentiment due to the GameStop trading restriction incident;$IQE: Considered just a small UK company lacking partnerships in the photonics field;$SOI: Analysts at a European bank considered its valuation too high;$NBIS: Questioned for having no competitive moat;$INTC: The market thought it couldn't compete with TSMC;$MRVL: The market feared its ASIC market share would be taken by Broadcom;$AEHR: The market misinterpreted its earnings report, thinking the company lacked revenue;$EWY: The market believed the South Korean semiconductor cycle was in a bubble.
Odaily news, Michael Saylor posted on X platform to review Strategy's Bitcoin strategy journey, stating that when he gave the relevant speech in October 2022, the price of Bitcoin was about $20,000, Strategy held 130,000 BTC at the time, valued at approximately $2.6 billion, and the stock MSTR (adjusted for stock split) was priced at around $24.Michael Saylor stated that weeks later, Bitcoin fell below $16,000, and the company's debt once exceeded the total value of its BTC and cash reserves by about $300 million. The MSTR stock price also dropped to around $13 by the end of 2022. Strategy then persisted in executing its Bitcoin strategy, strengthened company operations, and continued to raise funds to invest in BTC. Since 2022, the company has raised over $60 billion in new capital, which was used to purchase Bitcoin, adding more than 716,000 BTC to its holdings.Michael Saylor said that currently, the value of BTC and dollar reserves held by Strategy exceeds the company's debt by approximately $48 billion. He thanked the investors who have long supported the company and stated that the company will continue to adhere to its long-termist strategy in the future.
“White-Haired Stock God” Serenity released his personal investment observations, focusing on valuation and shareholding structure analyses of several technology and semiconductor-related companies. He particularly emphasized net asset value (NAV) discounts and growth momentum. His key views include: 1. Wistron is considered one of his top-conviction holdings. Its current market capitalization stands at approximately USD 16.2 billion; Q1 revenue surged 144% year-on-year. It holds ~35.46% of Wiwynn, with the implied value of this stake amounting to ~0.66x Wistron’s market cap. 2. Wiwynn is viewed as having strong continued growth potential and is among his core monitored assets. 3. Priortech holds ~21% of Camtek; the implied value of this stake is ~1.35x Priortech’s own market cap—indicating a quasi-controlling ownership structure. 4. GlobalWafers exhibits a significant NAV discount (~USD 3.5 billion market cap vs. ~USD 7.9 billion in underlying stake value). 5. Korean-listed companies Iljin Holdings and Simmtech Holdings also show notable NAV discounts; however, Serenity remains cautious regarding corporate governance quality and valuation realization capability in Korean firms. Serenity noted that his analysis remains in the research phase, with no final investment conclusions yet drawn. Nevertheless, he leans toward increasing position concentration in these names further on Monday, underscoring that certain companies possess standalone growth capacity and meaningful NAV re-rating potential.
Lite Strategy, a Nasdaq-listed Litecoin treasury company, has announced leading a $1 million strategic investment in LitVM. The investment also grants governance participation rights and potential future token subscription opportunities. LitVM is a zero-knowledge Layer 2 scaling network built on Litecoin. The new funds will support its ability to introduce smart contract capabilities and a programmable application layer for Litecoin after its mainnet launch. (Globenewswire)
Blockchain Digital Infrastructure, a US-listed digital infrastructure developer and operator, announced it has raised an additional $8.25 million through a public offering of common stock. Investors purchased an additional 4,999,999 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $1.65 per share. The new funds are intended to support its artificial intelligence hosting and high-performance computing workloads businesses. (Globenewswire)
Odaily reports: Fintech startup Karta has announced the completion of a $15 million Series A funding round, led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Illuminate, Canary, and Clocktower Ventures. The company has also secured a $125 million debt facility provided by CIM Group. Karta offers a U.S. credit card service for overseas clients holding assets with American banks or brokerages, requiring “no SSN or ITIN.” It allows users to manage all post-card-issuance operations via WhatsApp. The company has already partnered with approximately 85 private banks and wealth management institutions. (Fortune)
: AI marketing automation platform Gradial announced the completion of a $65 million Series C funding round, led by Insight Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, Madrona, and PruVen Capital.The project's main business involves providing an AI work system for enterprise marketing, using AI agents to automate content generation, quality inspection, brand compliance, asset management, and publishing processes, thereby improving the efficiency of approval, collaboration, and execution within large enterprise marketing workflows.
Odaily Odaily News CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju stated that the biggest risk for Bitcoin is not a crash, but long-term stagnation. Saylor's STRC structure becomes truly dangerous, not when Bitcoin simply crashes, but when Bitcoin undergoes years of sideways consolidation and a prolonged bear market.If the market still believes in the next rally, sharp pullbacks can be endured. However, long-term stagnation weakens the narrative, reduces demand, compresses the MSTR premium, and makes it difficult for Saylor's financing machine to sustain itself. Ki Young Ju indicated that Saylor's real challenge is not just buying more Bitcoin, but providing the market with new reasons for conviction. Ki Young Ju pointed out that, contrary to the "digital gold" narrative, Bitcoin's performance often resembles that of tech stocks.
Nasdaq-listed Lite Strategy announced it is leading a $1 million strategic funding round for ZK Innovations—the development team behind LitVM. LitVM is building a zero-knowledge proof-based Layer 2 network for Litecoin, aiming to introduce smart contracts, decentralized finance (DeFi), real-world asset tokenization, and cross-chain liquidity to the Litecoin ecosystem.
According to Fortune, Theodore Gillibrand, son of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York State, has raised $30 million in funding, valuing his company at approximately $300 million. The company plans to launch a derivatives trading platform named American Perpetuals Exchange Corp. (APEC). The platform intends to apply for a license from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and will list perpetual futures on equities and equity indices—not cryptocurrency perpetual contracts.
the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Treasury Department, and other financial regulatory agencies have jointly released the implementation draft of the "GENIUS Act," requiring stablecoin issuers to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and implement Customer Identification Programs (CIP).According to the draft requirements, stablecoin issuers must verify user identities, maintain records of identity information such as names and addresses, and screen against terrorist organization and sanctions lists. The relevant rules have now entered a 60-day public comment period, and will be formally implemented after the final rule is issued.Additionally, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr expressed reservations about this framework, believing it inadequately addresses the risks of illegal financing in secondary market transactions. The proposal specifically solicits comments on whether customer identification requirements should be further extended to secondary market transactions. (CoinDesk)
Renaiss, a real-world collectibles liquidity infrastructure, announced the successful completion of a $1.5 million seed funding round, led by YZi Labs, with participation from Gate Ventures, Hash Global, XIN Family, and Redline Labs. Angel investors include Mask Network, Far East Group, Logoman, Hoopi, and Legit App. Built on BNB Chain, Renaiss aims to connect third-party vaults, card shops, and custodial nodes via its Renaiss Vault OS, while Renaiss.XYZ serves as the application layer enabling users to access the on-chain collectibles market. Renaiss provides verifiable custody, standardized settlement, and on-chain liquidity for physical collectibles—eliminating friction in verification, custody, pricing, and cross-border transactions. This allows custodially verified collectibles to undergo ownership transfers on-chain and circulate globally in a trustless, permissionless manner. The funds will be used to expand the vault network, strengthen product development and integration with the Renaiss SDK ecosystem, broaden the range of supported collectible categories, drive global market expansion, and support infrastructure development for DeFi integration and AI Agents. Notably, Renaiss has been selected as a project in the third cohort of YZi Labs’ EASY Residency incubation program.
Bitcoin mining company HIVE's subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing has signed a three-year sovereign AI cloud infrastructure contract worth approximately $220 million with Bell AI Fabric and Cohere. Under the contract, BUZZ HPC will deploy a cluster containing 2,304 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs at Bell's facility in Merritt, British Columbia.Funding for the Blackwell systems comes from the $115 million convertible note financing completed in April. The deployment is expected to become operational between late 2026 and early 2027, and is projected to add approximately $70 million to the company's current $35 million in annual recurring revenue. Additionally, HIVE has received approval to acquire a 32-megawatt data center in Big Boden, Sweden, and plans to upgrade it to support enterprise-grade AI workloads. (The Block)
according to sources, Meta Platforms' previous acquisition of AI company Manus for approximately $2 billion may face a reversal following a decision by Chinese regulatory authorities to require the transaction to be unwound. Manus's early investors are now planning to buy back the company's equity at roughly the $2 billion price Meta originally paid. This development could enable some of the original investors to regain control of the company and potentially benefit from a revaluation of its worth. (The Information)
Range, a stablecoin compliance startup, announced the completion of an $8.3 million Series A funding round, with participation from TX Ventures, SixThirty, Maven 11 Capital, Onigiri Capital, and others. The project's total funding to date has reached $11 million.Range provides a unified platform for companies operating both stablecoins and fiat currencies. Its core products include Unify, a real-time ledger system, and Protect, an on-chain transaction screening tool. Its clients include Circle, Solana Foundation, Stellar, Squads, and Jupiter, among others. The funds from this round will be used to expand the Unify and Protect products, grow the engineering and business development teams, and increase integrations and network coverage. (The Block)
According to CNBC, after listing on the Nasdaq at an approximate valuation of $2.6 trillion, SpaceX quickly became the world’s fifth-largest publicly traded company and entered a market-cap ranking race with Amazon. However, pricing in the options market suggests it may take considerable time for SpaceX to climb into the global top three—or even claim the No. 1 spot. Currently, SpaceX’s market capitalization remains significantly below that of third-place Alphabet and second-place Apple—both valued above $4.4 trillion. To overtake them and become the world’s second-largest company by market cap (just behind NVIDIA), SpaceX’s stock price would need to rise roughly 70% to $340 per share. Based on implied probability models derived from options-market pricing, the likelihood that SpaceX reaches this target price before July 2028 stands at approximately 50%. If the goal is to become the world’s largest company by market cap—surpassing NVIDIA—the options market assigns a roughly 38% probability of achieving this by June 2028, rising to about 41% by year-end 2028. Analysts note that options prices reflect the collective market expectation regarding future trajectories. Higher-strike options carry an elevated uncertainty premium, indicating that—even though SpaceX possesses a compelling long-term growth narrative—reaching the pinnacle of market capitalization is still viewed as a high-difficulty, long-duration endeavor.