Bitcoin threatens $62K in risk-asset rout as Donald Trump says US will 'run' closed Hormuz Strait

Bitcoin bulls faced an uphill struggle to preserve $62,000 as stocks opened down on Strait of Hormuz rhetoric between the US and Iran....
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Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May's $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the total pool of stablecoins in circulation shrank by $7.7 billion, the largest monthly dollar decline since the TerraUSD collapse in […] The po...

Strategy Pads Cash Reserves to $3 Billion, Skipping Bitcoin Buy for Third Week
Strategy went another week without buying Bitcoin, focusing instead on lifting its cash reserves to $3 billion via common stock proceeds....

Strategy sells $467M in MSTR shares, leaves 843,775 BTC stack untouched
Strategy, Bitcoin's largest corporate holder, raised $466.7 million by selling MSTR shares while maintaining its 843,775 BTC treasury unchanged. The company boosted its USD reserve to $3 billion to fund preferred stock dividends and debt payments. Bitcoin traded near $62,580, down 2% daily, as investors monitor Strategy's equity issuance strategy alongside its BTC accumulation approach.