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Strategy will offer $2 billion in bonds to finance new Bitcoin purchases. The company will repay the bonds if its stock jumps by one-third. Strategy continued its Bitcoin buying spree Thursday, announcing it would offer $2 billion in bonds to finance the purchase of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin inched up on the news, topping $98,200 —…
I’m a huge Stephen King fan. I’ve read the whole Dark Tower Series, It, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, and my favorite movie ever is based on his novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. So, at the behest of multiple friends who told me it’s their favorite book, I finally started reading 11/22/63. Here’s the…
Asset manager Franklin Templeton has launched an ETF holding both spot Bitcoin and Ether called Franklin Crypto Index ETF (EZPZ). [og_img] 2025-02-20 18:56:41
A few years back, I attended my friend Nick’s blowout 40th birthday party. As part of the celebration, he hired an improv comic, and we all had to participate in learning improv comedy. (I just felt the collective shiver of all the introverts reading this newsletter). We started tossing out fun scenarios and scenes to…
In the process of giving up on the chance of any Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025, investors Thursday got a modest dovish surprise from Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic. “I view the employment outlook as stable, but signs of slowing are accumulating,” said Bostic in an essay. He noted that it’s become harder for…
On December 19th, 2001, The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters and nerd culture was forever changed. If you’re like me, you associate these movies with the holidays and are about to rewatch all three films (extended editions obviously). I was rewatching the Fellowship recently, and I had a funny thought. While they’re in the…
Microstrategy, now rebranded as Strategy, is raising $2 billion to fuel its next major bitcoin acquisition, doubling down on its position as the largest corporate holder of BTC. https://static.news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/strategy-bitcoin-buy-2b.jpg 2025-02-20 16:35:54
2024 is drawing to a close, so I wanted to hit you with one final newsletter before the chaos of 2025 kicks off. It’s that time of year where our brains will almost automatically look back on the past year. What went right, what went wrong. What we accomplished, what we failed to follow through…
Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong threw an unexpected perspective into the crypto conversation, arguing that even Bitcoin is “somewhat a meme coin.” His reasoning? Bitcoin’s value isn’t solely built on technology or utility—it’s driven by a powerful community narrative, much like meme coins. He pointed out that, at its core, Bitcoin has no central authority…
Stephen Wilson Jr. was a scientist working for Mars, Inc. (Yeah, the Candy company). One day, his boss pulled him into an office and said something that changed his life: “Stephen, you’re about to get promoted.” Normally a cause for celebration, this was instead meant as a warning by his boss. In a past life,…