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Easy Money or Greatest Ponzi?
Published on Apr 16, 2026

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NEED TO KNOW
BTC's Quantum Solution?
  1. 🟠 Bitcoin Bitcoin Developer Coalition Floats BIP-361 to Freeze Quantum-Vulnerable Wallets. Bitcoin’s current quantum defense plan seeks to solve a future threat at the detriment of its most sacred rule.
  2. 💸 Tether Tether Leads $150M Drift Post-Hack Recovery Effort. The recovery plan includes the issuance of another Drift token and will see the Solana-based perpetuals exchange adopt USDT.
  3. 🇺🇸 CFTC's Selig Credits AI Efficiency Amid Staffing Crunch. Proper enforcement in markets remains a "top priority" for the federal derivatives regulator.
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Daily Market Snapshot: Investors are continuing to bid up stock markets to new heights as they hope for an Iran deal. ETH bucked the market with a red day after a stronger week than most other tokens.
Prices as of 6pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $2.53T ↗ 0.7% ↗ 4.0%
BTC $75,097 ↗ 0.2% ↗ 3.7%
ETH $2,349 ↘ 0.9% ↗ 6.1%
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PLAY OF THE WEEK
Is Strategy's STRC the 'Greatest Ponzi Known to Man'?
Bankless Analyst: Jack Inabinet

Depending on who you ask, STRC is either "the greatest ponzi known to man" or "mathematically the best risk-return credit instrument in the entire $200T+ credit market."

This so-called “perpetual preferred stock” currently pays its shareholders 11.5% annual dividends, accruing monthly, and is backed by the full faith and credit of BTC treasury behemoth Strategy.

While STRC experienced another ex-dividend drop on Wednesday, effectively shutting off Strategy’s access to this lucrative funding spigot, the DATCo already secured an estimated $1.2 billion via STRC earlier this week, enough capital to fund the purchase of ~17.2k bitcoins.

Understanding STRC

STRC (pronounced “Stretch”) is a publicly traded security on Nasdaq Exchange. 

A modern marvel of financial engineering, STRC touts extraordinary yield for income-focused investors – conveniently packaged as a relatively stable instrument that helps Strategy raise capital to buy more bitcoin without...


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