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According to the 8-K document submitted to the SEC by Strategy, the company announced the launch of a digital credit capital framework, which includes five core components: dollar reserve policy, adjustment of STRC dividend policy, preferred stock repurchase plan, common stock repurchase plan, and BTC monetization plan.Under the dollar reserve policy, the reserve can only be used to pay preferred stock dividends and debt interest, and management must maintain a reserve sufficient to cover expected dividends and interest expenses for at least the next 12 months. As of June 28, the dollar reserve balance was $2.55 billion.Regarding the STRC dividend, the company will dynamically assess the dividend rate on a monthly basis, considering factors such as trading price, market yield, credit spread, and Bitcoin price volatility, and will not increase the dividend solely because the STRC trading price is below par value. The company also announced an increase in the annualized dividend rate for STRC to 12% from the previous level, effective July 1.In terms of the repurchase plan, the company has established two repurchase authorizations of $1 billion each, to repurchase preferred stocks such as STRC, STRF, STRD, STRK, and Class A common stock, with STRC being the primary target of the preferred stock repurchase plan. Neither of the repurchase plans will utilize dollar reserve funds.In addition, the company's board of directors has authorized the BTC monetization plan, allowing the company to raise up to $1.25 billion by selling Bitcoin, to supplement the dollar reserve, pay preferred stock dividends and interest expenses, or fund the aforementioned repurchase plans.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX (SPCX.O) credit derivatives began trading after the initial bond issuance.

According to The Block, Kraken has partnered with the on-chain institutional lending platform Maple to launch an on-chain storage facility for digital asset collateralized loans. This facility will provide USDC liquidity to Kraken's over-the-counter lending clients, allowing borrowers to use crypto assets such as BTC and ETH as collateral.

B.AI officially announces the full integration of Bitget Wallet, allowing users to log in with one click through Bitget Wallet and seamlessly enjoy the world's leading AI large model services. To celebrate this collaboration, B.AI is offering triple exclusive benefits to Bitget Wallet users, with a maximum cumulative single-user recharge bonus equivalent to 100 USD: new users receive 1,000,000 AI Credits upon first login, an additional 1:1 bonus for recharging via BNB Chain, and an additional 1:0.5 bonus for recharging via other mainstream public chains, showcasing sincere multiple benefits.

Strive CEO Matt Cole stated that today is the most difficult day in the history of digital credit. STRC rebounded significantly after hitting a low of $82.5 during the trading session, while SATA recovered after dropping to just over $90 near its par value, with many investors experiencing a tough trading day. Matt Cole indicated that what occurred today was a leveraged liquidation event, not a deterioration in underlying credit quality.He pointed out that when investors find a certain type of asset with a high yield, relatively low volatility, and strong underlying credit characteristics, they often increase returns through borrowing and leveraging. However, once the market moves in the opposite direction, forced selling can trigger a cycle of price declines, margin calls, and further selling, causing the sell-off to detach from fundamentals and driven by balance sheet constraints. He emphasized that the issuer's credit quality remains robust. Strive's dividend reserves are intact, the company is not under pressure, and it still has the ability to meet obligations and continue executing its strategy.He also mentioned that both STRC and SATA saw significant buying near their intraday lows and quickly recovered, indicating that there is actual demand in the lower price range. Matt Cole stated that liquidation events are not the same as credit events. Today's price fluctuations did not change his confidence in the long-term opportunities in digital credit; instead, it reinforced his view that the sector is building a new category of financial instruments and will experience similar growing pains before maturing into a large fixed income market.

According to the official announcement, Galaxy Ventures has announced the lead investment of $15 million in the Series A funding round for the high-end credit card startup Karta. This funding is part of Karta's total fundraising plan of $140 million, which also includes a $125 million credit line provided by Community Investment Management (CIM).It is reported that Karta is dedicated to providing high-quality credit card products issued in the United States for high-net-worth (HNW) individuals globally. The platform combines stablecoin infrastructure with artificial intelligence technology, breaking the reliance on traditional FICO scores. By collaborating with over 80 large private banks and brokerages worldwide (such as Raymond James, Itau, etc.), it offers unsecured credit underwriting based on users' verified assets at these institutions. Additionally, the credit card provides zero foreign exchange fees and a 24/7 AI-native concierge service based on WhatsApp.Data shows that Karta's revenue and payment transaction volume achieved over tenfold growth in 2025 and continued to record a fourfold quarter-on-quarter growth in the first quarter of 2026.

According to The Block, French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B is planning to launch a Bitcoin credit product for the European market, similar to Strategy's STRC and Strive's SATA. Alexandre Laizet, a member of the Capital B board, stated that this move aims to provide digital credit tools tailored for Europe, changing the market landscape.The product is designed to utilize the company's holdings of 3,139 BTC as the underlying asset, achieving double-digit returns while keeping volatility in the single digits. Capital B is listed on the pan-European exchange and positions itself as the largest Bitcoin reserve company in Europe, aiming to accumulate 1% of the total Bitcoin supply by 2033 and hold 15,000 BTC by the end of 2027.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that the U.S. should reconsider the accredited investor laws, as the time for company privatization is getting longer. Only accredited investors (i.e., the wealthy) can participate in early investments, while ordinary retail investors can only enter after an IPO, by which time most of the upside potential has already been realized. The original intention of these rules was to protect ordinary investors from fraud, but in reality, they often make it harder for less affluent individuals to build wealth. Armstrong proposed two possible reform paths: one is to replace the existing rules with ability-based standards, such as qualifying as an accredited investor through a financial literacy test; the other is to completely eliminate the rule, allowing adults to assess risks on their own while maintaining information disclosure requirements and fraud enforcement measures.

The collateral-free credit lending protocol supported by Paradigm, 3Jane, announced on social media that the protocol is now open to the public, allowing users to mint USD3 and participate in liquidity mining to earn JANE tokens.It is reported that USD3 is a credit-backed yield stablecoin with a supply cap of $50 million; sUSD3 is the staked version of USD3, offering leveraged exposure. JANE features a variable total supply design, with the final supply to be determined at the final minting in 2026 (ranging from approximately 1.111 billion to 6.666 billion tokens). Currently, 100% of JANE emissions will be allocated to liquidity providers, redeemable every 7 days (locked status) until the final minting.Previously, it was reported that the crypto credit startup 3Jane announced the completion of a $5.2 million seed round financing in June 2025, led by Paradigm.

a16z Crypto elaborated on why it co-led a $175 million financing round for the decentralized lending protocol Morpho in partnership with Paradigm and Ribbit. a16z views on-chain lending as "the next frontier of credit" and a key technological node for human prosperity, believing that a blockchain-based open credit network can reduce infrastructure costs, create a more competitive credit market, and provide broader channels for capital and yield acquisition.a16z stated that when they first engaged with the Morpho team in 2022, founder Paul Frambot was still in university but had already gathered nearly all of France's top blockchain talent; the team's pioneering on-chain lending optimizer achieved a Pareto improvement in interest rates by coordinating peer-to-peer loans on top of the underlying peer-to-pool protocol, and the project symbolizes a transformation for the global financial system.In 2024, Morpho launched the Morpho Blue protocol, focusing on over-collateralized loans of crypto assets with floating interest rates and variable terms. Now, Morpho is moving towards a larger vision—becoming the open credit network of the internet. The next product, Morpho Midnight, will support fixed-rate term on-chain loans collateralized by traditional assets, equipped with customizable KYC tools. More importantly, clients can initiate their own lending markets based on Morpho's underlying infrastructure while sharing the network's liquidity and network effects.a16z believes that we are currently at a critical window for disrupting the traditional credit system and building a more open and efficient credit network.

According to The Information, OpenAI is negotiating a 20-year lease agreement, which will become its largest infrastructure investment commitment to date. Nvidia has discussed providing credit support for the project.

According to CoinDesk, Cardless and Coinbase have jointly launched a credit card backed by stablecoins, aimed at users who cannot obtain credit cards through traditional channels but hold digital assets. Applicants must use a portion of their USDC holdings as collateral, while still being able to earn yields on their staked assets, and pay a fee of $49.99 to gain access to the card.Michael Spelfogel, co-founder of Cardless, stated that applicants come from different credit score ranges, with some believing in cryptocurrency but just starting to accumulate wealth. This product continues the previous collaboration between the two parties, with the previously launched Coinbase-branded American Express card offering up to 4% Bitcoin cashback.

According to The Block, Securitize announced the launch of Hamilton Lane's Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (HLSCOPE) on the TRON blockchain through its compliant tokenization structure, becoming the first Securitize asset issued on TRON. HLSCOPE provides qualified investors with on-chain exposure to Hamilton Lane's opportunity senior credit perpetual fund, relying on TRON's over 383 million accounts, approximately 90 billion dollars in circulating stablecoins, and high-frequency settlement network.

The French listed company Capital B (ALCPB) is seeking shareholder approval to raise up to $5.82 billion through the issuance of new shares and to raise up to $116.4 billion through the issuance of credit instruments for increasing its holdings in BTC.

According to TechFundingNews, stablecoin payment company NALA announced that it has secured a $50 million credit line from Liquidity through its joint venture Mars Growth Capital with Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The new funds will be used to develop a stablecoin payment infrastructure, focusing on supporting its cross-border payment expansion in emerging markets such as Africa and Asia, including providing real-time payments and receipts based on stablecoins, fund pre-deposit, and treasury management services.Previously, NALA completed a $40 million Series A funding round in July 2024, with investors including Acrew Capital, DST Global, Norrsken22, HOF Capital, Amplo, as well as angel investors such as Vlad Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, and Ryan King, co-founder of Chime.

According to CoinDesk, Elena Carletti, an executive at UniCredit Bank in Italy, warned that Europe may struggle to cope with the financial shocks related to crypto companies and banks. Carletti pointed out that when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed in 2023, the United States decided to protect all deposits, including funds held by stablecoin issuers, a measure that helped stabilize the crypto market.Carletti stated that Europe cannot easily take the same measures. The EU's MiCA regulations require stablecoin issuers to hold reserve assets in liquid assets such as bank deposits and government securities, which ties them more closely to traditional banks. However, the European deposit guarantee system typically only protects up to €100,000 per bank per depositor. If large stablecoin reserve accounts come under pressure, this limit may not be sufficient to absorb the shock. Carletti described this as a "double weakness."

Morpho officially released the "Morpho Midnight White Paper," announcing the launch of a new non-custodial protocol designed specifically for the fixed-rate, fixed-term credit market. At the same time, the complete codebase of Midnight has been open-sourced, and developers can access it directly through GitHub.

According to The Block, Bit Digital announced a $100 million delayed withdrawal term loan to its controlled AI infrastructure company WhiteFiber's subsidiary, which can be extended to $150 million by mutual agreement, to support WhiteFiber's recent high-performance computing and AI expansion plans.Bit Digital stated that the loan funds will be disbursed partially or fully through an Ethereum-denominated secured credit facility, allowing the company to earn financing spreads while maintaining ETH exposure.