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Bitcoin breaks above $60K. Robinhood launches a blockchain
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Policy moves, product launches, and a disclosure that turned a few heads. This week had something for every corner of the market. Here’s what happened:
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Bitcoin breaks above $60K after Fed Chair Warsh signals inflation risks are easing
Bitcoin climbed back above $60,000 on Wednesday, up more than 2% over 24 hours, after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation risks had come down while reaffirming the central bank’s commitment to its 2% target.
Speaking at the ECB’s annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh declined to signal the Fed’s next move, saying policymakers would debate incoming data at their meeting in four weeks. But his tone was notably less hawkish than markets had been pricing in. “Inflation risks have come down,” he said. “If there were people who thought this central bank was going to be comfortable with an inflation objective above 2%, well, I guess they’d be disappointed. We’re going to deliver price stability in the U.S.”
Warsh also pointed to AI as a potential force that could reshape the economy. He argued the current surge in capital spending is different from past cycles; companies are investing because they expect AI to expand productive capacity, not because of financial engineering like buybacks. If those investments eventually expand the supply side of the economy, it could have “huge implications for monetary policy,” though he said it was too early to make that call.
The panel also included ECB President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem. All broadly agreed that central banks should move away from explicit forward guidance, Lagarde said she regretted feeling “bound and compelled” by it, and Warsh expressed a similar view, saying the Fed’s priority is to “get policy right” rather than follow a predetermined communication path.
Robinhood launches a public blockchain as it goes deeper into crypto
Robinhood officially launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain on Wednesday at an event in London, the company’s biggest move yet into on-chain financial infrastructure.
Robinhood Chain is a layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, designed for tokenized real-world assets and DeFi applications. With the mainnet live, Robinhood’s tokenized stock products are now fully active. Stock Tokens are available through Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries, letting users trade tokenized equities around the clock and use them across DeFi, as collateral, in lending protocols, and more.
The company also launched Robinhood Earn, a decentralized lending product that lets users lend USDG, its dollar-backed stablecoin, through a self-custody wallet at an estimated 7% APY. Beyond the chain itself, Robinhood announced perpetual futures expansion in Europe to include commodities, ETFs, and FX markets alongside crypto, crypto trading coming to the UK, and availability in Canada following its WonderFi acquisition. It also unveiled Agentic Accounts, an AI-powered trading tool that lets eligible U.S. users connect AI models to Robinhood’s trading infrastructure while retaining control over capital and parameters.
The product push fits into a broader race for what some are calling the “everything exchange”, a single platform hosting all kinds of trading and financial activity, increasingly on blockchain rails. Robinhood shares were up 5% on the day, though still around 30% off their October record.
The announcement came the same month the company said it would cut 10% of its workforce to streamline operations.
Strategy launches a buyback program and Bitcoin monetization plan, boosting STRC dividend
Strategy unveiled a new Digital Credit Capital Framework on Monday, introducing a set of capital management initiatives designed to shore up its preferred securities, preserve long-term Bitcoin exposure, and give the balance sheet more flexibility.
The company raised the annual dividend rate on STRC to 12%, effective July 1, and said its U.S. dollar reserve now stands at roughly $2.55B, enough to cover about 17.4 months of preferred dividend and interest obligations. The board authorized up to $1B in repurchases of its Digital Credit Securities and up to another $1B in Class A common stock buybacks, though neither program carries a fixed commitment or expiration date. Actual repurchases will depend on market conditions and whether management sees them as accretive.
Strategy also approved a Bitcoin Monetization Program, allowing the company to sell BTC when management determines it’s advantageous, with proceeds earmarked for the USD reserve, preferred dividends, or share repurchases. The company was clear that the program doesn’t obligate it to sell any Bitcoin.
Michael Saylor said the framework is meant to strengthen Strategy’s credit profile while keeping Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset. MSTR shares rose 6% pre-market, STRC jumped 9%, and Bitcoin edged up to $60,500 on the announcement.
Trump pocketed more than $1B from crypto ties as the industry headed into a slump
President Trump earned more than $1B from crypto sales and royalties last year while aggressively pursuing pro-crypto policies from the White House, even as the broader industry headed into a rough patch and Bitcoin fell roughly 50% from its all-time high.
His annual disclosure, released Tuesday by the Office of Government Ethics, showed $635M in royalties from his memecoin business, which launched on the eve of his return to the presidency. He also pocketed more than $500M from token sales connected to World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm he and his family hold a stake in, a project that has drawn sustained conflict-of-interest complaints while seeking U.S. regulatory approvals.
The disclosure also revealed Trump holds more than $50M in Bitcoin and more than $50M in ETH through DT Marks Defi LLC, alongside up to $250,000 in USD, up to $15,000 in USDC, and various other crypto positions. Through CIC Digital LLC, one of the two main owners of his memecoin business, he disclosed additional holdings including more than $50M in Bitcoin, $25M in ETH, $25M in USDC, an equity stake in CoreWeave, and a stake in a “stablecoin holdco” under DT Marks SC LLC that generated over $196M in revenue last year, tied to an investment from Abu Dhabi Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Trump also disclosed multiple purchases and sales of Coinbase Class A stock, stakes in CME, Block Inc., and Intercontinental Exchange, $65M in proceeds from the sale of equity in World Liberty Financial, and $6M from an NFT licensing agreement.
The disclosures have added fuel to the ongoing debate over the CLARITY Act. Democrats have pushed for a provision banning senior government officials from personal crypto business ties. This point remains unresolved in Senate negotiations, with only weeks of floor time left to get the bill to a vote.
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