Bitcoin’s ‘digital credit’ yield trade breaks below par as margin calls hit $10 billion market
STRC and SATA's first major selloff showed how quickly that trade can crack under margin pressure.
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Bitcoin’s ‘digital credit’ yield trade breaks below par as margin calls hit $10 billion market. Strategy’s STRC and SATA’s first major sell-off showed how quickly the trade can crack under margin pressure, with STRC’s plunge forcing investors to ask whether Michael Saylor can defend Strategy’s high-yield dividend machine without selling Bitcoin, diluting shareholders, or undermining confidence in the structure.
The rout comes as issuers press into packaged Bitcoin income. Franklin Templeton has proposed ETFs that would convert U.S. companies’ stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure, extending a race BlackRock helped start, while on-chain activity has risen to its highest level since 2024 even though prices and fees remain largely unchanged.
The global crypto market cap is $2.2 trillion, with a 24-hour volume of $49.89 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $63,937.72, and BTC market dominance is 58.4%. The price of Ethereum is $1,731.44, and ETH market dominance is 9.5%. The best-performing sector is Virtual Reality, which gained 13%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently Extreme Fear (23).
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