News Block: Bond Markets Crash, Pro-Bitcoin Fed Chair Takes Over, Strategy Wipes Out $1.5B in Debt, and Strive Pays Daily Dividends

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• Strategy wipes $1.5 billion in debt off its books, moves to pay semi-monthly dividends for STRC
• Strive becomes the first stock in U.S. history to pay daily dividends
• New Fed Chair calls Bitcoin "the new gold" for anyone under 40
• Senator Lummis makes the most powerful case for Bitcoin ever heard in the Senate

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Strategy to Repurchase $1.5 Billion of Convertible Bonds Using Cash or BTC Sales
• Strategy to Retire $1.5 Billion in Convertible Notes, May Sell Bitcoin to Fund Buyback
• S&P Global: Strategy Inc Assigned 'B-' Issuer Credit Rating; Outlook Stable
• Strive's SATA to Become First U.S.-Listed Security to Pay Daily Cash Dividends
• Strive Shares Jump on 'Daily Dividend Company' Strategy as Firm Goes Debt-Free
• Treasury Yields Hit a 12-Month High; Bitcoin Still Stuck Below Its 200-Day Average
• Bond Traders See Tipping Point Toward a New Era of Higher Yields
• Treasuries Lead Global Bond Yields Higher on Inflation Angst
• G-7 to Discuss Bond Selloff Sending Yields to Multi-Decade Highs
• Mounting Inflation Pressures Deepen Global Bond Slide
• Senate Confirms Bitcoin-Friendly Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair
• Senate Confirms Warsh to Lead Fed as Trump Tests Its Autonomy
• Kevin Warsh Wins Senate Confirmation as the Next Fed Chair
• Kevin Warsh Comes Into the Fed Facing a Big Family Fight Over Cutting Interest Rates
• Senate Confirms Trump's Federal Reserve Chair Pick Kevin Warsh
• "If You're Under 40, Bitcoin Is Your New Gold" — Kevin Warsh
• Everything Kevin Warsh Thinks About Bitcoin
• River: "The Most Pro-Bitcoin Fed in History"
• Senate Banking Committee Advances Landmark Crypto Market Structure Bill
• CLARITY Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee on Its Way to a Final Test in Congress
• Crypto Industry Cheers CLARITY Act Progress as Ethics Questions Linger

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