Digital assets need regulatory frameworks that can keep pace with innovation. @USRepMikeFlood explains why the state-regulated insurance model is well positioned to do just that. Fixing Crypto's Insurance Gap panel with Joseph Ziolkowski, moderated by our own @BirdnalsLAW. Full Session:

Digital Credit is entering the institutional mainstream. $STRC is now the largest holding in three leading U.S. preferred stock ETFs, with $756 million held across BlackRock’s $PFF, Virtus InfraCap’s $PFFA, and VanEck’s $PFXF.

Digital Dollars, Not Stablecoins? @HaddockBeth expects the language itself to keep moving. "Digital dollars," "digital currencies," "payment stablecoins": the vocabulary will fragment further, and each new term will redraw a regulatory boundary. The likely end state, in her view, is a stack of products sorted by use case: one kind of coin for treasury and cash management, another for payments, another for collecting loyalty points or rewards. Read more at

Digital Foundry has criticized Activision’s new Call of Duty: Black Ops port for PS4 and PS5, saying it doesn’t make good use of the PS5’s hardware. The PS5 version runs at 1080p at 60 FPS, still has no anti-aliasing, and doesn’t include the visual improvements many players expected from a native PS5 release. “A 1080p60 presentation would be potentially acceptable for the PS4 version… but for a brand new PS5 conversion, it’s disappointingly poor and well below what the hardware is capable of.” The team also called the port “a deeply odd state of affairs,” saying it’s surprising that so few improvements were made for modern hardware.

Digital credit is only a year old, which makes clear explanations & institutional risk framing essential. @NateGeraci asked the tough questions on digital credit, $SATA, $ASST, the $BTC drawdown & more. My full conversation on @CryptoPrimePod. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro: Matt Cole on Strive and SATA 01:09 Strive’s shift into structured finance 02:44 ASST vs. SATA: amplified Bitcoin exposure vs. digital credit 07:28 What SATA is and how the preferred equity works 10:12 Why Strive calls SATA “digital credit” 13:32 Credit risk, Bitcoin drawdowns, and Strive’s reserves 17:46 Bitcoin return scenarios and SATA dividend sustainability 20:25 Bitcoin as collateral vs. cash-flowing assets 25:08 Does a 13% dividend mean higher risk? 29:47 How digital credit should be marketed 34:30 SATA vs. Strategy’s Stretch 36:25 Strategy, Michael Saylor, and Bitcoin’s market narrative 41:04 Why Bitcoin has drawn down 43:02 AI, IPOs, and capital flowing away from Bitcoin 43:44 OG Bitcoin holder selling pressure 47:20 What could bring Bitcoin momentum back 50:43 Closing thoughts