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Everyday investors chasing yield have been rattled by Strategy's preferred stock STRC. Drawn in by double-digit returns, many ordinary savers put real money into the Bitcoin-linked instrument, only to watch its value swing sharply downward. It's a reminder that high yield almost always means high risk, and crypto-adjacent products are no exception.
Meanwhile, the Ethereum Foundation is facing a quiet leadership crisis. Co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang has resigned, following the earlier departure of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak. Two top leaders gone in short succession raises real questions about the foundation's direction at a moment when Ethereum needs steady hands more than ever.
On the regulatory front, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled support for new stablecoin rules tied to the GENIUS Act, which would require crypto companies to screen customers holding stablecoins. But incoming Chair Kevin Warsh abstained from the vote, and that single abstention is already drawing scrutiny about where U.S. crypto policy is actually headed once leadership changes.
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