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According to BBX data, ahead of the FOMC meeting yesterday and under the dual catalyst of the US-Iran agreement, the sentiment for cryptocurrency concept stocks has significantly warmed up. The core dynamics are as follows:Strategy, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MSTR) rose 3.18% to $123.97 on June 15, marking one of several days of recovery; Bitcoin rose to about $64,000 during the same period, but there remains about a 15% discount compared to the company's average price of $75,680 for 843,738 BTC. The company's most important balance sheet action recently came from the SEC 8-K on May 25: repurchasing $1.5 billion in face value convertible bonds maturing in 2029 for about $1.38 billion in cash (completed at about an 8% discount to face value), reducing the convertible bond stock from $8.2 billion to $6.7 billion, generating a BTC Yield of 0.7% and a BTC Gain of about 4,391 BTC; as of May 25, USD reserves were $871 million, and the company stated it would "supplement reserves over time based on market conditions"; since the beginning of 2026, the cumulative BTC Yield is 13.3%. Phong Le (CEO): This transaction "reflects the discipline of using comprehensive capital management tools in debt management"; Saylor previously stated that Strategy still had assets covering all debts when BTC fell to $8,000, implying resilience in extreme scenarios.Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) was listed by CoinGape in a June 15 research report as one of the "three cryptocurrency concept stocks to watch" ahead of this week's FOMC (the other two being $MSTR and $BMNR); currently, BTC is about $64,000 and ETH is about $1,660, with the market pricing a 97.4% probability of no interest rate hike at the FOMC on June 17 (2.6% for a rate cut, 0% for a rate hike); the significant US-Iran agreement (over the weekend of June 14-15) has driven a comprehensive rebound in risk assets, with a sharp drop in oil prices easing inflationary pressures, providing additional support for the recovery of sentiment in the cryptocurrency market—if the FOMC dot plot does not show unexpectedly hawkish signals, Coinbase's prediction market and institutional custody business are expected to benefit from the dual improvement in trading volume and asset scale brought about by the recovery of BTC trends.

Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited announced the first issuance of HKD 12 billion public digital bonds, including three tranches: HKD 6 billion for a two-year term, HKD 2.5 billion for a five-year term, and RMB 3 billion for a three-year term. Among these, the five-year HKD bond is the longest maturity digital bond ever issued.It is reported that this issuance transaction is the largest digital bond issuance globally to date, and the Mortgage Corporation has also become the first public institution in Hong Kong to issue digital bonds. The bonds will be generated on a distributed ledger technology platform operated by the Central Clearing and Settlement System for debt instruments, which also serves as the settlement and delivery system for the digital bonds.

According to the Korea Economic Daily, the National Bank of Korea successfully issued $100 million in blockchain digital bonds, marking the first instance in the country's banking sector. The bonds were issued through HSBC's digital asset platform Orion and will subsequently connect to the clearing and settlement system of the central depository and settlement institution under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.The National Bank of Korea will also utilize the digital bond subsidy program from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to reduce some of the issuance costs. The bank stated that this issuance is part of KB Financial Group's "transformation and expansion" strategy, and following the completion of the technology validation for Korean won stablecoin payment settlement, it is accelerating the advancement of digital financial transformation.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced today the establishment of a Tokenized Bond Expert Group, bringing together industry representatives with relevant experience and a focus on the development of the tokenized bond market in Hong Kong, to further promote the application and expansion potential of tokenized bonds in Hong Kong.The members of the expert group include representatives from industry associations, financial institutions, legal advisory firms, as well as financial infrastructure and technology providers. Building on the progress made by the Monetary Authority in various tokenized bond-related initiatives to date, the expert group will jointly explore policy measures, market practices, and innovative solutions.

According to Jinshi reports, due to signs of a deadlock in peace negotiations between the United States and Iran, U.S. Treasury prices fell, leading to a rise in yields in the U.S. Treasury market, which amounts to $31 trillion. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose by about 6 basis points, reaching nearly 4.5%, while the yield on the 2-year Treasury also increased by about 6 basis points, reaching 4.07%. Traders raised their expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike, with the swap market indicating that traders have fully priced in one rate hike by March 2027, and believe there is a 50% chance of a hike as early as October.

According to Gate market data, U.S. Treasury bonds continue to rise, and the U.S. dollar index DXY has fallen to an intraday low, currently reported at 98.8.

According to BBX data, yesterday (May 26), the largest publicly traded company holding Ethereum announced the latest SEC filing, with Strive's weekly increase of 1,109 coins maintaining a steady pace, and the SATA financing flywheel continuing to operate. The core dynamics are as follows:Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: $BMNR) submitted Form 8-K to the SEC on May 26, disclosing that as of that date, the company's ETH holdings reached 5.39 million coins (accounting for 4.47% of the total ETH circulation, with a target of 5%, currently completed 89%), with a total of approximately $12.3 billion in combined crypto assets, cash, and strategic equity investments; among which 4,712,917 ETH has been staked (valued at approximately $10.1 billion at $2,134 per coin), with a 7-day staking annualized yield of 2.75%, and an estimated annualized income of approximately $276 million based on full staking; the company's self-operated validation node platform MAVAN has also opened staking services to external institutions. Chairman Tom Lee pointed out in a statement that if the ETH closing price in May is above $2,100, it will be the first time there has been a positive monthly close for three consecutive months, "which has never happened in a crypto bear market." The average daily trading volume of $BMNR over the past 5 days is approximately $572 million, making it the 193rd most actively traded stock in the U.S.Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) disclosed in its 8-K on May 26 the asset changes from May 18-22: BTC holdings increased from 15,391 coins to 16,500 coins (a net increase of 1,109 coins), cash increased from $87.3M to $93.3M (+$6M), and STRC holdings increased from $49.8M to $50.1M; during the same period, Class A common stock increased by approximately 2.23 million shares (conversion of SATA preferred stock), and the total amount of SATA preferred stock increased by approximately 515,000 shares. Strive uses the issuance of SATA preferred stock as its main financing tool, continuing the systematic accumulation of BTC; the BTC yield from 2026 to date is approximately 18.4% (as of May 19).

a16z crypto pointed out that not all tokenized assets are fully utilized on-chain. Bonds are currently the largest category of tokenized assets, with a market value of $15.2 billion, but only about 5% of the supply is used for DeFi; precious metals are similar, having been tokenized but mostly idle.In contrast, smaller categories perform differently: reinsurance tokens have 84% of their supply deployed in DeFi, while private credit stands at 33%. a16z believes this makes sense, as the categories with the highest DeFi usage were built for DeFi from the start, such as Nexus Mutual and Maple Finance.a16z noted that many practices currently referred to as tokenization are actually closer to digitization, meaning that records are moved onto the blockchain but do not unlock more new features, while one of the core value propositions of on-chain financial systems is composability.

Michael Saylor posted: "This week we bought bonds, not Bitcoin. ₿itVac is charging."

According to CoinDesk, Mark Connors, Chief Investment Officer of Risk Dimensions and former Head of Global Portfolio Management at Credit Suisse, stated that Bitcoin's previous underperformance against the S&P 500 index, which lasted for 142 days, ended in early May, marking the longest duration in history. It has now entered a new phase of outperformance.

According to Jinshi reports, the probability of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike has surged to 52%. Currently, the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds has surpassed 5%, and the market no longer needs to wait for the Federal Reserve's statement, as it has already reflected the expectations of a rate hike. Analysts point out that the trends of gold and U.S. stocks will be affected, and investors need to pay attention to related market dynamics.

According to the disclosure on the Strategy official website (Form 8-K, May 15), Strategy announced plans to repurchase $1.5 billion of convertible bonds maturing in 2029.At the same time, the company opened voting on the STRC semi-monthly dividend amendment to STRC and MSTR holders.

The yield on the UK 10-year government bond rose to 5.133%, the highest since 2008, increasing by 14 basis points during the day.

According to documents from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, President Trump purchased shares of the Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings ($MARA) between January and March 2026. Additionally, a report from Reuters indicates that the same batch of disclosure documents shows Trump conducted 175 financial transactions in March, purchasing at least $51 million in bonds, with the total value of transactions in that month reaching approximately $161 million.

According to the Nikkei, several major banks and securities companies in Japan plan to issue Japanese government bonds in the form of digital securities and manage them on the blockchain by 2026, enabling 24/7 trading of government bonds.Relevant institutions will introduce yen-denominated stablecoins that can circulate on the blockchain for fund settlement, aiming to reduce settlement costs, accelerate delivery speed, and enhance the efficiency of institutional investors' fund usage. The digital government bond scheme will allow government bonds to circulate outside traditional market trading hours, with relevant infrastructure and system design being jointly promoted by financial institutions.

According to Bloomberg, a project by Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 Corp is issuing investment-grade secured bonds to fund its data center construction associated with Google (Alphabet Inc.).The bonds have a maturity date of 2042, with an initial price guidance of approximately 2.13 percentage points above the benchmark yield. Previous reports indicated that the project plans to issue at least $3 billion in high-grade bonds for the construction of a 245-megawatt facility located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. The issuance is being managed by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley.The 600,000 square foot project will generate revenue through a 15-year lease agreement worth approximately $7 billion signed with cloud computing startup Fluidstack, with Google providing financial backing for the lease payments and other obligations. A subsidiary of Entergy Corp. will supply power to the project under a service agreement.Hut 8 is a publicly traded Bitcoin mining company that is transforming into an energy and digital infrastructure company and holds a controlling interest in a U.S. Bitcoin company (associated with Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.).

Japan's Bitcoin financial company Metaplanet announced the issuance of zero-interest ordinary bonds worth 8 billion yen for further purchases of Bitcoin.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Treasury repurchased $15 billion of issued government bonds, setting a record for the largest scale of government bond repurchases in U.S. history.