Odaily Planet Daily reports that Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor confirmed that the Stretch Dividend Rate of the company's Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock STRC will remain at 12.00% in August 2026. STRC was launched in July 2025 with an initial rate of 9%, which increased for seven consecutive months thereafter. STRC's dividend adjustment mechanism involves a 0.5% increase in dividends when its trading price falls below $95, and this increase is irreversible once the price recovers. Strategy resets this rate monthly to push the STRC price closer to its $100 par value and raises funds for Bitcoin purchases through an ATM program. STRC closed at $89.46 on July 31, down from the previous close of $89.50, approximately 10% to 11% below its $100 par value. The stock hit a low of $71.25 in June and has not returned to par value since mid-May. Strategy has suspended the issuance of new STRCs through its ATM program, limiting its ability to use this funding channel to increase its Bitcoin holdings. The company holds a liquidity buffer covering approximately 26 months of dividend and interest obligations and in late June authorized a $2 billion preferred and common stock buyback and Bitcoin monetization program through the Digital Credit Capital Framework.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Fred Thiel, CEO of MARA, one of the world's largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, stated in an interview with Natalie Brunell on July 23 that Bitcoin's opportunity as a medium of payment and exchange has passed. For business scenarios requiring thousands of transactions per second and low profit margins per transaction, even slight fluctuations in Bitcoin's price can alter the actual value received. Therefore, commercial applications of cryptocurrencies in fields such as AI are more likely to be realized through stablecoins. However, Bitcoin remains suitable as a store of value that is decentralized and can be rapidly transferred.

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $111.71 million, with $107.42 million from long positions, with $4.29 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $22.68 million, ETH liquidation $64.24 million.

According to Bitcoin News, Galaxy has identified a third wave of ColdCard attacks, with estimated losses exceeding $88 million. Users still holding funds in any ColdCard model issued after 2020 are advised to immediately transfer their BTC.

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $24.23 million, with $21.69 million from long positions, with $2.54 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $7.21 million, ETH liquidation $4.61 million.