Myth One: Bitcoin Is Too Volatile For Retirement Savings

Kline argued the opposite is true.

Retirement accounts carry the longest investment horizon available, often 20 to 40 years, and that duration matches Bitcoin’s long-term appreciation cycle better than almost any other asset class. 

The tax-advantaged structure compounds the advantage further, allowing Bitcoin’s gains to grow either tax-free or tax-deferred depending on the account type.

Pompliano framed it as a duration matching problem.

Short-term volatility becomes noise when the holding period stretches across decades, and pairing a long-duration vehicle like a retirement account with a long-duration asset like Bitcoin…

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Debt Financing Weighs On Sentiment

Cipher Digital announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Stingray Compute LLC, priced a $810 million offering of 6% senior secured notes due 2031.

According to the announcement, the notes are priced at 99.750% of their principal amount in a private placement expected to close on June 15.

Cipher disclosed that it will provide a customary completion guarantee with respect to the Stingray Facility, under which it will fund the Issuer as necessary to ensure the timely completion of the Stingray Facility.

Tech And Crypto Weakness Add Pressure

Cipher’s slide is occurring alongside major market pullbacks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq is down 1.42%, while the S&P 500…

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The highly anticipated initial public offering of Elon Musk’s SpaceX is creating ripple effects far beyond the aerospace sector, potentially reshaping capital flows across ETFs as investors raise cash to participate in what could become the largest IPO in history.

• iShares Bitcoin Trust stock is trading at depressed levels. Where is IBIT stock headed?

SpaceX is expected to debut with a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion and has reportedly reserved as much as 30% of shares, or $22.5 billion worth of stock, for retail investors.

That unusually large retail allocation has fueled expectations that investors may sell other speculative assets, including cryptocurrencies and related…

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‘One Of The Best Bear Markets’

Speaking on CNBC Squawk Box on June 10, Pompliano said Bitcoin’s recent weakness continues to align with the four-year market cycle that has historically defined the cryptocurrency’s boom-and-bust periods.

BTC prices have seen a 23% drop over the past 30-day trading and more than 50% plunge from its October 2025 peak. This leads some investors to question whether the cycle framework remains intact.

Pompliano argues the opposite. “I think more and more people are convinced that that four-year cycle is a real thing,” he said.

Despite the sharp decline, Pompliano noted that Bitcoin has avoided the devastating 80%-plus collapses that characterized previous…

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Ripple launched an AI agent payment toolkit for the XRP Ledger on Wednesday as XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) ETFs pulled $7.44 million in net inflows on June 9.

Why Ripple Is Building Payment Rails For AI Agents On XRPL

“AI agents are no longer a future state,” Ripple said. “They’re already paying for compute, settling invoices, navigating policy constraints, and completing transactions without a human in the loop.” 

Ripple argued most existing payment rails were designed for humans to initiate and approve transactions, leaving autonomous systems without the speed and predictability they need.

The race to build agentic payment infrastructure is already underway. Robinhood launched an…

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETF net assets fell to $77.58 billion on Tuesday, the lowest level since the last presidential election, notwithstanding the most crypto-friendly regulatory environment in US history.

Every Post-Election Gain Is Gone Despite The Best Regulatory Climate Ever

Total net assets across all 11 US spot Bitcoin ETFs peaked at $169.54 billion in October 2025 and have since lost more than half that value. 

Cumulative net inflows since inception peaked at $62.77 billion in October 2025 and have since declined by nearly $9 billion to $53.77 billion, the lowest level since August last year.

The regulatory backdrop makes the exodus harder to explain on policy grounds alone. The SEC…

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Why The CLARITY Act Will Not Pass On July 4 – Benzinga

The White House certainly set a July 4, 2026 target for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. I think this deadline remains purely aspirational. The political calendar simply does not support such an aggressive timeline. A late-summer or early-autumn passage makes far more sense.

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Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) plunge around $61,000 has pushed on-chain valuation metrics into undervalued territory, though the asset remains more expensive than at prior cycle bottoms.

“Is BTC Cheap Yet?“

Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale wrote on June 9 that a range of on-chain indicators suggests Bitcoin is trading below its long-term fair value after falling to a new cycle low.

A composite valuation model combining three separate on-chain measures indicates Bitcoin is now undervalued relative to historical averages.

However, the signal is not as extreme as levels seen during major market capitulation events, including the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022.

According to…

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