Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, took the Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2026 on Tuesday to argue that a nine-month-old preferred stock instrument has become the fastest-growing credit product in the world — and that its expansion is only getting started.

The keynote, framed around what Saylor calls digital credit, was a structured pitch for STRC, Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, which trades on Nasdaq near its $100 par value and pays an 11.5% annualized monthly dividend. 

He opened with a premise that set the tone for everything that followed: “The world is built on capital. The world runs on credit.”

For…

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The world’s premier Bitcoin conference is heading back to Music City. BTC Inc confirmed that Bitcoin 2027 will take place July 15-17, in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the event’s return to the city after two consecutive years in Las Vegas. The announcement came on the second day of Bitcoin 2026, which was held at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas.

Bitcoin 2024 — the last time the conference was held in Nashville — became one of the most storied gatherings in the event’s history, drawing an estimated 35,000 attendees, 444 speakers across six stages, and generating over 1.4 million livestream views over three days. 

“Vegas we love you, we miss…

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Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl used a Bitcoin industry stage in Las Vegas to defend a reserve strategy that mixes strict inflation control with measured exposure to digital assets.

 He described the bank’s move to add a small Bitcoin allocation as a way to raise expected returns without increasing overall portfolio risk.

Michl said that when he became governor in mid‑2022, inflation in the Czech Republic was near 20%. He told the audience that the central bank pledged to bring inflation back to 2% within two years and met that goal through discipline, not “magic.” 

He said money had been too cheap for too long, the currency had weakened, and there was too…

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David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, used a Tuesday morning session at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference to announce Grid Global Accounts, a product he described as a dollar account that works everywhere, backed by a new partnership with Visa that extends spending access across many countries worldwide.

Marcus opened by framing the problem at scale. Roughly 400 billion emails travel across the internet each day, and consumers rely on a handful of platforms like Gmail to manage that volume. The global payments system moves 10 billion transactions a day, yet lacks an equivalent universal layer, Marcus said.

Marcus said there is no form of payment that works everywhere without friction, and…

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Bitcoin 2026 speaker Alex Leishman used his Nakamoto Stage talk, titled “We’re Not Fixing Money to Build More Casinos,” to deliver a sharp warning that modern finance is drifting toward a gambling model and away from basic banking. 

Leishman, CEO of River, said the American dream feels out of reach for many people as housing costs rise, student debt lingers, and wages lag, and argued that this pressure helps explain why prediction markets and betting features are spreading through mainstream financial apps. 

In his view, a system that once promised stable savings now pushes people toward risk if they want a shot at financial freedom.

Leishman opened by describing a…

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Block’s Bitcoin Product Lead Miles Suter took the Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas Tuesday morning with a clear message: bitcoin must circulate, not just sit still. 

“If Bitcoin doesn’t function as peer-to-peer cash, it loses the quality that makes it transformational,” Suter said, framing Block’s entire product push around the idea that Satoshi built the network so “the entire world could operate on a freer, fairer financial system.”

The presentation came one day after Block rolled out a wave of bitcoin-focused product announcements on April 27, making it one of the most aggressive product offensives the company has staged at a single… Read more on BitcoinMagazine

Blockstream has introduced Jade Core, a new hardware wallet designed to expand access to Bitcoin self-custody through a simplified user experience. 

The device builds on the company’s existing Jade lineup and retains its open-source security model while targeting a broader base of users.

The launch reflects a shift in hardware wallet design as providers seek to reduce barriers tied to self-custody. Many existing solutions have focused on experienced users, with complex setup processes and technical requirements. 

Jade Core addresses this gap through guided onboarding and tighter integration with Blockstream’s mobile and desktop applications.

The device supports…

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Amboss has activated RailsX, a Lightning-native exchange layer that allows users to trade bitcoin against stablecoins without relinquishing custody, marking a shift in how dollar-denominated liquidity can move across Bitcoin infrastructure.

The launch introduces two trading pairs, USDT-L and USDC-L, issued by Speed Wallet, and opens them to peer-to-peer trading across the Lightning Network. Trades route through existing Lightning channels and settle atomically within seconds, with no centralized order book or intermediary holding user funds.

The release moves stablecoin functionality on Lightning beyond experimentation. While the concept of dollar-pegged assets on Bitcoin’s…

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