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One year after the collapse of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies, which wiped out up to 99% for early investors, the scheme has returned in a new guise. Recently, Triller Group announced it would become a "SpaceX treasury company," causing its market cap to surge. This follows the rebranding of another firm, LGHL, now targeting a token called HYPE. The original model, popularized by MicroStrategy (MSTR) and its "Bitcoin yield" narrative, saw companies trading at massive premiums to their underlying crypto holdings. However, most followers like TwentyOne, Metaplanet, and Nakamoto have crashed 80-95%+ from their peaks, erasing nearly all value for late investors. The author argues these structures have no fundamental reason to trade at premiums when low-fee Bitcoin ETFs or direct ownership exist. The cycle persists due to speculative demand driven by FOMO, gamification, and a belief the system is rigged, met by insiders and promoters who profit from the pump-and-dump dynamics. Drawing a parallel to the 1637 Tulip Mania, the piece concludes that such frenzies are not a bug but a recurring product of markets, where greater fools provide demand and insiders supply the schemes. Despite holding Bitcoin personally, the author condemns this specific packaging of assets into leveraged corporate vehicles marketed as innovation, a cycle seemingly unstoppable until a major crash.

"Tokenized Stocks: Three Types, Which One Fits You? For investors outside the US, buying stocks like SpaceX or Nvidia is difficult, requiring brokers, cross-border transfers, and often accredited investor status. Blockchain offers an alternative through tokenized stocks, a term encompassing three distinct products with vastly different ownership, voting, and profit rights. 1. **Full Real Ownership**: Companies like Superstate register native equity directly on-chain (e.g., Solana). Holders are on the official shareholder registry, with full voting rights, dividends, and legal ownership. This offers maximum rights but potentially less DeFi flexibility. 2. **SPV-Backed Tokens (Surrendered Ownership for DeFi Composability)**: Issuers like Backed (xStocks) and Ondo use offshore Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) to hold underlying shares 1:1 and issue tracking tokens. Investors get price exposure and dividends (reinvested as more tokens) but hold a claim on the SPV, not direct stock ownership. This enables use as collateral in DeFi protocols (Kamino, Morpho) and 24/7 minting/redemption, but carries SPV counterparty risk (highlighted by the PreStocks collapse). 3. **Perpetual Futures (Pure Price Speculation)**: Platforms like TradeXYZ (on Hyperliquid) and Ostium offer perpetual contracts. These are synthetic derivatives with no underlying stock ownership, using funding rates to track spot prices. They require only a price oracle, allowing extremely fast listing (e.g., SpaceX pre-IPO) and high leverage, attracting speculators. Their trading volume far exceeds tokenized spot products. The core value of tokens is that they don't need to replicate full stock ownership. Most retail investors never vote. Tokenization creates layered financial tools: full equity for institutions, composable tokens for DeFi users, and perpetuals for leveraged traders."

Tron achieved $1.96 trillion in stablecoin settlements in Q1 2026, driven by its role as a fast, low-cost network for real-world dollar transfers and remittances. Daily active users grew 16% recently to 4.4 million, reflecting strong engagement. However, new user growth and broader DeFi adoption remain challenges. While stablecoin liquidity supports network activity and capital retention, with TVL at $4.4 billion, usage in lending and smart contracts is limited. Tron's future growth depends on expanding beyond payments into a more diversified on-chain ecosystem.

Bitmine Increases Ethereum Holdings, Nears 5% Supply Target and Joins Russell 1000 Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) acquired an additional 27,084 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 5,700,040 ETH, which represents 4.7% of Ethereum's total supply. This puts the company at 94% of its goal to own 5% of ETH's circulating supply. Despite a challenging week where ETH price fell 8% and BMNR's stock dropped 13%, Bitmine continues its accumulation strategy, with Chairman Tom Lee attributing the market weakness to quarter-end "window dressing" by investors. In a significant development, Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 large-cap index on June 26. Lee expects this inclusion to attract hundreds of institutional investors, as passive funds and ETFs rebalance to match the index. The company's total assets, including crypto, cash, and securities, stand at $9.8 billion. Of its ETH holdings, 4,879,157 are currently staked, generating an estimated annualized revenue of $211 million. Lee projects this could rise to $246 million once all ETH is staked through its MAVAN network. Bitmine remains the world's largest corporate Ethereum treasury and the second-largest overall corporate crypto treasury, behind Strategy's substantial Bitcoin holdings. Lee reaffirmed the company's commitment to steady buying throughout 2026, expressing belief that the crypto market is still in the early stages of a spring cycle. At the time of writing, ETH was trading around $1,565, while BMNR stock was near $13.56, down over 90% from its 52-week high.

The recent discovery that two articles (published in 1940 and 1942) by Max Planck, the Nobel laureate and founder of quantum theory, are marked as "retracted" on Springer's digital platform highlights a curious clash between historical publishing practices and modern automated systems. An investigation suggests these retractions are algorithmic errors, not due to fraud or misconduct. The papers, philosophical reflections on science published in *Die Naturwissenschaften*, were likely flagged by the platform's systems. One article, a republished lecture, may have been mistaken for duplicate publication. Another, sharing a title with a prior article by a different author (a common practice for continuing debates at the time), may have triggered a similar automated check. The digital versions have even been replaced with blank pages, contrary to normal practice of preserving retracted texts. This incident underscores how contemporary digital infrastructure, built around concepts like "self-plagiarism" and strict copyright, can misclassify and obscure legitimate historical scholarly communication. It serves as a warning that digital archives are not neutral mirrors of the past but are filtered by platform rules, potentially distorting the scientific record. As AI systems increasingly rely on such databases, such erroneous metadata could propagate, affecting how future tools interpret and access historical knowledge.