Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover Strategy signaling that it may sell bitcoin to cover STRC dividends, 21Shares listing a Strategy-linked ETN in London, oil market whiplash around Iran headlines, North Korea hack victims escalating their recovery fight, and Kraken partnering with MoneyGram. This episode also gets into bitcoin technology, bitcoin regulation, mining, DeFi exploits, and the usual financial news circus tent. 

Topics for today: 

•  Strategy may sell bitcoin for STRC dividends 
•  21Shares lists Strategy-linked STRC ETN in London 
•  Oil shorts, Iran headlines, and market whiplash 
•  Crypto enforcement tied to North Korea hack victims 
•  Kraken partners with MoneyGram 
•  Bitcoin Core patches a high-severity memory bug 
•  Colombia’s president pushes bitcoin mining on the Caribbean coast 
•  Law enforcement freezes $41 million tied to alleged crypto Ponzi activity 
•  Wrapped Bitcoin drained from Ekubo in an approval-based exploit 

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Today's Articles:

 
Today’s links covering bitcoin news, economic news, regulation, markets, mining, and another reminder that DeFi approvals remain a spicy little footgun:
 
https://www.theblock.co/post/400145/strategy-sell-bitcoin-michael-saylor

https://www.theblock.co/post/400207/21shares-lists-strategy-linked-strc-etn-london-stock-exchange-expands-uk-footprint

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2052016279746195616

https://www.tradingview.com/news/stocktwits:cabd34616094b:0/

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/05/06/north-korea-terror-victims-escalate-fight-to-seize-usd71-million-from-aave-hack

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/kraken-partners-with-moneygram

https://www.theblock.co/post/400203/bitcoin-core-quietly-patched-high-severity-memory-bug-months-before-public-disclosure-but-many-nodes-may-still-run-affected-software

https://cointelegraph.com/news/colombia-president-says-bitcoin-mining-could-transform-its-caribbean-coast

https://cointelegraph.com/news/law-enforcement-freezes-millions-connected-to-crypto-ponzi-collapse