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What Is Bitcoin Treasury Company Credit Risk?
It seems like a long time ago now, but on August 11, 2020, Bitcoin became a treasury reserve asset for the first publicly traded company in the US. Very few, if any, of us knew who MSTR or Saylor was at the time, but nevertheless, the company made history by announcing the purchase of 21,454 Bitcoins for approximately $250 million. It was proof that Bitcoin had graduated from a pleb only asset class. Fast forward 6 years, and Bitcoin is still the same old blockchain and UTXOs, but MicroStrategy, now Strategy and all the carbon copies that followed have become something completely
Liquid Activates ELIP-203 Hard Fork
On June 1, 2026, Liquid Network successfully activated ELIP-203, a coordinated hard fork that removes a constraint from the Bitcoin sidechain that was part of its legacy launch, and is a sign that the chain is looking to expand its reach beyond being just another way to move Bitcoin off-chain. Lightning has already captured the majority of the microtransaction market, and barring a few spikes in block space bidding on the main chain, Liquid use has been pretty flat. On the positive side, this hard fork went ahead without any issues, which is great for Liquid users and confidence in the
What Is Agentic AQUA?
A1 Lab—a division of JAN3—recently launched Agentic AQUA, taking another step in merging the Bitcoin economy with artificial intelligence and its growing infrastructure and impact on global markets. Leveraging Agentic AQUA autonomous AI agents have access to a native Bitcoin wallet, enabling them to send, receive, and manage funds entirely through natural language commands. Agentic AQUA focuses on removing an infrastructure problem: until now, AI agents have been locked out of the Bitcoin ecosystem and, to some extent, global markets. They can code, research, design, and even navigate the internet autonomously, but they cannot conduct transactions. The online payment systems