PANews reported on November 23 that, according to CoinDesk, Bitmine Chairman and CEO Tom Lee stated in an interview with CBDC that due to the limited number of on-chain options, MSTR has become the preferred tool for cryptocurrency investors to manage risk. Institutional cryptocurrency investors used Strategy (MSTR) stock to hedge losses, causing the stock to fall by 43%.
Tom Lee believes that Strategy holds a large amount of Bitcoin (650,000 coins), with liquidity far exceeding that of BTC and ETH derivatives. Therefore, when crypto liquidity dries up and market makers suffer losses, institutions are unable to effectively hedge on-chain and can only short MSTR to hedge against losses in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Tom Lee also points out that the market mechanism of cryptocurrencies remains fragile, and Strategy's use as a hedging tool indicates a deeper structural problem.


The crypto exchange integrates Morpho lending into its app, letting USDC users tap DeFi yields of up to 10.8%. Coinbase is rolling out a new way for users to earn yields on their USDC holdings, marking one of the exchange’s first large-scale integrations with decentralized finance (DeFi) at a time of accelerating stablecoin adoption.The company announced Thursday that it is integrating the Morpho lending protocol, with vaults curated by DeFi advisory company Steakhouse Financial, directly into the Coinbase app. The move will allow users to lend USDC (USDC) without navigating third-party DeFi platforms or wallets.Coinbase already pays up to 4.5% APY in rewards for holding USDC on its platform. With the new DeFi lending option, however, users can tap into onchain markets and potentially earn yields of up to 10.8% as of Wednesday, according to Coinbase.Read more
