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Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy5/1/25

Strategy’s earnings miss the mark but it’s still having a great day

Bitcoin’s buying machine Strategy reported first-quarter earnings today, the second one since its rebranding, and missed both revenue and earnings per share estimates.

The company’s legacy software business (remember, it used to have an actual business before becoming a bitcoin holding company) reported Q1 revenue of $111.1 million, below the consensus estimate of $116.3 million. This represents a 3.6% decrease year over year, compared to the first quarter of 2024. Strategy also reported a net loss of $16.49 earnings per share — far, far worse than analysts’ expectations, which expected a loss of just $0.02 a share.

That said, with each day, Strategy is further and further from what it used to be and more known for what it is: a stockpiler that now holds 553,555 bitcoin. Strategy announced a bitcoin yield of 13.7% and bitcoin gain of $5.8 billion year to date, representing 58% of its annual target, “demonstrating the effectiveness of our bitcoin strategy,” CFO Andrew Kang said in the release.

“With the strong momentum in the market and our successful execution of our treasury operations thus far this year, we are increasing our 2025 ‘BTC Yield’ target to 25% and our 2025 ‘BTC $ Gain’ target to $15 billion,” he added.

The company also announced a new $21 billion at-the-market (ATM) common stock equity offering.

The stock jumped earlier in the day to a year-to-date intraday high of $403. Shares dipped initially upon the earnings news but are back in the green in the after-hours market.

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Solana rises amid crypto rally after “breakout month” for solana stablecoins

Stablecoin transaction volume on solana climbed to a record $650 billion last month, more than double the network’s previous record. It also saw the highest volume of any blockchain last month, according to a Wednesday note published by Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl.

“Stablecoins are one of the megatrends driving adoption of blockchain technology, and Solana is well positioned to compete in this category,” Pandl wrote.

The research note comes as the supply of stablecoins on solana has jumped to $15.4 billion, a substantial leap since the start of 2025, when the figure sat at $5.1 billion, data from open-source analytics platform DefiLlama shows.

The price of solana has increased 7.3% in the last 24 hours to return above the $90 level, outpacing bitcoin, ethereum, and dogecoin, per CoinGecko.

International banking group Standard Chartered has predicted solana will grow to $250 by the end of 2026, pointing to a shift in activity from meme coins to solana-stablecoin pairs, aided by AI-driven micropayments.

Meanwhile, the prediction market-implied odds of solana sliding below $60 in 2026 stands at 68% on Wednesday morning, and on the bullish side, traders are pricing in a 48% chance the token will rise higher than $150 in the year.

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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Meanwhile, the prediction market-implied odds of solana sliding below $60 in 2026 stands at 68% on Wednesday morning, and on the bullish side, traders are pricing in a 48% chance the token will rise higher than $150 in the year.

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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Kraken receives approval for “master account” from the Kansas City Fed in first for crypto companies

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City approved a limited purpose account for Kraken Financial, making the exchange the first cryptocurrency company to gain access to the Fed’s payment infrastructure, according to a Wednesday report from The Wall Street Journal.

The approval “marks the convergence of crypto infrastructure and sovereign financial rails,” according to Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. With a Federal Reserve master account, Kraken can directly connect to core US payment systems used by traditional banks and credit unions, enabling faster and more efficient fiat movement for Kraken’s institutional clients.

Sethi continued, “This creates a uniquely resilient foundation. It gives us the ability to settle directly on Fedwire, reduce dependency on correspondent banks, and integrate regulated fiat liquidity directly into digital asset markets.”

The approval of a Fed master account comes as Kraken, which was founded in 2011, is preparing for an initial public offering.

Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid in a press release said the payments landscape is actively evolving. “Throughout this transformation, the integrity and stability of the U.S. payments system remain our priority,” Schmid said.

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