CRYPTOSTORY 633· JUNE 18, 2026

Retail Is Sitting on $8.8 Billion of STRC, Which Bitcoin Magazine Calls Junk Credit in Disguise

Bitcoin Magazine has published a pointed critique of STRC, arguing that the instrument amounts to junk-grade credit risk dressed up in Bitcoin-adjacent branding — and that retail investors, not institutions,

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