Strategy's Preferred Stock Meltdown and Japan's Rate Hike Test

This episode of Chain Reaction dives into Strategy's STRC preferred stock plunging seventeen percent below par amid margin calls and cash reserve concerns, while Bitcoin holds near sixty-four thousand dollars despite Japan's highest interest rate in three decades. We examine the ten billion dollar Bitcoin-backed yield market under stress, one of Ethereum's biggest MEV bots losing seven point five million dollars in an ironic exploit, and Morgan Stanley's ultra-low fee Ethereum and Solana ETF filings challenging competitors. Plus, we cover Texas Governor Abbott's directive to shift AI data center infrastructure costs away from residential customers, and Kraken's announcement of the first CFTC-regulated crypto perpetual futures for US traders.