Strategy will be ‘less important’ in Bitcoin after STRC incident: Bitwise

Kwon Crash

Published Jul 3, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC

Source: CryptoSource
- Bitwise’s Matt Hougan just called out Strategy’s STRC offer for what it is: a financial hallucination. Pitching Bitcoin as a low-volatility, high-yield asset is like selling a meat wallet a life jacket made of vapor. BTC doesn’t do “stable”; it does “emotional damage.” Trying to force crypto into a traditional yield box is like trying to fit a hash manifest into a Chrome Syndicate debt ledger—it simply doesn’t compute. This isn’t professional solidarity with volatility; it’s a desperate attempt to sedate the market before the next relay window opens. If you’re buying into the idea that Bitcoin can be tamed by corporate structuring, you’re not investing; you’re donating. Keep your leverage low and your skepticism high, because the only thing stable here is the absurdity of the premise.