ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In the latest CF Benchmarks live X Space, recorded June 25, 2026, Head of Research Gabe Selby is joined by a deep bench from across CF Benchmarks and Kraken: CEO Sui Chung, Head of Sales Peter Stern, Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, and Kraken Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo. The team is joined by special guest James Seyffart, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, with a drop-in from Bitwise Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen.
With Bitcoin more than 50% off its all-time high, the panel takes on the question that's all over the headlines: is Strategy breaking the Bitcoin market? The conversation works through Strategy's preferred-share stress, its cash runway, an ETF holder base now underwater for the first time this cycle, the capital rotation into AI and the DRAM trade, and a hotter-than-expected May PCE print, before closing on what they're watching in the coming weeks.
Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Welcome
03:58 – Is Strategy the Single Biggest Driver of Bitcoin?
06:36 – Dividend Cut or Sell Bitcoin? Pricing the Digital Credit Premium
10:57 – Reflexivity vs Past Cycles: The DAT & ETF Twin Poles
17:16 – ETF Holders Underwater followed by $10B in Outflows
18:30 – What Institutions Are Actually Saying During the Drawdown
23:35 – The Long-Term Bull Case for Crypto
27:36 – Tokenized Equities Overtake Memecoins on Solana
29:00 – The XRP ETF Demand
31:45 – Tracking the 13Fs: Who Currently Owns These ETFs?
33:28 – How Big a Deal Is a Billion-Dollar ETF Launch?
35:38 – Why Index Funds Win Over the Long Term
41:23 – The Elephant in the Room: AI & the DRAM ETF Story
47:44 – Making the Bull Case: Real Incomes & Peak Inflation
50:47 – The Week Ahead: What We're Watching
