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Michael Saylor Seeks to Restart MicroStrategy’s Financing Engine; Daily Preferred Stock Dividend Proposal Poised to Pass

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According to Bloomberg, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is looking to adjust the dividend structure of the company’s preferred stock, proposing to shift dividend payments for billions of dollars in preferred securities from semi-monthly or quarterly to daily. These securities carry an annualized yield of up to 12%. Saylor said the move would help boost liquidity and market efficiency. Previously, Strategy raised funds primarily by selling common stock to buy Bitcoin, but as the premium of common shares relative to its Bitcoin holdings vanished, the company turned to issuing perpetual preferred shares that do not dilute common shareholders’ equity. Such securities have no fixed repayment date, offering Strategy a new financing source. Strategy currently has over $14 billion in preferred shares outstanding. Though the firm has repurchased more than $1 billion in floating-rate preferred shares (STRC), it has not been able to issue new STRC since May. Analysts note that increasing dividend frequency mainly reduces dividend-related volatility, but cannot eliminate credit and Bitcoin price risks, nor will it necessarily improve market liquidity. The shareholder vote on the proposal will conclude on October 28. Given Saylor’s status as Strategy’s major shareholder, the proposal is expected to pass.

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Abracadabra proposes an orderly shutdown of MIM and its protocol, with MIM’s effective collateralization rate below 4%.

According to the governance page of Abracadabra, the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform behind the MIM stablecoin, the community has proposed a plan to orderly shut down the MIM stablecoin and the Abracadabra protocol. The proposal states that following a series of attacks, MIM is currently undercollateralized with no feasible path to restore its peg, so the protocol will gradually liquidate and distribute remaining assets. Total collateral backing MIM debt is approximately $1.2 million, of which around $300,000 sits in the Arbitrum WETH Cauldron, leaving roughly $900,000 in usable collateral for repaying MIM. Meanwhile, circulating MIM not held in protocol addresses is nearly $22 million, translating to about $21 million in bad debt for the protocol, with MIM’s effective collateral ratio below 4%. Under the proposal, the protocol will extract collateral from all cauldrons, convert it to ETH, and distribute it proportionally via the Merkl contract to borrowers and MIM holders. Borrowers will receive the value of their deposited collateral minus their MIM debt; MIM holders will share the remaining assets based on their MIM balance at the snapshot, with an estimated ~$0.04 per MIM. Additionally, the proposal notes that LayerZero V1 relays were recently deprecated, requiring fund withdrawals by December 15, putting approximately $1 million in collateral in the Stargate USDC and USDT Cauldrons at risk. The plan calls for taking snapshots of MIM balances and Cauldron/DegenBox positions after October 15, 2026; after collateral conversion, the Merkl contract will be deployed and redemptions opened. The governance vote ends on October 1, with current "yes" votes accounting for 99.48%.

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Two addresses converted WBTC worth approximately $4.26 million into 25,502 AAVE today.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, two wallet addresses today swapped 50.95 WBTC (worth approximately $4.26 million) for 25,502 AAVE.

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Citigroup raises South Korea's economic growth forecast, with the chip boom expected to underpin the expansion through 2028.

Citigroup economist Kim Jin-wook said that despite a temporary slowdown in industrial production in August, South Korea’s economic growth is projected to outpace earlier forecasts. He noted that auto production was temporarily disrupted in August due to labor strikes and summer holidays, but the sector has recovered in September. Kim Jin-wook raised South Korea’s 2026 GDP growth forecast by 0.1 percentage points to 3.8%, and lifted the 2027 forecast by 0.2 percentage points to 3.3%. He attributed the upward revisions primarily to the recovery of the auto sector and robust overall manufacturing performance driven by the semiconductor industry boom. Citigroup forecasts that South Korea’s economic expansion, fueled by the chip industry, will persist through 2028. (Source: Jin10)

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Hyperliquid Co-founder: Private Markets Hold 'Huge Opportunities', Global Price Discovery Has Social Value

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan stated during Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that private markets currently constrained by access limits hold "huge opportunities". Yan noted that enabling global market participants to conduct price discovery for these assets will ultimately prove valuable for society. He added that Hyperliquid is exploring broader financial market opportunities. The platform has gradually expanded its tradable asset range step by step, venturing into areas such as prediction markets and options.

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DeFi protocol Sentora has submitted an ARFC proposal to operate an independently curated lending market on Aave V4.

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Whales Swap $4.26M in $WBTC for 25,502 $AAVE

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