Blockspace: IREN’s $2.3B Note Offering, STRC Comes to DeFi, KEEL’s Q1 2026 Earnings
IREN is planning a $2.3B convertible note offering to scale its AI line and DeFi degens are starting to trade STRC.
May 12, 2026
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Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, CEO of Lygos Finance, joins us to talk about the emerging trend of Strategy’s STRC derivatives in DeFi. We also break down IREN’s new $2.3B convertible notes offering, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe’s take on quantum computing threats and Project 11’s new research paper on the topic, KEEL’s Q1 2026 results, and why Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF saw zero outflows in its first month.
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