Strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, increased its bitcoin holdings by about 10 percent over the past three months to 843,775 BTC, while its dollar reserves rose 13 percent to $2.55 billion. Chief executive Phong Le said the year-to-date bitcoin strategy yield climbed to 7.8 percent from 3.7 percent. The update comes as the company faces criticism after selling some bitcoin to fund preferred dividends, raising questions about a shift away from an unconditional buy-and-hold approach.

The Korea Cable TV Broadcasting Association said 8 regional cable TV channels nationwide will begin community-focused election coverage ahead of the June 3 local elections. Operators plan formats including candidate pledges and voter views, short-form content, live links to campaign sites and multi-live broadcast comparisons. Several will air debates and speeches, including free airtime for local assembly candidates. Some will provide rapid vote counts using in-house systems and AI-based studios.