Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC$87,270.51, resumed purchases after boosting its US dollar reserves to $2.2 billion the prior week. The company acquired 1,229 bitcoin last week for $108.8 million, at an average price of $88,568 per coin, according to a filing released Monday morning. Total holdings increased to 672,497 BTC, […]
An overnight crash in the price of bitcoin combined with a difficult to digest capital raise to send Strategy (MSTR) shares tumbling 12.5% to their weakest level in nearly 15 months in U.S. morning trading on Monday. And yet, despite no bounce in the price of bitcoin BTC$86,378.70 — which remained near session lows of about […]
Analysts mapped a slow-grind path for bitcoin and flagged $112,000 as the trigger while gold advocate Peter Schiff revived the gold-versus-bitcoin debate by challenging Michael Saylor’s BTC treasury bet for his firm. CoinDesk Senior Analyst James van Straten said bitcoin’s market structure has shifted alongside gold’s repricing. He expects a slow, stair-step advance supported by […]
Crypto-related stocks tumbled on Tuesday in a broad-market crypto slide that brought bitcoin down to $113,000. Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate owner of BTC, closed the session 7.8% down at $336, at its weakest price since April 22. Ethereum treasury firms SharpLink Gaming (SBET) and BitMine (BMNR) lost 8%-9%, while Solana-focused accumulators DeFi Development (DFDV) […]
Digital asset treasury (DAT) firms, seen as high-beta plays on crypto prices, sold off sharply on Friday as the August crypto rally showed signs of exhaustion. Strategy (MSTR) fell another 3% on Friday, extending its decline to 20% since July’s high and 33% from the November 2024 all-time high. The MSTR/IBIT ratio dropped to 5.43, […]
MSTR, SMLR Lead Crypto Names Lower
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Crypto stocks suffered a red day on Friday, especially bitcoin treasury companies such as Strategy (MSTR) and Semler Scientific (SMLR) — each down roughly 6% even as bitcoin slipped only a bit more than 2%. Japan-listed Metaplanet is lower by 24%. The picture looks even worse when zooming out: changing hands at $376 early Friday […]