Bitcoin News

Michael Saylor has reignited speculation about another Bitcoin purchase after sharing a chart that investors often associate with upcoming Strategy acquisition announcements. The renewed attention comes shortly after Strategy disclosed its first Bitcoin sale since 2022 and temporarily paused further accumulation while repurchasing debt. CEO Phong Le reaffirmed that the company’s objective remains increasing both […]

A New York judge has paused a lawsuit seeking ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets holding an estimated 3.8 million BTC. The plaintiffs are attempting to use New York’s lost-property laws to claim inactive wallets, a legal theory not previously applied to blockchain assets. Attorney Ian R. Cohen argues the law was designed for tangible […]

Bitcoin’s slide below Strategy’s average acquisition cost of US$75,699 pushed the firm’s 843,706-BTC position to an unrealised loss of roughly US$11.2 billion.  Strategy’s preferred stock fell below its target value and MSTR shares slipped about 1.5% in pre-market trading, extending a weekly decline of around 14%. Executive chairman Michael Saylor framed the drawdown as a […]

Bitcoin fell below US$67,000 (AU$93,800) on June 2 in its steepest one-day drop since February 5, pushing short-term holders to realise losses at their fastest pace since early February. On-chain data showed short-term holders sending 16,400 BTC to Binance at a loss and mid-sized investors moving 8,400 BTC onto the exchange, the heaviest inflows in […]

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick argued that Strategy’s sale of 32 Bitcoin, disclosed June 1, may mark the start of a stretch of ETH outperforming BTC. Kendrick expects the ETH-BTC ratio to rise to 0.04 by the end of 2026 from about 0.028, implying Ethereum could outperform Bitcoin by more than 40% whether prices rise […]

Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy, sold 32 BTC for about US$2.5 million at an average of roughly US$77,135 between May 26 and 31, its first Bitcoin sale since December 2022. The timing upended a Polymarket market on whether Strategy would sell BTC by May 31; the trade cleared before the deadline yet was […]

Bitcoin dropped about 3% in 24 hours to US$72,739 (AU$101,107) on May 28, hitting a six-week low of US$72,669 (AU$101,010) and sitting roughly 42% below its US$126,080 (AU$175,251) all-time high. Prediction market Myriad showed 27% odds that Bitcoin closes May below US$70,000, up about 240% in 24 hours; Polymarket’s equivalent market priced the same outcome […]