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Bitcoin dropped to its lowest level in nearly two months.

Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy, has spent years urging his social-media followers to never sell bitcoin. “Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the bitcoin,” he urged early last year. Now his bitcoin-hoarding firm has decided to sell some of its holdings to stay solvent.

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Anthropic has filed for an IPO and Strategy finally sold bitcoin for the first time since 2022.

Michael Saylor just backtracked from his "never sell your Bitcoin" stance, and the markets noticed. On May 31, Saylor made his famous "orange dot" post on X, which usually shows up right before announcing a new Bitcoin (BTC) purchase. He wrote, "Working ₿etter." But barely 24 hours later, a filing ...

The bitcoin-hoarding firm says it sold the cryptocurrency to fund distributions on its preferred stock.

Michael Saylor had one message about Bitcoin: never sell. He turned Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, into the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the public markets. Now that message just cracked. Between May 26 and May 31, Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin for roughly $2.5 million, ...

Strategy, the bitcoin accumulation firm founded by Michael Saylor, said Monday that it sold 32 bitcoin last week for roughly $2.5 million, according to a regulatory filing. It was the company's first sale of the cryptocurrency since 2022. The company said it expects to use proceeds from the bitcoin sale to fund distributions on its preferred stock.

Strategy (MSTR) sold some bitcoin for the first time ever, the company revealed in a Monday filing, just a week after founder Michael Saylor had used the "hodl" — hold on for dear life — phrase, which is the crypto community's never-sell mantra. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), which tracks the bitcoin price, fell to a seven week low,...

Crypto companies whose business model is to stock up on crypto tokens are turning to a novel type of risky equity product, as they seek to tap...

Strategy and its executive chairman, Michael Saylor's "never sell" stance, had become almost gospel in the Bitcoin (BTC) community. But on May 5, he dropped a bombshell that the company is considering selling Bitcoin. Now, a few weeks later, the company made a major Bitcoin move, hinting ...

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) CEO Phong Le pointed out the differing strategies between traders and long-term investors on Thursday, responding to Mark Cuban's recent decision to sell his Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Jumping To The ‘Next Thing’ During a Fox Business interview, Le was asked about the billionaire investor’s move, which surprised many in the cryptocurrency community. After all, Cuban is the same person who once aggressively endorsed Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation, only to sell “most”

Elon Musk could become one of the world’s top five corporate owners of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) should his comp...

Strategy revealed on Tuesday that it retired $1.5 billion in convertible debt last week by paying out $1.38 billion in cash on its balance sheet to bondholders. The company touted the move as strengthening its credit profile and raising the bitcoin per share ratio for holders of MSTR common stock. In reality, the increase in bitcoin per share was only theoretical.

Bitcoin dropped roughly 2% on Wednesday to hover near $75,500 per token.

More diversified companies are expected to adopt Bitcoin as part of treasury diversification and fiat currency hedging strategies, Grayscale’s Head of Research says.

Wall Street’s technology stocks looked set to lead markets higher again on Wednesday as investors piled further into the artificial intelligence trade and global equity benchmarks hit fresh record highs. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.6% ahead of the opening bell, while contracts for...

For four years, Michael Saylor's message to the crypto world was the same, buy Bitcoin (BTC), accumulate, but never sell. Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the company he chairs, built one of the most aggressive corporate Bitcoin treasuries in history on that single creed. But in the past two ...

During Strategy's (NASDAQ: MSTR) Q1 2026 earnings call on May 5, Michael Saylor, the company's executive chairman, said something that shook crypto maximalists. "We will probably sell some Bitcoin to pay a dividend just to inoculate the market and send the message that we did it," Saylor ...

2026 has hardly brought any respite to the Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, stock. Even though the stock is up nearly 10% this year, the performance has been rather flat over the last month. Even then, an analyst has raised its price target on the Strategy stock due to two ...

Strategy just went on a $2 billion bitcoin buying binge last week, but don't expect the bitcoin whale to provide much support for the cryptocurrency this week — or possibly for longer. Strategy's bitcoin buying power sputtered at the end of last week and may not rev back up for some time.

Scott Melker discusses bitcoin dropping below $77,000 triggering $661 million in liquidations, Iran's 8-year crypto bypass that is now public, Strategy adding $2 billion worth of bitcoin to its holding going underwater 5% in 12 hours, and other big crypto headlines of the day. “The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker” airs on Yahoo Finance every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

Investing.com -- In one of the most aggressive corporate treasury maneuvers of the year, Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) successfully raised $2.03 billion through targeted stock sales last week, immediately deploying the capital to purchase an additional 24,869 bitcoin.

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US stocks have been predicted to start Monday trading in the red, as they ended last week, with investors continuing to worry about rising bond yields, stubborn inflation and the economic fallout from higher oil prices. Dow Jones futures were down around 262 points or 0.4%, while S&P 500...

Investing.com -- Bitcoin (BTC) edged lower over the weekend, trading at $78,099.6 as of 04:45 ET (08:45 GMT) as the market digests rising U.S. retail ownership and a shifting balance sheet strategy from its largest corporate holder.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -1.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.54%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.26%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Just one quarter ago, Jane Street looked like one of Michael Saylor's most committed institutional backers. But now, things appear to be changing. In their latest filing, Jane Street revealed that they have significantly reduced their position in Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR). In the fourth ...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.91%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...