On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Clear Street Managing Directors and Senior Analysts Owen Lau and Brian Dobson to break down a heavy week of earnings: Strategy's first quarter selling Bitcoin, Coinbase's third straight quarterly miss and Stripe and Advent's bid for PayPal. Then, after a look at ETF flows and Morgan Stanley's launch of the market's cheapest spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points. Plus, Grayscale Head of Trading and Capital Markets Krista Lynch unpacks the state of crypto ETF flows and Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang makes sense of the macro backdrop along with her bear case for Bitcoin to dip to the $40K range. - Learn more at https://www.bullish.com/. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 24, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp.
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The company sold 1,638 bitcoin last week, its latest move under a capital framework adopted in late June that authorizes bitcoin sales for liquidity
Strategy sold 1,638 bitcoin and 3,011,361 Class A common shares
Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: $MSTR) sold 1,638 Bitcoin and more than 3 million common shares last week, extending a capit...
Michael Saylor built his reputation as Bitcoin's most devoted corporate accumulator, but his latest SEC filing tells a very different story about where Strategy's priorities actually lie.
Half the proceeds funded preferred dividends and half went into an $81 million STRC buyback, its second in as many weeks.
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Strategy, the bitcoin-hoarding firm founded by Michael Saylor, said it sold 1,638 bitcoin last week to fund preferred stock dividends and repurchases. The sale, which raised about $105 million, comes after the company unveiled a turnaround plan last month aimed at shoring up investor confidence. After the recent sale, Strategy still holds 842,138 bitcoin, worth about $53 billion at current prices.
Despite pausing Bitcoin purchases for three consecutive weeks, Strategy remains the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder with 843,775 BTC.
Morgan Stanley downgraded CRCL stock to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Equal Weight’ and slashed its price target by 60%.
Shares of bitcoin development company Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) fell 4.5% in the afternoon session after the company reported a massive second-quarter 2026 earnings miss driven almost entirely by the volatility of its cryptocurrency holdings.
Saylor stated Bitcoin miners expanding into AI data centers have also contributed to the industry’s growing demand for capital.
A brutal Q2 report from Coinbase sent shockwaves through crypto-linked equities Friday morning, dragging down everything from Strategy to spot Bitcoin ETFs as Bitcoin threatens levels that could reshape how investors think about the entire sector.
Leading cryptocurrencies staged a sharp recovery alongside stocks on Thursday, reversing a Federal Reserve-driven sell-off the day before. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+2.16%$65,112.78Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +1.31%$1,929.21XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +1.48%$1.08Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +2.05%$75.02Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +0.72%$0.07079 Crypto Market Rebounds After a brief lull, Bitcoin pushed back above $65,000. Ethereum, meanwhile, continued to wrestle w
Michael Saylor’s Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) reported an $8.22 billion net loss for the second quarter of 2026 on July 30, as falling Bitcoin prices reduced the value of its holdings. The company posted a diluted loss of $24.45 per share, compared with analysts’ estimate for a loss of $2.19 ...
Strategy (MSTR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -146.98% and -3.61%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Investing.com --Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) reported a net loss of $24.45 per share for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to earnings of $32.60 per share in the same period last year, as unrealized losses on its bitcoin holdings weighed on results. Revenue rose 6.9% YoY to $122.4 million, matching analyst estimates of $122.4 million.
Michael Saylor-led Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, made no Bitcoin (BTC) purchases or sales for the fifth week in a row, the company's 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed on July 27. With 843,775 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, Strategy is still ...
The largest Bitcoin treasury company is still navigating the ongoing cryptocurrency bear market.
The overall cryptocurrency market fell 2.5% to around $2.45 trillion, wiping out more than $530 million in long bets.
Strategy reports its Q2 2026 earnings this week, and the numbers going in are not comfortable. Bitcoin is trading near $65,000, down roughly 50 percent from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,000. The company holds 843,775 BTC on its balance sheet, acquired at an average price of $75,476 per ...
Crypto markets are entering a new phase as institutional adoption accelerates and industry shakeouts continue. Scott Melker breaks down Strategy’s (MSTR) $544.5 million sale with zero bitcoin (BTC-USD) purchase, Circle Internet Group's (CRCL) acquisition of nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM (IBM), and Robinhood's (HOOD) potential prediction-market deal with Crypto.com. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs 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.
Wasatch Global Investors, an asset management company, released its “Small Cap Growth Strategy” Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Small-cap equities experienced strong gains in the second quarter, primarily driven by companies associated with artificial intelligence (AI). However, the leadership within this sector remains narrow. Unprofitable companies and those […]
The ongoing crypto winter has forced Michael Saylor's Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, to sell Bitcoin (BTC) twice this year. 32 Bitcoin for around $2.5 million during May 26-313,588 BTC for $216 million during June 29-July 5 The company has sold Bitcoin for the first time after ...
Leading cryptocurrencies dived alongside stocks on Thursday as elevated Middle East tensions trimmed investors’ risk appetite. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-1.51%$64,953.64Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -3.13%$1,871.30XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) -2.80%$1.10Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) -2.87%$75.89Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -5.02%$0.06921 Crypto Market in Red Bitcoin fell back to the mid-$64,000s, while Ethereum dropped to around $1,800, reversing earlier weekly gains.
The dip in MSTR’s stock came alongside weakness in the overall cryptocurrency market, with Bitcoin’s price dropping below the $65,000 level.
As Bitcoin (BTC) has been crashing over the last few months, several cryptocurrency companies have been selling their BTC holdings. Bitdeer Technologies Group (Nasdaq: BTDR), one of the largest Bitcoin mining companies, has fully liquidated its corporate BTC holdings in February. MARA Holdings ...
Leading cryptocurrencies traded mixed on Monday as escalating geopolitical tensions curbed investors’ risk appetite. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+0.86%$65,438.98Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +1.51%$1,909.75XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +1.30%$1.11Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +1.27%$77.93Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -0.70%$0.07226 Crypto Trading Volume Spikes Bitcoin traded in the $65,000 area through most of the day as 24‑hour volume increased 92%. Ethereum continued to
Strategy's Bitcoin sale and stalled U.S. crypto legislation add pressure as investor demand weakens.