Bitcoin (BTC) extended its decline on Friday, sliding to levels not seen since early February, leaving the broader market under renewed pressure and deepening bearish sentiment. Since reaching its all-time high of $126,000 last October, Bitcoin is now down roughly 52%, reinforcing the sense that the sell-off is more than a short-term dip. Bitcoin Treasury Stocks Fall From $134B To $72B While traditional market weakness has been part of the story, whale activity has also played a major role in the most recent drop. One of the clearest signals that unnerved traders came from Strategy (MSTR). Related Reading: XRP Price Falls To 4-Month Lows—Charts Signal Sell, On-Chain Data Turns Bearish As previously reported by NewsBTC, Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time in nearly four years. The company offloaded 32 BTC for approximately $2.5 million—an amount that may look small compared with overall market volumes. However, the real impact has been psychological. Watching the largest Bitcoin
XRP opens June with its most significant decline of the past 3 months. The $1.20 support band, which served as the absolute floor for months, is being breached, with the price now trading at $1.11. The RSI is also printing its lowest reading since February’s capitulation, and the next meaningful support is nearly $0.30 lower. […]
Michael Saylor said Bitcoin has moved far beyond its early life as a niche protest and now reaches individuals, companies, banks, capital markets, and governments. Related Reading: Bitcoin Falls To $61,300 As Mt. Gox Moves BTC, Raising Selloff Concerns In a new paper posted on X, he grouped the Bitcoin world into four camps and […]
Grayscale’s head of research says Strategy’s leveraged business model has come under pressure, and that pressure could make it harder for the company to keep adding Bitcoin to its holdings. Related Reading: Bitmine Seeks $300M Raise To Accelerate Ethereum Accumulation Strategy A Dividend Problem Taking Shape Zach Pandl made the assessment Thursday after Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin — a tiny slice of its 843,706 BTC stockpile — triggering a wave of selling that has knocked Bitcoin down 16% since the transaction. Strategy also offloaded $128 million in shares, and its stock has dropped nearly 13% to a two-month low of $126. At the center of the concern is STRC, a variable-rate preferred equity instrument that Strategy designed to trade at $100 per share and pay an 11.5% dividend. It is now trading around $95 — below the target price — a sign that investors are demanding a higher return than the instrument currently offers. If Strategy responds by raising the dividend to pull STRC back to par
XRP is testing support near $1.09 as persistent selling pressure keeps the token pinned near recent lows. Weak momentum and bearish technical signals continue to favor the downside. XRP Downtrend Deepens as Sellers Keep Control At 10:14 a.m. ET on June 5, XRP was trading at $1.110, near its recent low of $1.091, after extending […]
Bitcoin remains under heavy selling pressure after crashing below multiple key support levels in quick succession. The recent rejection from the descending 200-day moving average triggered a sharp sell-off that invalidated the previous rising channel structure and pushed BTC back toward a major demand zone around $60K. Meanwhile, on-chain data suggests market participants are increasingly […]
Bitcoin's sharp decline highlights market volatility, influencing investor sentiment and potentially impacting future institutional involvement.
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