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Strategy Wanted to 'Inoculate' the Bitcoin Market—Has Its BTC Sale Backfired?
BTC
BTC/USDT
$64,852.85
+1.05%
$64,852.85
+1.05%
(24s)24h Volume
$12,269,830,624.41
24h H/L
$65,217.86 / $64,124.39
Change: $1,093.47 (1.71%)
Long/Short
60.1%
Long: 60.1%Short: 39.9%
Funding Rate
+0.0018%
Longs pay
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Decrypt Editorial(04:35 PM UTC)
1 min read
In brief
- Strategy’s decision to retire $1.5 billion in debt and purchase 24,869 BTC drained its corporate cash reserves right before a monthly dividend payout.
- The Bitcoin treasury firm’s $ 2.5 million BTC sale reversed its “never sell” narrative, triggering structural depegging fears and $1.76 billion in crypto liquidations.
- While critics label the timing a tactical blunder, some analysts argue…
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