Michael Saylor Says Bitcoin Drop A ‘Capital Rotation’ To AI

Bitcoin fell to as low as $61,400 overnight before trimming losses to $62,400 in premarket hours Thursday, down 7% over the past 24 hours and more than 14% over the past week. Strategy and Michael Saylor’s MSTR is down nearly 15% in 5 trading days.

The drop has pushed bitcoin into a technical bear market, with bitcoin now off 22.7% from its four-week high, wiping out more than $600 billion in total crypto market value.

At the center of the debate is Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, who took to X on Thursday morning to offer his read on the selloff. 

“Capital markets are funding the AI buildout at historic scale: ~$400B over 6 months,” Saylor wrote. “Bitcoin ETFs…

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Better And Coinbase Close First Fannie Mae-Backed BTC Mortgage

Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) on Thursday announced the funding of the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage collateralized by Bitcoin in the United States, marking what the companies called a pivotal moment in bridging digital asset wealth and traditional homeownership.

The debut loan was closed by Joe and Amy, a married couple in their early 30s from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who used Bitcoin holdings as collateral to fund their down payment rather than liquidating their position, the companies said.

The couple pledged their crypto through Coinbase’s custody infrastructure and obtained a conforming mortgage through Better without…

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Bitcoin Crashes 4% But At $63,000 The Bottom Is ‘Almost In’: Standard Chartered

ETF Holdings Held Firm, Proving More Resilient Than February Fear

Kendrick’s call is a direct reversal of his February 12 note, where he warned of “pain and final capitulation” and cut his near-term Bitcoin target to $50,000. 

The key variable that changed his view is spot ETF holdings.

In February, he flagged ETF capitulation as a real downside risk. Instead, holdings went from 682,000 Bitcoin to a peak and settled back to roughly 674,000, broadly flat over the period.

“This tells me that ETF holdings are more structurally strong than I had feared in February,” Kendrick wrote in a client note Thursday. 

He maintained his $100,000 year-end Bitcoin target and $4,000 Ethereum…

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Bitcoin Bottom ‘Almost In’ As Sell-Off Cuts 14% In 7 Days

Bitcoin shed 14% in seven days, sliding to levels not seen since February, as a convergence of institutional outflows, leverage liquidations, geopolitical pressure, and a shock sale from Strategy rattled digital asset markets. 

Yet Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick, told clients the bear market may be in its final stages — and that the low is “almost in.”

“I think when we look back at the end of 2026 with BTC at $100k… we will say this was the buying zone we all wanted,” he wrote. 

Bitcoin traded around $63,739 on Wednesday, down from a 24-hour high of $67,416.50, after touching a session low near $61,463 — the first…

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Bitmine’s $300M Raise Is ‘Borrowing A Page From Saylor’s Ponzi Playbook’, Peter Schiff Says – BitMine Imm

3 Million Shares At 9.5% Yield Filing With NYSE Under BMNP

Bitmine filed with the SEC to offer 3 million shares of Series A perpetual preferred stock at a fixed cumulative dividend rate of 9.5% annually on a $100 per share base. 

Dividends pay weekly in cash, with unpaid amounts accruing compounded interest starting at 9.55% and rising by 5 basis points per period up to a maximum of 15%.

The shares will list on the NYSE under the ticker BMNP within 30 days of first issuance. Moelis and Cantor are acting as joint lead bookrunners. 

Proceeds will fund general corporate purposes including purchasing additional ETH and expanding staking operations.

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Michael Saylor’s $10 Billion Bitcoin Hole: What Does Strategy Do Now? – Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR)

What Is Going Wrong For Michael Saylor

Market commentator Kyle argued on X on June 4 that the company’s preferred-share dividend obligations could turn Michael Saylor from Bitcoin’s biggest buyer into a potential forced seller.

The company’s Bitcoin accumulation model worked while the company funded purchases through equity issuance, convertible notes and other financing tools that did not require near-term cash payments.

Strategy owns roughly 4% of Bitcoin’s total supply, making its balance sheet one of the biggest swing factors in crypto markets.

Kyle argued that earlier Strategy financing was easier for bulls to defend because common equity had no guaranteed return. The company could…

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ADA Crashes 12%: ‘The Markets Are Really Bad, Taking A Break’, Cardano Founder Hoskinson Says

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced he is “taking a break” on Thursday after warning of a coming “wave of failures” in the ecosystem, sending ADA down 6%.

Hoskinson Frustrated With Community Treasury Resistance

Hoskinson’s comments came in response to TapTools, a Cardano analytics platform that shut down after four years building on the network. 

He said he had warned earlier this year that deteriorating market conditions would force projects to close.

“I said at the beginning of the year, we’re going to see a lot of people collapse because the markets are really bad,” Hoskinson said in a video posted this week. “There’s going to be a wave of…

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Bitcoin Implodes 15% In 1 Week To $62,000: What Is Going On With BTC?

Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) has imploded 15% over the past week, plunging below $62,000 in early morning hours Thursday.

Yet, macro investor Raoul Pal says this is not the start of a bear market but rather another painful correction within a broader bull cycle.

“Nasty Correction In A Bull Market”

Speaking on the “When Shift Happens” podcast the previous week, Pal argued that Bitcoin has historically experienced multiple 50% drawdowns during bull markets and that the current weakness is following a familiar pattern.

“It’s a nasty correction in a bull market,” Pal said.

Unlike previous cycles, Pal acknowledged the current correction has been prolonged and choppy rather than a sharp crash followed…

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Why Own Bitcoin At All? Kalshi CEO Says Perpetual Futures Are The ‘Purest Form Of Trading’ – Robinhood Ma

New crypto trading products are exploding across U.S. markets, but analysts say the surge is also exposing a growing identity crisis for digital assets.

Perpetual Bitcoin Futures

Prediction market platform Kalshi launched regulated perpetual Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) futures last week after receiving approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.                 

Perpetual futures, or “perps,” are futures contracts with no expiration date, allowing traders to maintain leveraged long or short exposure indefinitely.

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour called perpetuals “the purest form of trading,” saying traders only need a directional view on Bitcoin and can hold positions if they…

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