Public Companies Added 43,557 BTC In May As SpaceX Enters Bitcoin Treasury Race

Public Bitcoin treasury holdings posted another strong month in May, with companies across sectors adding or disclosing 51,045 BTC before sales, or 43,557 BTC net, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net’s May 2026 Corporate Adoption Report. 

At the May 31 price of $73,579.69 per coin, those net additions were worth $3.2 billion — extending a months-long accumulation streak even as Bitcoin sat roughly 42% below its all-time high.

Strategy maintained its position at the top of the leaderboard, acquiring 25,404 BTC in May and holding the No. 1 spot among all public companies by Bitcoin treasury size. But its dominance drew more scrutiny this month after the company disclosed a sale of 32…

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SpaceX IPO Driving Capital Rotation From Crypto Into AI, Solana Foundation President Says

Capital Rotation Behind Price Downfall

Liu argued on CNBC on Wednesday that over Bitcoin’s 17-year history, it has risen from mere cents to tens of thousands of dollars, reaching as high as $120,000 during the latest cycle.

“Over the long term, it is doing fine,” Liu said.

According to Liu, the primary reason behind disappointing price action is a shift in capital toward other speculative growth opportunities.

She pointed to the digital asset treasury boom that fueled crypto markets between June and September 2025 as a major source of liquidity.

Following such a strong rally, some rotation was inevitable. “There will be a bit of relaxation after that,” Liu said.

She also cited broader…

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A Trump Crypto Bet Vaporized 92% Of This Stock— But Here’s Why The CEO Won’t Sell – American Bitcoin (NAS

AI Financial Corp., (NASDAQ:AIFC), previously known as Alt5 Sigma, has reported an improved outlook despite suffering significant losses from a billion-dollar investment in a Trump-endorsed cryptocurrency. 

On Wednesday, the company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that the issues that led to its previous warnings to investors “have been substantially mitigated.” The company said it has enough liquidity and financial resources to support operations and meet its obligations for at least the next 12 months.

In August, the company, then known as Alt5 Sigma, entered into a $1.5 billion deal with the Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI). Since…

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Bitcoin Sale Didn’t Shake Institutional Investors, Says Strategy CEO, But Crypto Anarchist Retail Crowd G

Strategy CEO Says BTC Sale Blown Out Of Proportion

During an interview with CNBC, Le said that the firm would continue to sell its Bitcoin if “it makes sense” for its common stockholders.

He stated that the latest sale of 32 BTC, worth $2.5 million, was to “test” the company’s processes and wondered why it received so much attention.

“Institutional shareholders that we talk to don’t seem to be unnerved by it,” the CEO added. “I think the unnerving is the retail community that views on never selling your Bitcoin, who are crypto-anarchists. Frankly, we have a lot more than just them as constituents.”

Strategy To Remain BTC’s Biggest Buyer?

Le reiterated his belief in…

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US-Iran Ceasefire Odds Crater As Trump Launches New Strikes

The odds of President Trump announcing a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran have plummeted as the U.S. and Iran have started exchanging strikes.

Here’s What Prediction Market Is Saying

Over $1.5 million has been bet on the contract so far.

The odds of a deal being announced by June 12 have recorded a 43% decrease and bettors see a 7% probability of a deal by this date.

According to bettors, a deal is unlikely by June 15, placing a 15% probability on this date, down by 35%. The odds of a deal by June 30 are higher at 31%, but they have also recorded a decline of 22%.

Trump Says More Strikes Likely

Trump on Wednesday announced that additional military action could follow if Tehran fails to…

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Strategy (MSTR) CEO Says Bitcoin Sale Was About Market ‘Inoculation,’ Not A Retreat

Strategy Inc. CEO Phong Le somewhat pushed back Tuesday against the wave of criticism that followed the company’s first Bitcoin sale since 2022, telling CNBC’s Power Lunch that the move was a deliberate, limited exercise designed to signal operational flexibility — not a philosophical reversal.

“We wanted to inoculate the market and we wanted to test our processes,” Le said in what the network described as a first-time interview. “We learned that everything works.”

Between May 26 and May 31, Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin for approximately $2.5 million at an average price of $77,135 per coin — a transaction that, despite representing just 0.004% of the company’s…

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‘Dogecoin Is For Spending, Not Holding,’ Says DOGE Foundation Director

While Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) whales are accumulating, the crypto community is debating whether utility or speculation will ultimately determine the cryptocurrency’s future.

“Dogecoin Is For Spending, Not Holding“

In an X post on June 10, Timothy Stebbing, director at the Dogecoin Foundation, pushed back against critics who frequently dismiss ecosystem developments because they fail to trigger immediate price gains.

According to Stebbing, every announcement involving new Dogecoin features or utility improvements tends to attract the same responses from traders focused solely on price action.

“If you have ever read anything or listened to anything I’ve said in the last six years,…

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Bitcoin Too Volatile For Retirement? The Biggest Myth In Crypto, Two Analysts Argue

Myth One: Bitcoin Is Too Volatile For Retirement Savings

Kline argued the opposite is true.

Retirement accounts carry the longest investment horizon available, often 20 to 40 years, and that duration matches Bitcoin’s long-term appreciation cycle better than almost any other asset class. 

The tax-advantaged structure compounds the advantage further, allowing Bitcoin’s gains to grow either tax-free or tax-deferred depending on the account type.

Pompliano framed it as a duration matching problem.

Short-term volatility becomes noise when the holding period stretches across decades, and pairing a long-duration vehicle like a retirement account with a long-duration asset like Bitcoin…

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Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin Executive Says Education — Not Products — Is Wall Street’s Real Obstacle

When Morgan Stanley created a firmwide Head of Digital Asset Strategy role in January 2026, it handed the job to Amy Oldenburg — a 26-year veteran of the bank who spent much of her career in emerging markets, trading foreign exchange and equities in places where formal banking infrastructure was either unreliable or absent. 

That background, she said in a recent interview on the Coin Stories podcast with Natalie Brunell, shapes everything she believes about where Bitcoin is headed.

“Where were the first users of a lot of this?” Oldenburg said, pointing to cross-border and international markets — regions where people were not rejecting the traditional banking system out…

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Why Is Cipher Digital Stock Falling Wednesday? – Cipher Digital (NASDAQ:CIFR)

Debt Financing Weighs On Sentiment

Cipher Digital announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Stingray Compute LLC, priced a $810 million offering of 6% senior secured notes due 2031.

According to the announcement, the notes are priced at 99.750% of their principal amount in a private placement expected to close on June 15.

Cipher disclosed that it will provide a customary completion guarantee with respect to the Stingray Facility, under which it will fund the Issuer as necessary to ensure the timely completion of the Stingray Facility.

Tech And Crypto Weakness Add Pressure

Cipher’s slide is occurring alongside major market pullbacks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq is down 1.42%, while the S&P 500…

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