Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin, announced Monday on X the purchase of 3,273 bitcoin for roughly $255 million. The purchase at an average price of $77,906 per bitcoin puts Strategy’s bitcoin treasury at 818.334, said Saylor. “As of 4/26/2026, we ‘hodl’ 818,334 $BTC acquired
While institutional Bitcoin investments continue unabated, Strive has drawn attention with its latest purchase. According to a statement by the company’s CEO, Matt Cole, Strive bought 789 Bitcoins at an average price of approximately $77,890. The total value of this transaction was recorded as $61.43 million. With this latest purchase, Strive’s total Bitcoin holdings have
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2106.81, down 0.8% (-17.25) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+1.0%) and CRO (+0.8%). Laggards: XLM (-3.4%) and NEAR (-2.9%).
Bitcoin ($BTC) started the new week with both gains and losses. While the $BTC price rose above $79,000 during the Asian market opens, a large sell-off subsequently pulled the price back down to around $77,000. At this point, Bitcoin instantly filled the gap on the CME. CME $BTC futures opened with a $580 difference, while
Institutional money is flowing back into crypto faster than retail this cycle, and the data is starting to back the rally bitcoin has been quietly running. Digital asset investment products attracted $1.2 billion in inflows last week, a fourth consecutive weekly gain, according to CoinShares data published Monday. Total assets under management across crypto funds
With recent results clearly outperforming more established markets like the S&P 500, Bitcoin is beginning to change relative strength dynamics in its favor. Even though overall market sentiment is still cautious, Bitcoin is now rising more quickly after months of lagging behind or moving in tandem with stocks. Bitcoin momentum recovers This divergence is significant
Well-known crypto analyst Michael van de Poppe believes Bitcoin could be preparing for new all-time highs later in 2026. After recently hitting a 12-week high, Bitcoin saw a small pullback but is now trying to reclaim the $80,000 level. The sharp recovery has caught many traders by surprise, and now van de Poppe believes BTC
The crypto industry is discussing a high-profile precedent as researcher Giancarlo Lelli received a reward of 1 BTC from Project Eleven for successfully cracking a 15-bit ECC key on a quantum computer. While some see this as the beginning of the end for classical encryption, Adam Back has led the camp of skeptics, stating that
Cryptocurrency investment products continued their run of inflows last week as Bitcoin traded at its highest levels since early February. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $1.2 billion in inflows last week, marking their fourth week of consecutive gains, CoinShares reported Monday. The inflow streak is the largest so far this year, as the four-week total
Bitcoin is heading into a rare macro window where the first reaction may age fast. The Federal Reserve is scheduled to conclude its April meeting on April 29, with the FOMC decision and press conference landing that afternoon. The next morning, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis is scheduled to release the first quarter GDP