Altcoins News
By Jean-Luc Maracon
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Trading Frenzy Hits Peak. Volume spiked hard Wednesday afternoon.
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Saylor's Bitcoin Strategy. The CEO won't shut up about Bitcoin being the future of money.
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MicroStrategy exploded Wednesday. The business intelligence company saw $1.1 billion in trading volume as investors bet on another massive Bitcoin purchase from the…
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Shares of MSTR jumped around like crazy all day, with traders basically gambling on whether CEO Michael Saylor will pull the trigger on more Bitcoin buying.
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Saylor's company has done this dance before - stay quiet while the market goes nuts, then drop a bombshell announcement about adding more Bitcoin to their already massive stash.
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JPMorgan analysts noted the unusual activity, saying it's "consistent with patterns we've seen before major MicroStrategy announcements.
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And here's the thing - Saylor's playbook is pretty predictable at point. He issues convertible debt, raises a ton of cash, then dumps it all into Bitcoin while giving speeches…
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The CEO won't shut up about Bitcoin being the future of money. He's been preaching this gospel since August 2020 when MicroStrategy first bought $250 million worth of Bitcoin,…
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Saylor's approach is pretty simple - borrow money, buy Bitcoin, repeat. It's worked out great when Bitcoin goes up and looks terrible when it crashes, but the guy doesn't seem to…
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Corporate finance folks are split on whether this strategy is genius or insane. Some love the inflation hedge angle, others think it's way too risky for a public company's…
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Market watchers are basically holding their breath waiting for an announcement. The company has a history of staying quiet during these volume spikes, then dropping news that…
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Sources close to the situation didn't want to talk on the record, but one institutional trader said "the volume patterns look exactly like what we saw before their last few…
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The speculation isn't just coming from nowhere - MicroStrategy's entire business model has basically shifted from selling software to hoarding Bitcoin.
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Wednesday's action pushed Bitcoin trading volume higher across all major exchanges. Coinbase, Binance, and other platforms saw increased activity as traders tried to front-run…
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