Last week's purchases were funded by sales of the company's common stock.
French-listed Bitcoin treasury specialist Capital B has raised €15.2 million through a targeted private placement. The funding round drew participation from prominent global institutional investors, including Bitcoin advocate Adam Back—creator of the Hashcash proof-of-work concept foundational to Bitcoin—and asset management firm TOBAM.
Strategy, the Virginia-based business intelligence firm led by Michael Saylor, acquired 535 bitcoin for approximately $43 million, paying roughly $80,340 per coin and bringing its total treasury to 818,869 BTC.
Bitcoin trades at $80,849 as overbought oscillators and the SMA-200 at $82,754 cap the rally. Full technical analysis, bull/bear scenarios, and 2026 price targets.
Bitcoin has continued to flash signs of a key recovery in its onchain profitability metric as market sentiment retains positivity amid the recent price rally.
Institutional demand for crypto is real, and suggests there may be a sustained bitcoin BTC$80,885.84 price move above its pivotal 200-day simple moving average (SMA).
Bitcoin faced a choice between consolidation and new local highs as $80,000 support held despite flash BTC price volatility and liquidity grabs.
BTC briefly topped $82,400 before slipping below $81,000 as traders repositioned around CME futures open and geopolitical risks rattled markets.
US-listed spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continued to attract fresh capital last week, with Bitcoin (BTC) products leading inflows and Ethereum (ETH) maintaining a positive—if smaller—trend. The data underscore that, despite intermittent volatility in underlying token prices, demand for regulated crypto exposure remains resilient, particularly through the largest issuers.
One of the most significant macroeconomic developments of the month is about to begin for markets, as the U.S. CPI report is expected to be released in two days. The April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report may help cryptocurrency traders decide whether Bitcoin will experience another wave of volatility brought on by shifting Federal Reserve expectations, or continue its recent comeback toward new highs.
After rattling investors last week with talk of selling bitcoin to fund dividends, Michael Saylor reframed the plan as a tactical accumulation play.
Bitcoin faces rising risks of a pullback toward $55K–$57K as bearish technical patterns clash with long-term bullish signals targeting a rebound above $90K.