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Bitcoin price falls below $81,000 as Strategy Inc signals potential sales. Here's what happened to Bitcoin today and the latest Bitcoin news.
Crypto analyst CryptoCon has suggested that the Bitcoin bottom isn't in despite the recent rally to around $82,000. He pointed to a bear flag, with BTC currently retesting the top of the channel but likely to break to the downside once the retest fails.
Bitcoin BTC$80,953.28 has pulled back below $81,000 after narrowly missing a test of the closely watched 200-day simple moving average (SMA), currently located near $83,300, on Wednesday. The broader crypto market is also trading in the red, with the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Select Capped Index losing more than 2% over the past 24 hours, making it the worst performer among major sector indices.
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On Strategy's May 5 earnings call, Strategy CEO Phong Le said plainly that “we will sell Bitcoin when it is advantageous to the company,” with Saylor adding that Strategy would “probably sell some Bitcoin to fund a dividend just to inoculate the market.
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