- Strategy now holds $54 billion in Bitcoin.
- Traders are positioning for further downside, analysts say.
- ETFs saw $562 million in investment.
Strategy purchased another $75.3 million in Bitcoin, executive chairman Michael Saylor announced on Monday.
The crypto treasury firm now holds just over $54 billion in Bitcoin purchased at an average price of $76,052 per coin.
Plenty of other Bitcoin believers are buying the dip as well.
Investors poured $562 million into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Monday, according to DefiLlama data.
The buying spree comes as Bitcoin’s price has been hammered by over 15% in the past month, due in part to market uncertainty and geopolitical unrest.
That chaos cocktail includes US President Donald Trump’s nomination of interest rate hawk Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve boss, ongoing tariff threats, the fatal shootings in Minneapolis, and Trump’s seeming indifference toward a weaker dollar.
Crypto bloodbath
Warsh’s nomination is a major U-turn by Trump, who has long insisted on lower interest rates. A hawkish Fed means fewer and slower rate cuts, meaning less money in the financial system to boost asset prices like Bitcoin, stocks, or gold.
To be sure, Warsh still needs to be confirmed by the Senate, and consensus on interest rates must be reached with other Fed governors.
“Investors turned bearish after news about new US Federal Reserve leadership appointments, raising fears that monetary policy could remain tighter for longer,” Erikka Arone, senior vice-president at crypto-trading platform sFOX, told DL News.
Bitcoin is trading 38% below its all-time high and has lagged behind other assets, such as stocks and gold, since the $1 trillion October wipeout.
“It’s been a bloodbath across crypto markets over the past few days,” Nick Forster, founder of Derive.xyz, said in an investor note shared with DL News.
He said that traders are now positioning for a drop to as low as $70,000 per Bitcoin.
“Short-term fear is dominating market psychology,” he said. “This reflects acute uncertainty in the immediate term.”
And Forster is far from the only bearish voice.
On Monday, Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone doubled down on his $10,000 prediction for Bitcoin.
Crypto market movers
- Bitcoin is up 2.3% over the past 24 hours, trading at $78,761.
- Ethereum is up 3% past 24 hours at $2,317.
What we’re reading
Lance Datskoluo is DL News’ Europe-based markets correspondent. Got a tip? Email him at lance@dlnews.com.