Bitcoin’s brief rebound above $60,000 collapsed after sticky inflation and stronger activity data pushed rate-cut expectations lower, triggering roughly $427 million in long liquidations. ETF outflows, soft US demand and cascade liquidations amplified losses across major tokens, and on-chain signals that previously flagged $60,000 as cheap have so far failed to revive buying.
The market’s fragility is shifting from headline prices to who can absorb downside when liquidity thins. A strategy to refill cash after a $1.5 billion debt repayment illustrates how Bitcoin treasury models can end up pressuring common shareholders through rising preferred obligations and dilution, making balance-sheet resilience and buyer depth as important as valuation.
The global crypto market cap is $2.05 trillion, with a 24-hour volume of $110.96 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $59,296.29, and BTC market dominance is 58.1%. The price of Ethereum is $1,559.67, and ETH market dominance is 9.2%. The best-performing sector is Gambling, which gained 6%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently Extreme Fear (12).
Sticky inflation, firmer activity data, and lower claims left buyers without the rate-cut cover they needed.
The company is rebuilding a reserve depleted by a $1.5 billion debt repayment as rising preferred dividends shift more of the burden onto MSTR shareholders.
Bitcoin has lost 16% this month while ETF redemptions and weak US trading activity deepen pressure on the market.
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