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Markets

It's not SpaceX. Bitcoin ETF outflows may be an arbitrage story

While some analysts argue investors are selling bitcoin to free up capital for anticipated IPOs such as SpaceX and Anthropic, Sygnum's Fabian Dori says market data points elsewhere.

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Markets

Michael Saylor and Jack Mallers go toe-to-toe over Strategy's bitcoin reporting metrics

The two bitcoin treasury leaders renewed the debate over Strategy's mNAV and dilution, with Saylor arguing that equity issuance for cash strengthens, rather than dilutes, shareholders.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Corporate bitcoin buying has collapsed from $500 million per day to almost negligible

ETF outflows have dominated the narrative but corporate bitcoin treasuries have gone quiet too, compounding the demand-side weakness.

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Markets

BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market

BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.

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Markets

Michael Saylor gets into public debate over claims that Strategy's latest share sale was dilutive

Strategy's BTC Yield fell from 13.0% to 12.8% following its latest bitcoin purchase, prompting a debate on X over whether the purchase was dilutive to shareholders.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Markets

Bitcoin trims losses after core CPI rises less than feared 0.2% in May

Headline inflation rose an expected 0.5% in May, but the beat on the core rate — which cuts out food and energy costs — is pleasing markets.

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Tech

A 'Bitcoin DeFi' project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn't care

"It did not work," Botanix said. "At least not in this market and not in this timeline."

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Markets

Bitcoin ETFs are no bigger today than when Trump won the election

Net assets of U.S.-listed spot ETFs have fallen to levels last seen just after Trump won the election in early November 2024.

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Markets

Come back after the summer, says one analyst on crypto markets

Bitcoin's growing divergence from tech stocks raises concerns as AI spending surges, says Quinn Thompson.

DeFi Summer has cooled.

Markets

Bitcoin inflows slow sharply in 2026 as investors chase AI, Bernstein says

Bernstein said bitcoin's increasingly diversified ownership base supports its long-term store-of-value thesis.

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