(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin tumbled more than 3% toward $58,000 on Tuesday as investors reversed an initial vote of confidence in Michael Saylor’s financing overhaul at Strategy Inc., raising fresh concerns that one of the cryptocurrency’s biggest buyers may no longer be a consistent source of demand.
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Strategy shares fell nearly 10% at one point, erasing most of Monday’s gains after the company unveiled a broad overhaul of the capital structure behind its Bitcoin strategy. While investors initially welcomed the prospect of stock buybacks and a larger cash reserve, the focus quickly shifted to its newfound flexibility to sell Bitcoin and prioritize balance-sheet management over relentless accumulation.
Rather than settling the debate over Strategy’s financing model, the announcement appears to have opened a new one. For years, investors could largely assume that if the company raised capital, it would buy more Bitcoin. Going forward, management has made clear that buying the token will compete with other uses of capital, including preserving liquidity, repurchasing discounted securities and strengthening the balance sheet.
The renewed weakness also comes as Bitcoin’s technical picture deteriorates. The coin has failed to reclaim key resistance levels after breaking below a closely watched chart pattern earlier this year and is now threatening fresh lows for 2026, increasing the risk that systematic and momentum-driven investors continue selling.
“The technical aspect of Bitcoin has been very negative recently,” said Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak + Co. “It broke below the neckline of a head-and-shoulders pattern in the first quarter at around $80,000 and then failed to break back above it in the spring. Now, it’s breaking slightly below its lows for the year. So, if it makes another lower low, it’s going to be extremely negative on a technical basis.”
Bitcoin has now wiped out more than half of its value from last year’s peak of over $126,000.
“When you combine this with the announcement that Strategy Inc. is selling more Bitcoin, confidence in the asset class is fading badly,” Maley said.
Investors have been bailing out of all manner of crypto-related investments and have been pulling money out of Bitcoin-focused exchange-traded funds. Spot Bitcoin funds have seen year-to-date outflows of more than $5.1 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, marking a turn from a period of strong inflows following their launches in early 2024. BlackRock’s IBIT has seen more than $3 billion come out so far in June, putting it on pace for its biggest month of outflows on record.
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